James Nyikal Wambura

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for giving me this opportunity. I rise to support this Bill. It is long overdue. The object of this Bill is noble. The design and construction of lanes for non-motorised traffic by the four agencies is essential. These are not just lanes. We will have...

Hon. (Dr) James Nyikal (Seme, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for giving me this opportunity. I rise to support this Bill. It is long overdue. The object of this Bill is noble. The design and construction of lanes for non-motorised traffic by the four agencies is essential. These are...

Hon. (Dr) James Nyikal (Seme, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. This is the response to a request for a Statement by Hon. (Dr) Irene Kasalu, regarding the unlawful detention of the body of the late Ms Priscilla Nyokabi Gaku by Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) from 30th May to date....

Hon (Dr) James Nyikal (Seme, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker.

Hon (Dr) James Nyikal (Seme, ODM) Thank you. I realised that this is an extremely important matter, and there is a lot more behind it than just a simple question of when the body is released. I took up this matter with the Cabinet Secretary as recently as yesterday, and...

Hon. (Dr) James Nyikal (Seme, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. What Hon. Sabina has raised is important. We will have this Report in two weeks' time.

Hon. (Dr) James Nyikal (Seme, ODM) To be accurate, let us leave it at two weeks. I will make an effort. This is important. So, we will get some information. Going by the request 30th July 2025 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES 5 Hon. (Dr) James Nyikal (Seme, ODM)A certified version of...

Hon (Dr) James Nyikal (Seme, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for giving me this opportunity. I rise to support the Bill. The object of the Bill is noble and natural. It is something that we should not even debate on. All human effort is for human survival and its...

Hon. (Dr) James Nyikal (Seme, ODM) Okay. Hon. Speaker, I beg to lay the following Paper on the Table: Report of the Departmental Committee on Health on its consideration of the President's Memorandum to the Cancer Prevention and Control (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill, (National Assembly Bill No. 45 of 2022)...

Hon. (Dr) James Nyikal (Seme, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. Gambling is a bad thing. However, we enact laws to regulate bad things. I will support it on that basis. That is why we need a law to control gambling. I support it for one main reason. 30th July...

Hon (Dr) James Nyikal (Seme, ODM) I want to get clarification from the Mover. If Kisumu was initially there and has now been removed, what does that mean? Was it a repetition, implying that Kisumu is still there and Kitui is simply being added? Does this mean that the money...

Hon (Dr) James Nyikal (Seme, ODM) I second. (Question proposed) (Question put and agreed to) THE EQUALISATION FUND APPROPRIATION BILL (NATIONAL ASSEMBLY BILL NO.21 OF 2025)

Hon. (Dr) James Nyikal (Seme, ODM) I second. (Question proposed) (Question put and agreed to) (The Bill was accordingly read a Third Time and passed) ADOPTION OF REPORT ON AUDITED ACCOUNTS OF SELECTED STATE CORPORATIONS

Hon. (Dr) James Nyikal (Seme, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for giving me this opportunity. I rise to support this Report. I just want to make a general comment. I have observed this on many occasions. Extremely important reports are brought to this House and many times, we debate...

Hon. (Dr) James Nyikal (Seme, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Chairlady. I would like to give an explanation. A chairperson elected by members of the Institute in the manner prescribed by the regulations brings some instability. If a member of an organisation is elected according to regulations that can be...

Hon. (Dr) James Nyikal (Seme, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Chair. I need some explanation. Clause 42 (1) of the Bill says there is an existing association that will assume this work, but the amendment creates a new association. What happens to the old one? This is a matter that...

Hon. (Dr) James Nyikal (Seme, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. The objects of this Motion are to improve health services. We propose that if we require individuals holding important offices in this country to utilise public services, then these services will be improved. That is the theory about this...

Hon. Dr James Nyikal (Seme, ODM) Thank you Hon. Speaker for giving me an opportunity to pass my condolences, on behalf of myself, the people of Seme and my family to the families of the late three former Members. As a House, we have to think about the number of...

