David Gikaria

All parliamentary appearances

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• 16 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: With those remarks, I totally agree with the Chairman of the Departmental Committee on Labour and Social Welfare that we give the Committee some time. view
• 15 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to support this Bill by my colleague. As we talk about this Bill, allow me to just talk a little bit about Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) who are outside Parliament Gate. It is high time the Ministries concerned took this issue seriously. We have been to the Ministry of Devolution and Planning, the Ministry of Sports, Culture and Arts and now it is the Ministry of Interior and Coordination of National Government. It is high time the issue of integrated IDPs is addressed once and for all. It paints a ... view
• 15 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: Let me talk about the Livestock and Livestock Products Development and Marketing Bill. I am a Member of the Committee on Implementation and we had opportunity to check on the operationalisation of the Livestock Insurance Fund that this Government has already budgeted for and has given some money, which was not enough. In the first financial year - two years ago - they were given less than Kshs100 million. Last year, they were given Kshs300 million and in the current financial year, we have over Kshs500 million. This insurance was supposed to address particularly issues in ASAL areas where livestock ... view
• 15 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: As Hon. Duale always says, today you could be a very wealthy man and a week after, you are poor because all your livestock is gone. As we address the issues of marketing, we also need to address the cultural issues where people want to keep as many livestock as possible and ignoring some early warnings which are given by various Government agencies. Secondly, this is something that is very important. The object of the Bill is to streamline marketing. I totally agree. We do not have enough information regarding marketing. This is not only about livestock, but their by-products ... view
• 15 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: We understand that this is a source of income for many families in the country, and we would want to have that board. It has been suggested in the Bill that we have a livestock and marketing board. We need to be careful. The composition of that board is made up of Government agencies only. It does not involve the locals. It only has Government agencies and two people nominated by the Council of Governors (CoG). The other nominee is from the Kenya Veterinary Board. In the Committee of the whole House, we will be moving an amendment to include ... view
• 15 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: The other bit is about the middlemen. Middlemen have always taken advantage of the common livestock farmer. They buy livestock at very low prices and yet, farmers use a lot of money to rear them. I hope the board is going to take up that matter and eliminate the middlemen who buy animals at very low prices. view
• 15 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: One of the issues under Clause 2 regards definitions. This is important and they will need to look at it. One of the issues they have listed is about livestock marketing information system, which will collect, analyse and distribute data to respective stakeholders. This will enable them 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
• 15 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: to market their produce. When we were going round the four counties on issues to do with livestock marketing, we realised that the road network is a nightmare. Many roads in those places are not done properly. If you want to transport your animals to a distant place, the road network needs to be addressed. As we address the marketing issue, the road network needs to be taken into consideration, so that you can transport your products within a reasonable timeframe. view
• 15 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: The other issue is having the headquarters in Nairobi. I do not know why we always have headquarters in Nairobi. It is a high time this country started thinking about taking the headquarters closer to areas with more livestock farmers. Instead of having the headquarters in Nairobi, we can have it in North Eastern. view
• 15 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: Lastly, I will emphasise on what was raised by the Hon. Member for Mavoko. It is important for us to look at it. We cannot be allocating money to Kenya Meat Commission (KMC) which disappears within a month and nothing seems to be moving. KMC is bestowed with a marketing function. When we have money that disappears within a week--- view