David Gikaria

All parliamentary appearances

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• 16 Nov 2016 in National Assembly: I would like to take exception to what Hon. Dawood has just said. We, as the Committee on Implementation, have sent our Chair to the Liaison Committee. Committees should fast-track Petitions within the timelines that have been set under our Standing Orders. That is important for 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
• 16 Nov 2016 in National Assembly: us so that the family can get answers. The Committee on Implementation has taken up many Petitions that have not been handled by Committees. Through the Liaison Committee, we would like to request the Chairpersons of those Committees to tell us what the problem is. They need to fast-track the Petitions that are pending before their Committees. view
• 6 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. First, I would like to thank Hon. Ichung’wah for giving me this opportunity. This week, we have legislators from Sierra Leon under a Committee they call Transparency and Accountability. When we had a session with them in the Implementation 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
• 6 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: Committee, these are some of the things they said in terms of how they fasten implementation of some of the recommendations that most of their Committees come up with. It is unfortunate that this Report was tabled way back on 3rd December 2015. The House Business Committee (HBC) may need to prioritise some of these things. However, as you have rightly said, we, in the Implementation Committee, have not been taking seriously the recommendations from the PAC and PIC. It is high time we took these Reports seriously. view
• 6 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I rise to support the Policy Paper regarding children matters. I thank the Departmental Committee on Labour and Social Welfare for the good work they have done. As it has been said, this Policy Paper is intended to assist our children to grow in an environment where they can be what they want to be. It has been highlighted by the Mover. view
• 6 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: If you look at our communities, poverty has denied children progress. The statistics we have on the per capita income of every family, most of them do not work and cannot provide for 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
• 6 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: their families. This results in many things. Because of poverty, children do not go to school and parents require them to fend for the family. This Policy Paper, as it has indicated, is going to address poverty issues by urging the Government to have programmes that can alleviate poverty so that the children can access standard lives. It is also about diseases. It has been mentioned by the Mover and the Seconder. Looking at health services, our Departmental Committee on Health has proposed and recommended, on several occasions, that this very important function of health should be brought back to ... view
• 6 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: The Member for Murang’a is my friend. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me this opportunity and more so the Committee for proposing some of these amendments. view
• 6 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: We will start with the other things that we need in the Committee of the whole House to propose some amendments. 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
• 6 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: Clause 17, for example, provides for how long a witness can be protected. It must be clarified. It must be very clear on how long the Government can protect a witness. After a while, they can be released to normal life. It is important for us to think in line with what Ms. Wanjiku Muhia said that at The Hague people were recruited to be witnesses because of financial gain. It is important for us to be very specific. The Act should be very clear for how long a witness can be protected. If we allow this country to protect ... view