Dr. James Nyikal

All parliamentary appearances

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• 25 Jun 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. I do not support the Committee on this. The whole essence of this is the existence or the non-existence of brokers. The Bill says that an intermediary shall not receive any premium on behalf of an insurer. What then will you do with a broker? The big insurance companies are just going to form a cartel and kill the companies. That is what happened in the oil industry. We cannot have these proposals which have a double meaning. It is also saying that they shall not receive and on (iv), it is assuming that ... view
• 25 Jun 2019 in National Assembly: I am also concerned about how we conduct the process of two-thirds. Every time we have heard two-thirds majority on the gender issue, the first thing we do is to count to know whether we have two-thirds in the House. Why are we changing today? We are saying that we will then pass it and prove the two-thirds majority. The process and the principle are not right. I do not support. view
• 20 Jun 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me this opportunity. I must start by commending the Committee. This is an extremely important law and they worked well on it. May I also thank the Parliamentary Service Commission for giving us these iPads. At least, now we have a system where you get the information and you can follow what is going on without any paper. This committee worked diligently. I have seen many reports of mediation, but this has been done professionally. I really must congratulate that Committee. Just to give a few examples, when they were dealing with ... view
• 20 Jun 2019 in National Assembly: Those are the issues we should look at. If you look at Clause 5 when they were talking about the membership of the consultative forum, you will find that they gave reasons about the decision that was made when they were rejecting one part and the other. If you look at Clause 11, you will realise that the qualifications of the Director General and the terminology… I have no option but to commend them for a good work. It looks apparent that in the selection of this Committee, two important factors were actually looked into. One was the experience of ... view
• 20 Jun 2019 in National Assembly: We need to adhere to the law and that is the most important thing to do. In the area of physical planning, we have had a big problem. People have lost expensive property. If you look at it carefully, you will find that there must have been approvals according to some plans. But it turns out later that it should not have been. You do not hear people who approved these things suffering anything while the owners are losing enormous amounts. Some even go ahead and commit suicide. We must adhere to the law. As citizens, we must have a ... view
• 20 Jun 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me this opportunity. This is an extremely important Bill in the energy sector. We are dealing with nuclear energy. When the nucleus of these heavy elements degenerates, they produce extreme heat. That is what we are using to heat water and produce steam which we use to run machines that give us energy. It is a huge economic advantage to have them. Although other countries are exiting, they have acquired the knowledge. They have benefited from the economy of it. I think it is a good idea that we should have it. ... view
• 20 Jun 2019 in National Assembly: We are looking for renewable energy. This is definitely a renewable energy. It is the cheapest and it is very reliable. Of all the energy sources, it is probably one of the most reliable and easy to utilise. Many of us have travelled and you go to these countries and you never see power outages. Many of them are on nuclear energy. Can you imagine when all your public transport is on rails that are electrically powered and then you have irregular supply? It will not just be a disaster. We must move in that direction. We must, therefore, go ... view
• 20 Jun 2019 in National Assembly: war to that extent - but the big political war or international relations issue between the USA and Iran is because the latter has the capacity to use nuclear energy. When you have the capacity to use nuclear energy, you also have the capacity to get into nuclear weapon production. If we get into this, we must be ready to look at it. We have touched on the issue of countries moving away from nuclear energy. That is true. As I said earlier, other countries are moving away from it, but a whole technology cannot pass without us developing expertise ... view
• 19 Jun 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. As we approve this Vote, there is one important thing we need to know about wildlife. There is human-wildlife conflict. Compensation – although we passed a law in the last Parliament – has been poor. It takes years for persons to be compensated. So, as we approve this Vote, the State Department should make sure that human beings are protected and compensated. I support. view
• 19 Jun 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me this opportunity. Let me start by congratulating Hon. Osoro for bringing this important Motion to this House. This is a serious national issue in terms of economics and 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