David Gikaria

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1621 to 1630 of 2696.

• 31 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. It is important for us in future to have commissioners already interviewed and names sent to the President for onward transmission to the National Assembly by 30th of December. It is also important for us to say that elections are not going to be held only in 2017. There are subsequent elections going to be conducted in future. We also need to understand how long a selection panel should take to give us a shortlist of people to be interviewed. view
• 31 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: The other day, as the Judicial Service Commission was conducting interviews for the Chief Justice, some people went to court and the court ruled that those people who were not shortlisted must be interviewed. We are also wondering whether a similar thing will happen in this case. Two hundred people may apply and once we shortlist maybe 40 of them, some will go to the same court, which might order us to interview all of them. That is where the Judiciary needs to come in, so that we do not find ourselves in a situation similar to the one that ... view
• 31 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: say that anybody who applies has to be interviewed, that is something we need to critically look at. The Judiciary needs to assist this country in understanding the magnitude of some of the issues we face, particularly those related to elections. Initially, commissioners would be removed from office through a tribunal. The amendment to the elections laws now gives us options. If someone dies or resigns, other recommended ways as used for other public service officers can be used. This law is progressive. We need not wait for a petition since there are other ways that can be used to ... view
• 31 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: I do not understand Section 24, which talks about prisoners because I do not have the parent Act. Are we talking about prisoners in the country or those in foreign countries? This is where we will indulge the Leader of the Majority Party to understand if we are talking about prisoners in the country or those in foreign countries, for purposes of elections. view
• 31 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: The IEBC providing special interest groups and people with disability an easier way to vote is a welcome idea. view
• 31 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: Regarding judgements when there is an issue between the time nominations have been done and the general elections are held, how long should it take an election tribunal to give a verdict? I remember last time they had a very short period. Some of the cases were determined in a hurry. I do not think some people got justice. It is important for us to say that upon anybody appealing after a nomination, there must be specific date within which the tribunal must give a verdict for somebody to know if he has to go to the High Court. Assuming ... view
• 31 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: There are some issues that need to be checked by invoking Section 17 of the IEBC Act regarding involving many stakeholders. New Clause 18 under Clause 55 (a) that is being amended says that the IEBC can postpone an election. If that is not checked, it might be misused. For them to reach a decision as to whether to postpone an election or not, the participating political parties and other stakeholders in that election must be involved in making that decision. If we leave to the IEBC to make that decision, this provision might be misused. Section 14 says that ... view
• 24 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: This is a public Petition by the residents of Nakuru Town East Constituency on revocation and cancellation of a title for land, LR/No.462/2, Nakuru Municipality, Block 23/108 that belongs to Naka Primary School. I, the undersigned, on behalf of the residents of Biashara Ward, parents and pupils of Naka Primary School, Nakuru Town East Constituency, draw the attention of the House to the following:- THAT, Nakuru Municipality Block No.23 is a piece of private agricultural land registered as L.R. No. 462/2 that is owned by Nakuru Development Company Limited; THAT, around 1985, Nakuru Development Housing Company Ltd. sought consent from ... view
• 24 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: 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
• 24 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: THAT, the Pyrethrum Board Cooperative Society Ltd. alleged that it bought the land from a company called “Hyrax Developers Ltd. which was not in existence as per the search conducted at the National Land Registry; THAT, a further survey done on 13th August, 1999 indicated that the land in question was a public utility, and was held in trust for the residents of Nakuru Municipality, and the community needed to have been furnished with any changes or emerging issues, if any; THAT, the agreement between Pyrethrum Board Cooperative Society Limited and Hyrax Developers Company Ltd. dated 2nd October, 1998 regarding ... view