David Gikaria

All parliamentary appearances

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• 23 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon Speaker. I need your guidance. I want to withdraw the Question because of the way it is framed so that I can go back to…The issue was compensation for a road that was a diversion and people were affected. That was the essence of my Question. Allow me to go back to the Table Room to redraft it. view
• 23 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise to support the second supplementary budget. I do this with a lot of reservations because these estimates were tabled and we have the Report. The energy sector, particularly the foreign funding, has been reduced by a staggering Kshs8 billion. This is a very huge figure and it will affect so many programmes which were ongoing. It is unfortunate that the Jubilee Government has done so much in terms of electrifying this country. They were just about to finish and some projects are at 80 or 90 per cent, and then they deny ... view
• 23 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: I have heard my colleagues speaking about low absorption and pending bills. Pending bills will forever be there if this trend continues. We passed a law in this House on pending bills. 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
• 23 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: According to the Public Procurement and Asset Disposal Act, one cannot give a contract if there is no money. This is not about awarding contracts when there is no money, but about removing money which had already been committed and then there is no funding. This is something the National Treasury needs to look into and stop denying Kenyans this very important enabler. Energy is an enabler of the Big Four Agenda and without it, nothing can be done to address the agenda. In as much as I support the Supplementary Estimates II, the National Treasury needs to look into ... view
• 17 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I propose that the Motion for agreement with the Report of the Committee of Supply be amended by inserting the words “subject to re-committal of Vote 1152”. I request Hon. Kabinga wa Thayo to second. view
• 17 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: Yesterday, I tried to have the amendments inserted when we were doing Vote 1152 but I was advised, as per Budget procedures, that we have to wait. It is only a small amount of around Kshs499 million which had been taken away from a ministry to a department. We are taking it back to the ministry. It was not going to affect the overall figure on energy. view
• 17 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: No, I do not have any problem. Thank you. view
• 17 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Chairman, it is the tradition of the House for Members to get to know the nitty-gritty of these kinds of transfers. The Alternative Energy Technologies Programme was initially within the Ministry of Energy. Last year we passed the Energy Act 2019 and all the functions of this programme were moved to the Rural Electrification and Renewable Energy Corporation (REREC). What used to be called Rural Electrification Authority (REA) is now called REREC. Everything renewable was taken to REREC. That is why we got the new name. So, we have told the Ministry that they are supposed to remain with ... view
• 17 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: in REREC, but the users are in the Ministry. At the end of the day, the money will have to be taken back to the Ministry through a Supplementary Budget. view
• 16 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: Just a small clarity, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. We are reallocating money from transmission back to alternative energy. Does it require any pronouncement on the Floor of the House? The money is within the programme. view