Dr. James Nyikal

All parliamentary appearances

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• 30 Jul 2019 in National Assembly: There are two kinds of people in this world: Those who accept the world as it is; adjust to it and accept it and those who say that they must change this world whom we owe progress. These two leaders belong to that group. view
• 30 Jul 2019 in National Assembly: On the issue of cancer, the death of our two colleagues and the death of a prominent businessman before them brings the issue of cancer to the fore. It also brings one thing that we must be aware of. Expensive treatment may not be the answer. These people got the best treatment and the direction to go is to look for prevention and promotion. I start by telling the Members of this House to go for screening every year because their insurance cover can afford it so that it is picked early. We can pass the message to all our ... view
• 30 Jul 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. view
• 25 Jul 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me this opportunity. Let me start by decrying what we decried yesterday, that when it comes to discussing treaties, we take it very lightly. These are extremely important matters. This is an extremely important function of the House. This is how we interact with the international world. There are a lot of resources that are involved. You do not only see it in the House here. Sometimes when you go to international meetings where these things are negotiated, people take it lightly, particularly from developing countries especially in Africa. While you see ... view
• 25 Jul 2019 in National Assembly: long into the night, come with hordes of experts because they know what it means, when it comes to our part, we do not discuss them seriously. When we come here, we commit the country to the international legal system, in this case the maritime system, while we really did not go into it. I hope the committees will do their work. It appears it is the committees that do the serious work that is required. With regard to maritime issues, a lot is in the sea. Most of the goods in the world are moved through the sea. We ... view
• 24 Jul 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I wish to thank you for the advice you have given on this matter. When we discussed this matter on land it was clear that there were many omissions. I think from what the Hon. Member has said, earlier there were cases where it was clear that an officer broke the law. As you have said, this was forest land and the forest laws were not abided by because an officer gave title deeds. Going forward, I think Clerks should advise a Committee when going through a process which is not clear. Like the current Petition ... view
• 24 Jul 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me this opportunity. I find it difficult to really congratulate this Committee even though I know it has done good works other times, but this time, the Report looks premature. They start by saying what they set out to do and we see a lot of inadequacies. The need for this radar base for protection of our air space is not the question. What is before us is the process. The Committee set out to establish the location, size and use of land. Looking at the Committee’s observation, the land acquired is ... view
• 24 Jul 2019 in National Assembly: the recommendations, they are not quite clear. The recommendations are what the Committee should have done. For example, the Ministry of Interior and Coordination of National Government should carry out due diligence on the ownership of the proposed land to acquire and expand compensation of the bona fide. They should have found out if that was done and given a clear way forward instead of saying this should be done. In the event of future expansion, they started by saying that 5,000 acres of land are required. Obviously, there will be future expansion. With this, I find this Report inadequate ... view
• 23 Jul 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me opportunity to contribute to this debate. I start, like everybody else by congratulating the Committee for the work they have done, although there is an area where I think they fell short. Generally, they have done a good job. What is most important to me is that there seems to be laxity in our systems of governance, where things can hang on for years, nothing is done and eventually people just decide to sort it out because a big problem has arisen. People are fighting and others are going to court. ... view
• 23 Jul 2019 in National Assembly: were aware. Then schools and hospitals were built. These are institutions that are planned, registered and approved by Government officers. They are being built on this land and nobody looks at the legal status of the land and the people staying there. Because of that laxity, interest groups started to struggle. You started with one group of displaced people and now they go into three or four groups. I am sure when these groups were formed; they were definitely registered and assisted or advised by the then Provincial Administration. Nobody knows how all these groups, now in dispute over the ... view