David Gikaria

All parliamentary appearances

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• 22 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: We saw that immediately after Kibera was upgraded, the same population moved to another place. This policy is trying to address that aspect, so that once we bring down a slum, we do not create another one by moving the same people to another place who come up with informal structures and housing units. This is the most important aspect about this Policy Paper. view
• 22 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: We have slums because of poor planning and overpopulation. The Government has to play a critical role in terms of educating and sensitising the people on birth control to reduce population overgrowth. This will address some of these issues. There is lack of enforcement. We have very good policies, but at the end of the day, nobody enforces them. Enforcement must be delegated to a specific department in the Government, so that it is taken seriously. view
• 22 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: The Government also needs to take cognizance of the need to create job opportunities for the young people, not only in urban areas, but also in the rural areas. Rural-urban migration has created slums in urban areas. It should promote and give some incentives to the young people to engage in agri-business in the rural areas. Of course, the Government has come up with the Youth Enterprise Development Fund (YEDF) to address some of the unemployment matters. However, there should be sensitization, proper education and we should allow minimum conditions to be required when applying for loans. Then, we will ... view
• 22 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: It requires some political goodwill, partnership and communication. This will not be attained if the Chair of the Departmental Committee on Transport, Public Works and Housing, Hon. Kamanda, does not take into consideration budgetary provisions. Look at Nakuru County, for example. It has many houses and landlords. We cannot allow these kinds of policies to continue. We need county governments or the national Government to build houses and allow people to acquire them in the long-term. Some counties have very many houses, for example, Nakuru, where 5,000 people occupy 10,000 acres of land. This can be improved by building new ... view
• 22 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: With those few remarks, I support, but budgetary provisions should be included. view
• 21 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to contribute to this very important amendment Bill on the Sacco Societies Act. It has been said more than once that it is important for us to look at legislation and build on its weaknesses as has been witnessed in the past. Particularly, as it has been said, this amendment Bill will weed out the dirty people in this business. As Hon. Maanzo has just put it, it is true that we are over-legislating on some of these issues. We need to consider critically up to what level we can legislate. ... view
• 21 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, it is a fact that deposit-taking SACCOs is something we need to encourage. More often than not, SACCOs have assisted very many people to start businesses, buy land and do farming. We need to put legislation in place so that a few directors do not mismanage those SACCOs. view
• 21 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: It is unfortunate that SACCOs do not enjoy the facility of sharing credit information. Most of their members borrow money from one SACCO to another without caring to repay it. That is what has crippled most of the societies and not mismanagement. Bad debts have also risen out of non-payment by members who have taken some loans. This Bill stipulates that SACCOs are going to share credit information with banks. That will go a long way in addressing some of those problems by stopping people who are fond of moving from one SACCO to another getting money, failing to repay ... view
• 21 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: Other financial institutions will always bring a single regulatory framework which will be used for purposes of credit worthiness. Anybody who wants to check on the records can go to a 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
• 21 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: certain place and get that information so that he or she can get the credibility of the person who is seeking services. view