David Gikaria

All parliamentary appearances

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• 8 Nov 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you Hon. Deputy Speaker for giving me this opportunity. As a matter of procedure, I know in the last Parliament there were quite a number of Members of Parliament who did not show up and they had some very good Motions. Their intentions were that their Motions be discussed in the 11th Parliament. I think it is also advisable now for the new Members to go to the Table Office and pick those Motions because some of them were very important. I am saying this because I was in the Committee on Implementation and there were so many other ... view
• 8 Nov 2017 in National Assembly: I totally agree with the Leader of the Majority Party. This is some of the information we got at the induction course. Most of those Motions were urging the Government. Even as the Committee on Implementation we were unable to do anything. Secondly, most of these Motions which were brought by Members were about functions of the county governments. If you tell them to build a hospital, yes, it will pass here and Members will agree but at the end of the day, the Government has no funds to go and build a dispensary at the county level. That is ... view
• 8 Nov 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I rise to second the Motion on the establishment of a Parliamentary Joint Select Committee on the Election of Members to the East African Legislative Assembly (EALA). Just at the Leader of the Majority Party has just said, I rise to thank the National Super Alliance (NASA) Coalition. I just wish that this had started a long time ago so that we could have a Parliament that has a programme where NASA is cooperating and being able to bring nominees from the NASA Coalition. I think it is important for this House. Hon. Speaker, you remember ... view
• 8 Nov 2017 in National Assembly: 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
• 8 Nov 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. As the Leader of the Majority Party has indicated, the mining sector in this country is very important. Some of the key highlights of the mining sector are that it was envisioned in Vision 2030. The mining sector is 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
• 8 Nov 2017 in National Assembly: very important to raise the economy of this country. Of course we passed the Mining Act in 2015, upgrading from the very old Acts that we had. Some of the key areas that need to be looked into are one of the long-term policy direction and the legal framework. You will notice that before it was a haphazard way of handling the mining sector, but now we have a legal framework to address some of these issues. Secondly, provide a strategy for clear, simple, predictable and transparent accountable licensing procedure. I remember in the past the licensing procedure was haphazard. ... view
• 8 Nov 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. The marketing is very crucial to us that we do not just want to involve ourselves and then we do not have a place where we can take that product. Value addition for the product will go a long way in trying to attain Vision 2030. There is also the mobilisation of resources. This is a sector that requires huge amounts of resources for it to attain its objectives. So we need mobilisation of resources from our international partners and the local investors who can assist the Government to attain Vision 2030, in terms ... view
• 8 Nov 2017 in National Assembly: investors, or people coming from outside this country. Of course when they do business, most of the profits will be taken away. Therefore, the participation of the locals who will invest in the mining venture will go a long way to promote the local resources. Under the Mining Act, we have already passed the percentages as to how much we get at the county level. If a mine has been identified in a certain area, there is a certain percentage that will go to that county to become a revenue base for that county in order to develop. However, it ... view
• 11 Oct 2017 in National Assembly: Hon. Chairman, I do not want to contribute. 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
• 11 Oct 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Chairman. As said by my dear sister, this has brought clarity. I wish this law had passed last week but now the guy who is flying out on Thursday will need to reconsider his decision and withdraw the letter that he took to IEBC yesterday. He is not a candidate. This law is going to give that clarity. The Supreme Court read the mind of Parliament. I hope in future they will continue reading the minds of other institutions. That just gives justification that these amendments are correct. Thank you. view