Hon. (Dr) James Nyikal (Seme, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I have one brief Question regarding the Maseno-Kombewa Road. The Cabinet Secretary answered regarding the Vihiga side. However, that road extends all the way to Kombewa-Kalandini. Hon. Speaker The Member of Parliament alleged that your side was completed. Hon. (Dr)...

Hon. (Dr) James Nyikal (Seme, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I had started moving the Bill. Its purpose is to provide a legal framework for the Kenya Institute of Primate Research. This is an Institute that deals with research on non-human primates. The research includes preclinical research, biomedical research and...

Hon. (Dr) James Nyikal (Seme, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. Let me start by appreciating and thanking my colleagues for their contributions to the Bill. Emphasis has been made on important areas like the issue of zoonotic diseases. We will take those 23rd July 2025 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES 47...

Hon. (Dr) James Nyikal (Seme, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker for giving me this opportunity. I rise to support the Report of the Committee. I have related to the government for a long time in whatever I have done and I have not seen a single fund that the...

Hon. (Dr) James Nyikal (Seme, ODM) I will accept the information.

Hon. (Dr) James Nyikal (Seme, ODM) Hon. Temporary Speaker, I have received a lot of information. I have been educated but even if we say there is separation of powers, in my view, this is still separation, looking at how the NG-CDF is operating in my Constituency. If you look...

Hon. (Dr) James Nyikal (Seme, ODM) On a point of order, Hon. Temporary Speaker. The Temporary Speaker (Hon. Peter Kaluma) What is your point of order? Hon. (Dr) James Nyikal (Seme, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I rise on Standing Order 96. This is an extremely important Motion that...

Hon. (Dr) James Nyikal (Seme, ODM) Thank you for this opportunity. The Bill seeks to entrench the National Government Constituencies Fund (NGCF) , the National Government Affirmative Action Fund (NGAAF) , and the Senate Oversight Fund (SOF) in the Constitution. Constituencies’ funds has done what other Funds have not done....

Hon. (Dr) James Nyikal (Seme, ODM) I will have an answer in two weeks after we come back from recess. Hon. Speaker One week. You are recessing for a month. Committees are not closing. Hon. (Dr) James Nyikal (Seme, ODM) Okay.

Hon. (Dr) James Nyikal (Seme, ODM) Hon. Temporary Chairlady, if the money had been left here, they would have lost it. Because in the next two days, it would be virtually impossible to have used the money. The fact that the money has now been moved to the next financial...

Hon. (Dr) James Nyikal (Seme, ODM) Hon. Temporary Speaker, I will be very brief as I support this very important Motion. We have not had such a report for a long time. The Report is part of the Budget because it indicates which debts we are paying. The Report indicates...

Hon. (Dr) James Nyikal (Seme, ODM) Thank you. This is an urgent matter because I understand that the body is still detained. We are going to work on the issue immediately. A report will come within one week after we resume from recess. However, action definitely needs to be taken...

Hon. (Dr) James Nyikal (Seme, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for giving me this opportunity. I rise to support the report and the proposed formula. It is an improvement on the previous one. I also appreciate the effort that has gone into developing it. However, it has limitations. It...

Hon. (Dr) James Nyikal (Seme, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I rise to support this Bill and give a bit of caution. Today, we talk of E-commerce, digital currency, virtual assets, and we are already doing virtual money transfers. We are setting up digital hubs in our constituencies to...

Hon. (Dr) James Nyikal (Seme, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I rise to support the Report of the Committee. What we used to know as NGOs are now called Public Service Organisations (PSOs) . They are an important part of a democratic society. They offer charity in service delivery....

Hon. (Dr) James Nyikal (Seme, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I rise to support this Bill from the Senate. It is very interesting that, even after 10 years, we are still looking at the structure of financial management of these entities. It is a whole issue of devolution. In...

Hon. (Dr) James Nyikal (Seme, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I beg to move that the Kenya Institute of Primate Research Bill (National Assembly Bill No.52 of 2024) , be now read a Second Time. Let me begin by thanking the Members of the Departmental Committee on Health, which...