David Gikaria

All parliamentary appearances

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• 11 Apr 2018 in National Assembly: Also whenever there are power surges and most of the machines or electrical appliances in the house or in the company are damaged, there is possibility of getting compensated. The right of wayleaves is addressed very articulately in this Bill. During our public participation in Murang’a, and specifically in Mathioya Constituency, it was so sad that tea farmers who had come together and collected Kshs2.2 billion to be able to generate power for use at the tea factory, could not undertake and finish that very dear project within the required period. This was just because they could not access less ... view
• 11 Apr 2018 in National Assembly: Governors (CoG), which was headed by Hon. Kimemia, the Governor of Nyandarua, the KEPSA, the KOGA, Natural Justice, Turkana County Assembly; the Turkana County Government and there was a community from Narok; the Keikoyek community. We also had an opportunity to get a memorandum from the African Centre for Technology Studies, the Conservation Alliance of Kenya, the Turkana University and College Students Association, and Nakuru and Narok county governments. They visited the committee and were able to give their submissions. I want to thank the committee members for the very good work that they did. We were able to have ... view
• 11 Apr 2018 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, our contact with the private sector brought that need to have the Ministry to be in constant consultation with the private sector and the relevant stakeholders who play a very key role in this important sector. There is also need to broaden the scope of qualification. In the Bill, they had suggested specific qualifications for you to be a member of a certain board, advisory committee or the Commission. However, we need to harmonise our laws, if the other laws have just given the qualification of a degree recognised in the country. That is what we needed to ... view
• 11 Apr 2018 in National Assembly: 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
• 11 Apr 2018 in National Assembly: Again this has, therefore, broadened the entry point for various people to be potential nominees to the respective boards, advisory committees and the Commission. view
• 11 Apr 2018 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, we had the need for a licensing authority to safeguard against a licensee. We came to a realisation that a licensee walks in and is frustrated because of the many licenses required. We have tried to harmonise some of these licenses to attract more investors into this sector. We also saw the need from the public as protected by the public the need to harmonise the licenses. This is a debatable issue. In Tanzania, they increased the tax on kerosene to almost the same price as diesel and there is no adulteration whatsoever. This is because kerosene is ... view
• 11 Apr 2018 in National Assembly: From the interaction with the Ministry and Kenya Power Company (KPC), per month they give 8 million litres of kerosene and from that only 2 million is used by the common households and so the 6 million litres of Kerosene go to different use. I think per day they transport almost 8 million litres of kerosene. Therefore, you can imagine with 6 million litres at Kshs33 that is a business everyone would want to venture in. As a country, we need to think and debate whether we should take it. Kerosene is referred to as the common mwananchi’s fuel which ... view
• 11 Apr 2018 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, we have realised that gas is the next frontier and we thank the Ministry for having engaged and also budgeted for provision of gas exploration. We were very surprised when we went to Lamu Pate Island, that this country started exploration of petroleum in 1971. There is a rig that was done in 1971 which is still there in Pate Island. There is a company called Zarara which has been licensed to explore gas and this will go a long way in addressing some of these issues. view
• 11 Apr 2018 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, the high cost of electricity and more so energy was also brought up during our public participation. We had the feeling that Kenyans also want to use electrical appliances that will save energy. The efficiency and saving of energy will go a long way to reduce the amount of energy that is wasted where people use 1000 watts of bulb in their houses and they do not need it. Maybe they need an energy saving bulb or any other measure that can be taken. In this Bill we have brought some incentives to encourage people to use more ... view
• 11 Apr 2018 in National Assembly: From the public participation, there is need for this House to fast-track the Land Value Index Bill. This will address the huge problem that this Government is facing on matters to do with compensation of land that is being used for energy infrastructure. As I had said earlier, this House will have an opportunity to look at the production sharing contract. There are many pertinent issues which we will raise as a Committee during the Committee of the whole House. One key component in the situational review is that Kenya has discovered oil and gas and that is a new ... view