David Gikaria

All parliamentary appearances

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• 14 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: Yes, I am on the amendments. I am on the last one that talks about a pupil. It says three years to six years. I am saying this because in our county, you will find a child of up to 12 years. I have children who are going to class and they are very old. There are even old women wanting to join nursery school. Would that stop them from joining their classes or some children who did not have an opportunity to go to the early childhood development centres between the ages of three years and six years. Will ... view
• 14 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: I second. view
• 8 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker for giving me this opportunity to contribute to this important Bill. It is true that torturing suspects in order to extract evidence or confession from them is not acceptable. As Hon. Kang’ata said yesterday, it is important for us to define persons to be tortured. Hon. Kang’ata said that terrorists kill innocent people on the streets, churches and everywhere else. Should they be treated like common criminals? We should try to come up with a way of distinguishing dangerous criminals from common criminals. If we leave it open like this, we will be encouraging robbers and ... view
• 8 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: It is important to agree that the penalties for any person who commits this offence is a bit on the higher side. Much as the penalty has been defined, the offences need to be defined as well. Much has been said and it is true that in Kenya we need to have a country where everybody has a democratic space. They can express their feelings and views anytime but we should take note of hardcore criminals who need to be convicted. With those few remarks, I support. view
• 1 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to give my views. As it has been said, I totally agree with my colleagues. Hon. T.J has just alluded to the fact that these are laws that we really need to scrutinise properly. When I came to this Parliament as a first time Member, for the first amendments that were brought under the Statute Laws (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill we were told to be very careful because this is where most of the things are hidden. But, I want to believe that as much as that is the case, ... view
• 1 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: First, I want to talk about the Legal Aid Act. It is important for us to say that every accused person--- As it is now, it is only in those very huge cases that sometimes advocates are paid for by the Government to give legal advice to the accused persons. Most of the people in prison are innocent. It is only that most of them did not know what to do when they were in court. It is important for us to think about how best the State can provide for advocates to assist accused persons and at the same ... view
• 1 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, it is important for us to look at the Prisons Act and, as it has been suggested, to get it right. view
• 1 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: What has been proposed under the Childrens’ Act is important and there are restrictions that have been alluded to in adoption of children. It is important that we are giving the Cabinet Secretary (CS) some powers in this Bill to make regulations. We have seen people from abroad misusing this provision by adopting children. Under this Act, we really need to look at the Adoption Act itself and see the conditions placed for one to adopt a child. view
• 1 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: I do not want to say what I am doing in Nakuru. I had a big problem when I found a policeman beating street children. I spoke to the children and took them to a social worker. They are in the streets because of disjointed families. It is not their choice. A man may have married a wife with a child from another man and that child never gets peace. When I tried to help those children by getting somebody to take care of them, it became a big issue for the Children Department. They wanted us to follow the ... view
• 1 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: Regarding the Independent Policing Oversight Authority (IPOA) Act on the confidentiality, it is doing a very good job in trying to bring sanity in the Police Force by taking action against rogue policemen and policewomen. At the same time, we need to protect some of this information that a serving or retired officer gives to IPOA. This is important because most of the time, particularly those serving police officers, are scared to go and give their version of a story to IPOA because the information is not confidential. It will be exposed. At the end of the day, their bosses ... view