Dr. James Nyikal

All parliamentary appearances

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• 3 Mar 2020 in National Assembly: he told us that we just have to put the structure for the Women Enterprise Fund. He said he was a manager. He wanted officers in the regions. He wanted them to have money to manage the regional offices. He wanted them to have vehicles to move around. We had to get those vehicles. He is vindicated today when people say that the Women Enterprise Fund is working. The problem with Uwezo Fund is that it has absolutely no administrative structures. Those Members who were here when it came up for discussion can remember that there was a big argument ... view
• 3 Mar 2020 in National Assembly: There is also the problem of very quick blacklisting. If any one member of the group has misused the money, the whole group is then blacklisted. The worst bit of it is that those groups dissolve and then form other groups thus, when tracking them, even the new groups have amongst them people who have been blacklisted and they therefore fail to qualify. So, my summary on the Uwezo Fund is that it needs a structure and an administrative support at the ground level. Our offices as Members of Parliament have tried to do this but, without doing that, we ... view
• 3 Mar 2020 in National Assembly: was to be lending to groups, which is working and has incremental agreements. A group might start with Kshs100,000, the next with Kshs200,000 and they can go up to Kshs1 million. That has worked well and the members are encouraged. The one that probably has not done well is where women would borrow the money as individuals. This was intended to be done through banks. The banks were given Women Enterprise Fund money so that they would lend it at a lower interest rate. What did the banks do? They kept the money and were not keen to give the ... view
• 27 Feb 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker, for giving this opportunity. I rise to support the decision of the Committee for two basic facts. One, a lot of issues that are to be addressed by this Bill are already addressed in other Acts. Two, the Bill does not provide for repeal, or how the two Acts will relate. That alone will disqualify the Bill. Having said that, what the Senator was trying to get at are actually important issues: issues of access; issues of regulation regarding where houses, hospitals and hotels should be; access to all these places and parking bays and bus ... view
• 27 Feb 2020 in National Assembly: The first officers on the ground normally use rules as they are in the book. When other consultations come to overrule them on issues such as this, it means that the rule in the book is not being followed. Can we afford such a situation when the coronavirus is spreading globally? In fact, we are supposed to be more stringent than even what the International Health Regulations would require of us. I know WHO says that there may be no restrictions of passengers traveling to other countries. However, it has also stated that countries can make their own decisions considering ... view
• 26 Feb 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to contribute. The vetting of these senior officers is an extremely important role of this House. The Members who contributed before me indicated that sometimes we vet nominees and the outcome proves that we did not do our work properly. view
• 26 Feb 2020 in National Assembly: I see three factors that are responsible for this. One, it is time. We really seem to have a predilection and forget to complete the work regardless of the quality of the work. When we were vetting the two CSs today, only three Members spoke, apart from the House leadership. You can see how I feel because I did not talk during the vetting of the CS for Health. We need to give more time for vetting, so that we can look at it seriously. This is also in other areas where we have timelines either in the Constitution or ... view
• 26 Feb 2020 in National Assembly: Two, it is on the role of the agencies that give us facts on integrity: KRA and DCI. This House must depend on them for the information they give. If there is more time, we may add more information from our research. If there is no much time, we only depend on them. So, they must give us that information. It is not right for them to give information and we vet the person and approve him or her and then later on, they again give information that puts to question the integrity of the person. view
• 26 Feb 2020 in National Assembly: The third one is politics. As Members of this august House, we should put aside politics when we vet people of this level. I am sure things have improved since the Handshake. I can assure you that our debate has become more objective and oriented towards the welfare of the country than serving partisan interests. view
• 26 Feb 2020 in National Assembly: Having said those general statements, there was a twindom in the two nominees for the positions of PSs, starting with Dr. Jwan. According to the information that we have about his education, there is no question about him. As I said, we can only depend on the bodies that give us information to comment on his integrity. We take what they give us. He was given a clean bill of health. view