David Gikaria

All parliamentary appearances

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• 21 Feb 2018 in National Assembly: There is also the National Construction Authority. People have gone to banks of late, got money and built some houses in the urban centres, but only for them to come down. It is very sad. The National Construction Authority has slept on the job. It just thinks of charging very high figures. If you want to have a company, they ask you to pay Kshs300,000 or Kshs200,000. They concentrate on collecting money and forget their core activity which is to have quality housing. Houses are collapsing because we have substandard building materials in the market. Whenever The electronic version of ... view
• 21 Feb 2018 in National Assembly: you tell them, they always pass the buck to the Kenya Bureau of Standards (KBS) which looks at the standard and the substandard materials. The KBS allows business people to sell very substandard materials in the market at a high cost. So, KBS should take up this matter seriously. People have invested so much millions and at the end of the day, there is nothing to show. view
• 21 Feb 2018 in National Assembly: We also need to look at the planning aspect in this Sessional Paper on the National Housing Policy. There is poor planning. Our urban areas are not connected with water, roads and sanitation facilities. At the end of the day, you find a very good house but the other infrastructures that are supposed to go by it are not there. I disagree totally with what the Majority Whip was saying that we should allow the county governments to have rental houses. That is the last thing that we should ever do. We should allow county governments to build houses on ... view
• 14 Feb 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I rise on Standing Order No.95. If you look at both sides of Parliament - the majority and the minority parties... view
• 14 Feb 2018 in National Assembly: Let me finish. On both sides, the minority and majority sides, none of them is opposing the good work that the President did in terms of appointing the nominees. Since people are at your table and you are not observing, every speaker who speaks walks out. Finally, we will not have a good number for us to continue debate. It is true. I understand that most of the Members would really want to contribute, not because the nominees come from their respective areas, but because of the good work that has been done. The Judiciary and Parliament are complete, now ... view
• 29 Nov 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. It has been well explained by our able dear sister, Hon. Cecily Mbarire regarding this Bill. Rightly as indicated earlier, this Bill was brought to the 11th Parliament and we approved it. But it is good for us, as Parliament and as a House of records that we correct any error in differences that have been noted to have occurred when we were approving it so that this issue does not crop up, particularly with the Auditior-General. He has work to do. If this error is left uncorrected, a discrepancy of over Kshs3 billion might raise ... view
• 29 Nov 2017 in National Assembly: The counties have been suffering and therefore we need to pass this Bill. It is important that the conditional grants and loans given remain as such. We have seen counties that have been 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
• 29 Nov 2017 in National Assembly: given money under conditional grants, particularly in the health sector, use that money elsewhere through amendments by their county assemblies. The Auditor-General needs to look at that. Conditional grants are given for a purpose. They are ring-fenced for a purpose which must be realised. So, it is important for the respective, both new and old governors to understand that conditional grants have a purpose. When the Senate and the National Assembly allocate those funds, they must be used for the purpose they were intended. It is important for all county governments to take that into account. It is good for ... view
• 29 Nov 2017 in National Assembly: With those remarks, Hon. Speaker, I second. view
• 29 Nov 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. First, I would like to thank my brother, Hon. Melly, for the good Motion he has brought before this House. I do not want to repeat what has been said. Having a service lane is very important. If you look at the number of cars on traffic, you cannot even change a tyre. I urge the respective counties that as they do that and as we have the service lane in place, we should also have public facilities such as toilets and shops. You just find people walking into the bush. We need to ... view