Dr. James Nyikal

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 781 to 790 of 3161.

• 23 Jul 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me this opportunity. I want to agree with the Mover that this is probably something which should have been presented to a full House. It is extremely important because if you look at the value of space science and aeronautical engineering, it is the modern thing. If you look at it, you will find that defense is a major factor and it is what makes America such a powerful nation. It is actually defense which is related to their knowledge in space and aeronautical engineering and the information they can transmit. view
• 23 Jul 2019 in National Assembly: Americans can fight another country without moving. They can fight from home using guided satellites and this is the area we are going to. Looking at the aeronautical science and exploration, people are already planning whether they can live or mine in other planets or if we can have space tourism. In fact, there is already a programme where rich people are buying aeronautical ships for space tourism. We have to be at par with them at this level. If you look at the issue of communication and remote sensing, basically people can plan what they want to do The ... view
• 23 Jul 2019 in National Assembly: inside this building while seated in the USA or Russia because they can sense, as the Member has said, even the number of people in this Assembly. This kind of information and communication is key. view
• 23 Jul 2019 in National Assembly: Then in the management of the environment, this is where you get information to sensor the melting glaciers, sea levels, rising temperatures and what will happen like desertification or volcanoes which might erupt. They give tremendous information and I think this is what they sense. Even the future change of flora and fauna and what will grow, we will get it from here. Also, on day to day civil aviation, it will give tremendous information. When you talk of the weather, these people can monitor storms, earthquakes and tsunamis and they get this information from all over the world. A ... view
• 23 Jul 2019 in National Assembly: The information from this science is used in civilian life. If you go to medicine, you will find that many of the instruments used nowadays are a product of space science that comes as a by-product. We can also use it in various places like agriculture or road engineering. This is the place where we should be and definitely, we need this Space Centre. What is coming out is that this institution will be in the country, but we are playing a minute role and we will not get the full advantage like we should. To me, even the rent ... view
• 23 Jul 2019 in National Assembly: I agree that we need to look at how we can organise ourselves. The one major thing we need to look at is where we are running short. They are beating us because of where we have placed this Centre. On the other side, this is about universities, science and technology, but we have placed it in the Ministry of Defence. It has to move and I know it cannot be done immediately. Our defence, as we know it, I do not think they have such tremendous academic and research orientation that they can match the people who will be ... view
• 23 Jul 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. This is a very important issue in a country where formal employment is low, to begin with, and where data that we have indicates that only 11 per cent of the people in that low employment have some retirement arrangement. It means that a lot of people, even those who are working, live in anxiety and fear of old age. I think productivity even when you are still in the strong productive age is affected if you are unsure of the future. This is important for productivity. It is not just for improving the ... view
• 4 Jul 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker for giving me an opportunity to contribute to this. I will support this Report with very serious reservations. The issue starts, as you remember, with two committees in this House trying to investigate one thing. You directed that both had mandate and they could go as long as they kept their mandate. The Departmental Committee on Transport, Public Works and Housing has gone ahead. What came was a privately initiated investment plan from KQ to JKIA. This was in an effort to improve the status of KQ. We all know that KQ has many problems. One, ... view
• 4 Jul 2019 in National Assembly: this case, it looks like they are going to get from the Government all the money they injected in plus more. Here, the Committee did not do a good job. They should have been clear on how the private investors will help the Government to deal with the losses. We cannot take all the loss of KQ and put it to the people of Kenya. Whether they will pay it now or later, that is not the issue. It is still on the people of Kenya. Perhaps the Committee’s Report should be amended. If the process of nationalisation is going ... view
• 3 Jul 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I also stand to oppose this. In these commissions, sometimes there are issues in which you may need expertise from somewhere else. I have seen that the process of the House of electing or selecting Members to the Commission quite often does not take into consideration the expertise that may be needed. They may feel that they need somebody to advise them on something specific at a specific time. That is necessary. Further, it limits the fear that we will pick people to sway the decision. For that purpose, I oppose the amendment. view