Dr. James Nyikal

All parliamentary appearances

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• 3 Feb 2022 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise to support this Bill. Its object is to provide a framework that will ensure that our artists get appropriate earnings for their creativity and performance thus ending the misery which many of them find themselves in. view
• 3 Feb 2022 in National Assembly: The most important thing is the creation of a registry. There are two most important things that the registry will do: media monitoring of registered copyrights; tracking; and dissemination of data or logs which are related because that is where they actually lose out. It further broadens the areas that can bring remuneration. They will move away from the traditional cassettes, discs and MP3s and then go to adverts, use of audio and visual media, public performance in weddings, and telephone ringtones. The Bill also sets a sharing formula which is very important. The political cake has been added to ... view
• 3 Feb 2022 in National Assembly: I support this Bill. Thank you. view
• 2 Feb 2022 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, I second. view
• 2 Feb 2022 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me this opportunity to contribute to this Bill. The role of procurement in Government expenditure is massive or huge. This is the route through which services are rendered and developments are undertaken. All Government expenditure is done through a procurement process. The cost of Government projects depends, to a large extent, on the procurement process. It can be The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 2 Feb 2022 in National Assembly: escalated to unimaginable levels by just using the procurement process. Therefore, I support the need to look at this law again and make these provisions. view
• 2 Feb 2022 in National Assembly: I have looked at some of the provisions which are really important. For example, defining the professional procurement process clearly, the training institutions and the membership of the institutions that would, in some way, regulate the profession is extremely necessary. We may have to add sanctions there that can be made by those organisations or bodies to bring some regulations to the procurement provision. view
• 2 Feb 2022 in National Assembly: There is also the definition of a contractor. Those of us who use National Government- Constituencies Development Fund (NG-CDF) sometimes find ourselves very limited because there are people who do not qualify to render services. Defining the local contractor to include proprietors, partnerships, associations and co-operatives is very important. This will include many people in the procurement process, particularly at the local level. I believe that if this law passes in the Senate, the county governments have many procurements that need to support local people who are not organised to get companies that are registered and have all those very ... view
• 2 Feb 2022 in National Assembly: It is very important to draw from that. There are many people who find themselves in the need to be involved in the procurement process. For example, I started with the NG-CDF units. Secondary and primary schools are involved in procurement, which is necessary. The people who do this are not trained. The law is relatively complex. Anybody who is in a position to be involved in procurement, however small it is, needs to be trained. view
• 2 Feb 2022 in National Assembly: I also support Clause 8 of the Bill, which makes provision for tenderers not to delay contracts. Sometimes, the tenderers know very well that they have lost legally. Then they appeal; which is a long process. They do it to delay the process and sometimes, to embarrass the process of rendering services. For example, if you supply drugs, they know that they will not win. However, they make appeals during the last day when you should award the tender. They know that it will take months and they will lose. However, they will delay the process of rendering services. While ... view