Dr. James Nyikal

All parliamentary appearances

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• 18 Sep 2019 in National Assembly: With those remarks, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I support this Bill. view
• 11 Sep 2019 in National Assembly: Yes, Hon. Speaker. We must congratulate the Committee for the good work it has done. For once, it looks like the two Houses are working in harmony. I must say this is the best way forward so that we avoid any controversy. I support. view
• 11 Sep 2019 in National Assembly: Next Order! view
• 11 Sep 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me an opportunity to contribute to this Bill. I rise to support this Bill which amends the Public Finance Management (PFM) Act because it sees the humane angle of the things that we do. In the end, people need to be served. Whatever disagreements we have, we must take into consideration that there are services which go on in the counties. This Bill makes a provision that the counties can access some money, even if there are technical or political problems. view
• 11 Sep 2019 in National Assembly: I also support this Bill because it relies on the Constitution. It is guided by the minimum 15 per cent of the revenue which belongs to the counties. The Bill is based on a sound constitutional ground. We are using 15 per cent but we know that we have said many times that it is a low figure and we would like to get more. However, in a crisis, it suffices to give some money for the counties to run their services. I also accept because it is actually fair considering the case of the national Government where Article 222 ... view
• 11 Sep 2019 in National Assembly: I also support this Bill because of the fear we have of the chances of disagreement between the Senate and the National Assembly. It protects that provision by saying that for the 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
• 11 Sep 2019 in National Assembly: National Assembly to actually amend that 15 per cent of the revenue when it comes from the Senate, we will have the two-thirds rule. I know with that, that provision is protected. The big problem we have in the division of revenue is not political, as we have been saying that there is a difference between the Senate and the National Assembly. It is not even legal. I really applauded the Chief Justice when he told the Senate and the National Assembly to go back and sort out that problem because it was not a legal problem. A major factor ... view
• 11 Sep 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, since he is doing the obvious, let me proceed. view
• 11 Sep 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, if we look at the BPS, I said that the part of the national Government is usually worked out in great detail and even the ceilings are given. That is what comes to this House and goes to the committees to look at. On the part of the county governments, you actually have one figure that is based on only two things: not less than 15 per cent of the revenue and the figure from the Commission on Revenue Allocation which is based on four criteria which is the poverty level, inflation level and others. If ... view
• 11 Sep 2019 in National Assembly: The IBEC should do more than it is doing now because as the law stands, it is supposed to make an input in the BPS. We should get more data from IBEC and CRA on what is required at the counties. You cannot do a division and you do not know the requirements. When our BPS is done, the budget-making process for the national Government almost ends and what we do in the division of revenue is just share the money. While that is almost the time when the process starts in the county governments, I do not see how ... view