Dr. James Nyikal

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 851 to 860 of 3161.

• 2 May 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady. Let me start by saying that this amendment is not getting the right consideration it deserves because I know we will pass it, but many people will not understand the import. It is just bringing in the employees of the county governments. The county governments are running health facilities and therefore, the benefit accruing from NHIF will also be applied in these areas. Those benefits are outlined in Section 22(3). All they are saying is that when these benefits are being given in the counties, this will be as per Section 22(3). So, the ... view
• 2 May 2019 in National Assembly: I know I have gone beyond, but some of us did not see the mischief which the Committee had to deal with and that is what I am explaining. view
• 30 Apr 2019 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. view
• 30 Apr 2019 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. I see something which will be with us the whole afternoon. In as much as we may say somebody did not do the right thing, the fact is we are making a law. The Chair has said he went through this a long time ago and cannot remember. I can tell you this is combined with the fact that we are getting into a new medium of operation with the machines. I saw it coming because many people are not aware of the miscellaneous amendments in the Order Paper. We will ... view
• 24 Apr 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me this opportunity. I rise to support the President’s State of the Nation Address. I support this because the President exhibited a spirit of commitment. More than five times, the President said there is no turning back. That is the kind of commitment that is expected. It also exposed the President’s philosophy - the philosophical basis of his governance which is to address the critical issues affecting the nation. The greatest threats to this nation and state are corruption, tribalism and poverty, particularly exhibited as youth unemployment. His Speech addressed this. The ... view
• 24 Apr 2019 in National Assembly: On corruption, the President was very clear. He was vigorous and fiery. Obviously, this is necessary. Corruption undermines development, efficiency and leads to poor services to the people, whether it is in education, healthcare, infrastructure or security. You cannot do anything in an atmosphere of corruption. We support that. However, I laud what he said at the end that this will be on the basis of rule of law and that nobody will be condemned without being heard. This gave a ray of hope to corrupt people. In this country, people who are corrupt or intend to be corrupt should ... view
• 24 Apr 2019 in National Assembly: As I end, the most important bit of the Big Four Agenda is the implementation. The President must be ruthless in his efforts to get this implemented. I know that the remaining time is limited. view
• 23 Apr 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise to support these amendments. In my simple probably known legalistic mind, it is relatively straightforward what is going on. The issue we are discussing is that a foreign company is not 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
• 23 Apr 2019 in National Assembly: registered in Kenya yet, it is doing business. If you want to try it in court, which laws will be used because by Kenyan laws that company does not exist? Perhaps, we have to go and try this company in their homeland and that cannot be the case. view
• 23 Apr 2019 in National Assembly: If a company does not have a physical residence here, it becomes very difficult to conduct due diligence on it. Therefore, I think without digging into the law lawyers will tell you that you cannot trade here if you are not registered. What does this mean? If this can happen in an organisation charged with the responsibility of conducting elections in Kenya, which must have utmost knowledge of law, and this happens under their watch, then something is grossly wrong. Is it that these people are incompetent, are there structural problems or can we easily say this is just corruption ... view