Dr. James Nyikal

All parliamentary appearances

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• 2 Dec 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I second. view
• 2 Dec 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I do not support this basically for the same reason. “Accuse” is too general. It should either be “under investigation” or “on trial” because those are specifics. You know what to do and when, but, in this case, who is accusing? If a Member of the Board is accused and someone goes to the Press and says: “we suspect”, is that enough reason? I think we need better terminology or just drop it all together. view
• 2 Dec 2021 in National Assembly: I oppose this amendment. We cannot institute Boards, put them in place then emasculate them. It is not necessary because you now have a Board The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 2 Dec 2021 in National Assembly: and now the Cabinet Secretary is the one that is appointing the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Board. Who then is the Director General answerable to? If there is a question, who does… I think we should drop this. view
• 2 Dec 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, mine is not about Clause 42. Whereas I support the amendment to provide for commencement of the Act, I just need a clarification, because we know many laws have been assented to by the President, but are yet to be implemented. For example, the Health Act, 2017. Can I be educated on that so that I know we are safe? We can have a law that stays on the shelves and is never implemented. view
• 2 Dec 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I want to support Hon. Millie’s position. The whole of this Bill is based on Clause 2. When you talk of patent, intellectual property rights and innovations, we will interact with the whole world. If we do not get that right… view
• 2 Dec 2021 in National Assembly: I was in Geneva in a meeting one time where a definition took 24 hours. So, these definitions have such serious meanings that we should go one by one and agree on them. view
• 2 Dec 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, for example, on indigenous knowledge, the definitions we have here assume what we know of the environment. It does not take into consideration what we do. For example, in Kisii there are people who do brain surgery. That is indigenous knowledge. It would then even include “practiced”. I would then say “and practised”. When you then come to Cabinet Secretary, you are saying industry and leaving out research. In fact, it would be important because sometimes we may have Cabinet Secretaries, one who may be responsible in industry and another responsible for research. Where will this ... view
• 2 Dec 2021 in National Assembly: The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 2 Dec 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise to support this Bill. view