David Gikaria

All parliamentary appearances

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• 7 Jun 2017 in National Assembly: I want to agree with the amendment as the Vice-Chair has just put it. Before, it was only the international organisations which dealt with refugees and it became very difficult for Kenya even when it wanted to find out how many refugees it had because of lack of data. With this amendment, the Government of Kenya will have its own data. view
• 7 Jun 2017 in National Assembly: I want to agree with the amendment as the Vice-Chair has just put it. Before, it was only the international organisations which dealt with refugees and it became very difficult for Kenya even when it wanted to find out how many refugees it had because of lack of data. With this amendment, the Government of Kenya will have its own data. view
• 7 Jun 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Chairlady. I am on the same Committee with Hon. Kamama. When we were scrutinising this Bill when it was brought by Aghostinho Neto, we thought that there are people who have been denied refugee status because of some security reasons. First, we only had 14 days and had to push for more days so that any aggrieved person might have an opportunity to be heard and explain themselves if they are denied that refugee status. It is important for those people to be given that time. At the same time, we were very careful that not everybody ... view
• 7 Jun 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Chairlady. I am on the same Committee with Hon. Kamama. When we were scrutinising this Bill when it was brought by Aghostinho Neto, we thought that there are people who have been denied refugee status because of some security reasons. First, we only had 14 days and had to push for more days so that any aggrieved person might have an opportunity to be heard and explain themselves if they are denied that refugee status. It is important for those people to be given that time. At the same time, we were very careful that not everybody ... view
• 7 Jun 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Chairlady. You know sometimes we legislate in vain. One of those instances is when we passed the Wildlife Conservation Act and said that if somebody is killed by a wild animal, we are supposed to pay Kshs5 million and other compensation amounts for various injuries. It has never happened. This is not only the Committee. We have to advise other people. The aspect of getting a legal counsel to represent those people might not... Assuming that there are 100 of them who have been denied status, what happens? If you take an illegal person to be represented ... view
• 7 Jun 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Chairlady. You know sometimes we legislate in vain. One of those instances is when we passed the Wildlife Conservation Act and said that if somebody is killed by a wild animal, we are supposed to pay Kshs5 million and other compensation amounts for various injuries. It has never happened. This is not only the Committee. We have to advise other people. The aspect of getting a legal counsel to represent those people might not... Assuming that there are 100 of them who have been denied status, what happens? If you take an illegal person to be represented ... view
• 7 Jun 2017 in National Assembly: I support the amendment. view
• 7 Jun 2017 in National Assembly: I support the amendment. view
• 7 Jun 2017 in National Assembly: Much as we talk about an advocate, the amendment goes on to say that where cancellation of refugee status occurs, the family members no longer have refugee status. These are some of the issues. view
• 7 Jun 2017 in National Assembly: Much as we talk about an advocate, the amendment goes on to say that where cancellation of refugee status occurs, the family members no longer have refugee status. These are some of the issues. view