Dr. James Nyikal

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 981 to 990 of 3161.

• 27 Feb 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker, for giving me the opportunity. Let me start by appreciating the work of this Committee. Since I came to this House, it is the first time we are getting clear reports on the NG-CDF. The Committee has worked well on these reports. They have been on time. I find this particular Report extremely 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
• 27 Feb 2019 in National Assembly: good. The recommendations given are clear and easy to work on. They are supported by appropriate Acts and laws. This is an extremely good Report. We must support it. The NG-CDF deserves a Committee like this. This is an extremely important Fund. In my view, this is probably the only Fund that meets the requirement of public involvement in public affairs. In this Fund, there is involvement of the people right from the time of project identification to the time of project implementation. When we are identifying projects and doing public participation, I am often amazed at how well the ... view
• 27 Feb 2019 in National Assembly: The other thing about this Fund is the rapid response. It is the only Fund that, when people have a problem, they report their problem to the constituency office and within a short time, it is responded to. If a window of school has been blown away, they report and within a short time something can be done. It is extremely important and if we could do our national project in a similar way, it would go a long way in getting the people realise what the Government is doing for them. view
• 27 Feb 2019 in National Assembly: There is need for flexibility in the rules regarding emergencies. There are times when the emergency in the eyes of the public, may not look like emergency for the board that is approving emergency expenditure. That is an area we should look at. I do not know of any fund in Government which is as cost effective as the NG-CDF. The overhead is actually the lowest of any fund I know. So, as Members of Parliament, we may pat ourselves on the back that this is where we get value for money. What is spent on administration is the lowest. ... view
• 27 Feb 2019 in National Assembly: given wider responsibilities. My recommendation is, we should establish those regional offices independently and have independent officers manning them so that the constituency fund managers remain constituency fund managers. With that, I support this Report. view
• 27 Feb 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I also support this amendment. Insurance is a big industry. Big insurance companies operate as they do. Intermediaries are a good link between insurance companies and the people. Where intermediaries work well, it makes it easy for the insured to pursue the matter. The risk that intermediaries may not pay is taken care of. In fact, this was the main issue in this Bill. The Chairman has done a good thing. I support it. view
• 27 Feb 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I also support this amendment. Insurance is a big industry. Big insurance companies operate as they do. Intermediaries are a good link between insurance companies and the people. Where intermediaries work well, it makes it easy for the insured to pursue the matter. The risk that intermediaries may not pay is taken care of. In fact, this was the main issue in this Bill. The Chairman has done a good thing. I support it. view
• 27 Feb 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I want to support this. It makes it neat and clean. There was fear that intermediaries may not pay, but equally, insurance companies may fail to pay the intermediaries. This new clause makes sure that intermediaries are paid and it even brings the penalties to it. It makes Clause 10 complete and neat. view
• 27 Feb 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I want to support this. It makes it neat and clean. There was fear that intermediaries may not pay, but equally, insurance companies may fail to pay the intermediaries. This new clause makes sure that intermediaries are paid and it even brings the penalties to it. It makes Clause 10 complete and neat. view
• 27 Feb 2019 in National Assembly: I support. view