David Gikaria

All parliamentary appearances

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• 23 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker for giving me the opportunity to note this Report by His Excellency the President. It is very sad that Members take advantage of their position to cry foul just to make their leaders happy. They blame the Government over issues that are not even there. It is very unfortunate that people take very extremist approaches over any report brought here by the President. They blame the Government for failure yet we are just talking about national values and principles. Hon. Njuguna made it clear that we should be patriotic. We went to Israel on a ... view
• 23 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: Regarding corruption and devolution, the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) said that he wanted to investigate allegations of corruption made against Kilifi County Government but some leaders went there to protect the Governor because he is one of their own. Why do you protect someone who has stolen? Theft is just theft whether is it by the Opposition or the ruling party. We should be truthful to ourselves. Let us fight corruption as a team. With those few remarks, I note the Report. view
• 22 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Hon. Deputy Speaker. view
• 22 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I just want to make an inquiry. I brought a Petition almost four months ago regarding land belonging to Naka Primary School and 60 days have lapsed. I have been trying to follow up with the Committee with no success. When they visited the school, they promised they would give a report within two weeks. Hon. Deputy Speaker, maybe you could direct the Committee to do so. We had set aside some money in the National Government Constituencies Development Fund (NG-CDF) to construct that school, but without the verdict, we cannot move on. Now we ... view
• 22 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker view
• 22 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: Again, Hon. Deputy Speaker, I need your guidance for us to clear with this. The other day, the Chair of the NG-CDF Committee said that the Kshs10 billion which was reallocated to the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology was supposed to be taken to various schools for purposes of development of laboratories. By the way, we had been guided by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology. Six of us had opportunity to visit the Ministry and we were told to see a gentleman called Masese. The money has already been sent to the accounts of the Ministry, but ... view
• 22 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I support the amendment. Of course, I had an issue with the amendment just as raised by Hon. Makali. However, after Hon. Ochieng 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
• 22 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: explained, it is true that the composition of the Board should always adhere to the gender parity principle. view
• 22 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker for giving me this opportunity to support this Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill. Yesterday, we were in a Committee where we were discussing some proposals on the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill. They were brought before the Departmental Committee on Administration and National Security. We had, appearing before us, members and officers from the Kenya National Police Service Commission. They were presenting other matters before us, but they also highlighted something on the proposed amendments. They said that they were very surprised because they were seeing most of the amendments for the first time. We asked ... view
• 22 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: On the proposed amendments to the Betting, Lotteries and Gaming Act, the other day, we were debating a substantive Bill by Hon. Jakoyo Midiwo regarding this matter. We now have some amendments proposed here in the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill. They ought to have been incorporated and introduced together with the other proposed amendments in Hon. Jakoyo’s Bill. When Jakoyo moved his Bill, there were some issues that needed to be--- I am a little bit perturbed by the gaming machines. That is because of the way the amendment is framed. It states that any person who uses or ... view