Nyikal Wambura James

On a point of order, Hon. Temporary Speaker. Hon. Temporary Speaker, this is an extremely important Bill and has come at the right time. Up to now, we do not have the Committee’s Report on this. Tax laws are very complex and particularly, for those of us who do not...

Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to support this Bill. To me, the summary of this Bill is that we make the procedures easy and flexible, so that we can collect more taxes from more people, instead of increasing tax on individuals. With that principle, I...

Hon. Temporary Speaker, I am trying to follow the Mover moving this Bill. However, he is moving it in almost an amended form. In fact, it is like he is moving the Report of the Committee and not the Bill itself. So, it is not easy for us who are...

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for this opportunity. I will not say much on this Bill. What I really support is the work of the Committee and the amendments they have proposed. Had they not proposed those amendments, I would have proposed them. That means my major contribution to this...

On a point of order, Hon. Temporary Speaker. Hon. Temporary Speaker, I would like to raise a very important issue. When we started, I indicated that the Chairman was moving as if he is reading the Report. The Leader of the Majority Party came up and said that the Report...

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. (Hon. Moses Kirima spoke off the record) The Temporary Chairman (Hon. Omboko Milemba): Order, Hon. Nyikal. I can hear Hon. Moses Kirima. Take your seat, Hon. Kirima. This is not the mountain on the other side. I am very much aware of Members who have...

Thank you, Hon. Speaker, for the opportunity. I appreciate the work of the Committee. This Committee has done a fantastic job, including during their benchmarking trips. Whatever money was spent on the benchmarking trips was well spent. Power is one of the greatest inputs in development. It is key because...

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I rise to support this Bill. This Bill does three main things. One, it harmonises our laws with the Constitution. We have the Persons with Disabilities Act which was enacted before the Constitution, and therefore it is not in harmony with the Constitution. To that...

Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to contribute. Let me start by congratulating Hon. (Dr) Makali Mulu and the current Governor of Taita-Taveta County. When we talk of pension, perhaps, I understand it better than most of you because of my age and past experience in...

Well, I will also finish a few minutes earlier in recognition of what my colleagues are saying. I was just saying that it is just structures. Even if we look at the audit, it is the issue of structures. The last thing I would like to talk about is the...

Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. The matter before us is extremely important, and I applaud the Member for raising it. I support what the Chairman of our Committee indicated, that this is a criminal matter. It is also a professional matter; therefore, we must look at it. We will not...

Hon. Temporary Chairlady, I request that we have more explanation. Seeking clarity does not give us substance. It is that clarity that is being done through this Bill that we need to know what it is. Let us have it before we comment. The Temporary Chairlady (Hon. (Dr) Rachael Nyamai)...

He should have heard it first. Sorry to say this, but it is okay.

Yes, Hon. Temporary Chairlady. I will comment now. It must be clear to us when we are using foreign procurement procedures in our country. I understand that and I know the implications. This is not the time to discuss it. It is the main substance of the Bill, but at...

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Chairlady. What ill is being cured in paragraph (b) ? Is it somebody misrepresenting himself as being a Kenyan or unfair competition? To me the ill appears to be some misrepresenting themselves as being a Kenyan. Where does the unfair competition come in? Can I get...

It seems as though the amendment to Clause 27 is already catered for in the principal Act, therefore, I do not understand what we are correcting. The amendment seeks to remove the words “not less than” and replace them with the words “not exceeding”. However, Section 177 (1) (a) of...

Thank you for giving me opportunity. Although it is a simple amendment Bill, it strides very many major principles. I am not sure about the law you are referring. I guess it is school entry age and the Education Act. You refer to the definition of childhood age and when...

Thank you, Hon. Speaker. We are talking about a very important issue in the country. I thank Hon. Junet for bringing this. It is true that I do not feel proud as a Member of Parliament when I walk around. It is because of the things that I hear. The...

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to contribute. Let me start by appreciating the Senator and Hon. Irene Mayaka who brought this Bill. I rise to support it because it addresses one of our biggest challenges, which is youth unemployment. Sometimes, we see it as a...

Hon. Temporary Chairman, when it comes to research institution, one must give directions within their research, in which case you cannot have anything less than a PhD. The Board will give directions but, who writes the minutes of the meetings? Who makes the proposals? Who writes the papers to help...

I actually agree with what honourable colleagues have said. Let Hon. Kaluma’s amendments be in addition to what exists. Hon. Kaluma’s amendments are looking at very high-level moral issue that we cannot avoid. When you look at the management in the Bill as it is, we need what is in...

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Chairman. We are doing very well in this Bill because we seem to concur. A unit is required that will keep that information which is over and above what you normally have for other patients. We agreed we do it in the Kenya Medical Practitioners and...

Thank you, Hon. Speaker, for giving me this opportunity. I would like to bring to the attention of the Cabinet Secretary that, as the law stands, now with respect to the Commission for University Education (CUE) , the Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentists Council (KMPDC) does not monitor the training...

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. Sometimes, I feel very bad because the things that were working are no longer working. I did not get the question, but I have got the drift. Let me tell you what happened. Let the truth be told. When the WEF was started, I was...

Hon. Deputy Speaker, I rise to agree with the Leader of the Majority Party and support this process. But I want to make it very clear that those five laws we are dealing with are what the economy of this country is going to run on. We are talking of...

Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I rise to ask Question 142/2024 to the Cabinet Secretary for Roads and Transport. Could the Cabinet Secretary:

As my colleague has said, since 2016 up to now, this road has been assigned thrice. First, to Hayer Bishan Singh & Sons Ltd, then Ms Agrimac Consortium LLP and now Ms China Railway No.10 Engineering Group Company Limited. Although the Cabinet Secretary is saying Ksh54 million has been paid,...

Hon. Temporary Chairman, I would like to get a little more information. As we are going on, I see a lot of things passing. This bit sounds very interesting. That crude oil is now being regulated. It sounds good to me that it should be. Can we now know what...

Hon. Temporary Chairman, I, therefore, support this amendment but add that we used to have a refinery at Changamwe. If we are going to look back and revive it, then this amendment is important.(Section 10 as amended agreed to)I support. The Temporary Chairman(Hon. Omboko Milemba): You are in concurrence.(Question, that...

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. We have a problem and it is basically a problem of transition. When we passed the health Bills, remember our greatest argument was on transition. Why SHA and SHIF have got into problems is because we have not handled the transition well. SHA has three...

Thank you, Hon. Speaker. The use of asbestos is illegal. Therefore, by law, houses or buildings with asbestos roofs should not even be approved for habitation. We are actually talking about an illegality. The Public Health Department has the right to declare all those buildings unfit for habitation. My suggestion...

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I rise to support the mediated version of the Bill merely on the fact that it is a mediated version, meaning that Members of this House sat with those of the Senate, looked through the Bill and agreed on the areas that the National Assembly...

Hon. Temporary Speaker, I rise to second this Bill for two basic reasons. (Hon. (Dr) James Nyikal spoke off the record) Can I proceed with this microphone? Hon. Temporary Speaker, I rise to second this Bill for two basic issues. One, if there are funds that are supposed to be...

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for giving me an opportunity to second this Bill. We are actually considering this Bill for the second time. We previously had this debate in the Second Reading stage of the Bill, but it lapsed. This is an extremely important Bill even though we may...