Dr. James Nyikal

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• 30 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: Asante sana Mhe. Spika kwa kunipatia nafasi hii nichangie mjadala wa Kanuni za Kudumu kwa lugha ya Kiswahili. Hii ni Hoja muhimu sana kwa sababu kulingana na Katiba yetu, tuko na lugha tatu za kitaifa, kama Kizungu, Kiswahili na Lugha ya Ishara ya Kenya. Ni vizuri tutumie lugha zote hasa Bungeni ambapo mambo yote ya kitaifa yanajadiliwa. Tuko kwa Jumuia ya Afrika Mashariki na hatuwezi kusema kuwa hatuwezi kutumia lugha hizi. Tukienda kwa Bunge la Afrika Mashariki ni lazima tutumie lugha ya Kiswahili. Sio hapo peke yake. Shuleni, watoto wanafunzwa Kiswahili. Sio vyema kutumia pesa kukifunza Kiswahili ilihali hatukitumii Bungeni. ... view
• 29 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker, for giving me the opportunity to contribute to this Bill. This is an extremely good Bill. It actually shows us that our devolution process is continuous and it is still going on. We realise that this is implementation of Article 37 of the Constitution which gives us, as citizens, the right to petition and picket. As it is in the Constitution, we really had not put in place an Act or a Bill that makes it be done harmoniously in a smooth way. Therefore, this is extremely important. As the county assemblies actually mature and take ... view
• 29 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: reported back and discussed in the county assembly. That is different from what we do here. Petitions are not discussed in plenary except in few occasions. That is good. It takes into consideration the fact that there are other bodies that actually resolve issues. So, when a petition is taken to a county assembly, other bodies will have been involved if the matter was to be solved at that level, including whether those matters have gone to court. So, I think this is a good effort. Clause 5 says exactly what the clerk and the speaker should do, and how ... view
• 16 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker for giving me this opportunity. This is an important Bill. Its intent is to regulate livestock trade and livestock products trade. It talks of a variety of products ranging from meat carcasses, milk and milk products, skins, horns and hooves. In the current situation, all these products are scattered in various entities. For example, we have the New Kenya Co-operative Creameries (New KCC), which is operational though it is not doing well as it did before and the Kenya Dairy Board, which is an active entity that is operational. We have the KMC, which is ... view
• 16 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: Therefore, I think there has been good effort in this Bill to create coordination and harmonisation structures that are required in the membership of the board. Back to its functions, one of the functions is to collaborate with relevant agencies to promote the trade of livestock and livestock products. Exactly that is what should be done. That is what this Bill should do when it becomes an Act. It is also to advise the national and county governments, particularly the county governments. They will definitely need a lot of guidance if we are going to harmonise and coordinate the sale ... view
• 16 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me an opportunity to contribute. Like everybody else, I want to congratulate the Committee for the work it did. It recognised that Article 100 of the Constitution has not been implemented and went ahead to bring this Bill. The Fifth Schedule of the Constitution provides for dutiful implementation of the representation of special interest groups laws. That was to be overseen by the Commission for the Implementation of the Constitution (CIC). When it ceased to be, we did not look deeper into the Constitution. view
• 16 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 16 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I want the Chairperson of the Committee to listen to this. view
• 16 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I congratulate him as well. He was distracted. After the CIC ceased to be, nobody looked at the Constitution. This is the first time the Committee is dealing with it. I want to encourage this hardworking Committee to look at other parts of the Constitution that need enactment of laws like Articles 27 and 81 although in these cases, they do not say “Parliament shall.” It is the State that is supposed to take measures, legislative or otherwise. If that is done, it will make the Constitution a more progressive document. There are two basic issues ... view
• 16 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: same clause. If you say: “all persons including special interest groups,” the aspect of disability disappears. You are also including women there. There is nothing special in publishing materials in a way that is accessible to women. They do not have physical disability. Those are the few areas that we need to look at. Clause 9 addresses the Political Parties Fund. Clause 9(1)(a) talks about 20 per cent of the Fund being distributed proportionately to political parties based on the number of candidates of the party from the special interest groups elected. That is acceptable. It will be done after ... view