David Gikaria

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1781 to 1790 of 2696.

• 2 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, it is unfortunate that my brother is just having some selective memories. I mentioned very clearly that I was here when Hon. Chrisantus Wamalwa was moving the Motion. I have specifically said that I respect him as a person who does strategic planning. He normally puts his case forward by presenting figures. What I was saying in my presentation is that he has not given us specific figures on how many applicants have applied and how long it takes for them to get their IDs. I want to be very specific because, through the Committee on ... view
• 16 Dec 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I did not intend to interrupt my dear sister. I rise on Standing Order No.95 read together with Standing Order No.106. My sister is the seventh speaker on this Motion and she is just supporting. It is high time we called the Mover to reply. I really wish that you put that to Question so that we can move forward. Make a ruling regarding Standing Order No.95. view
• 1 Dec 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. I want to support what Hon. Chepkong’a has just said. It is true as he has just pointed out that we had an opportunity of doing that when we were vetting one PS, who was being promoted to another position. The question that we were asking ourselves was: Is it right for us to vet her for the second time? It was made very clear by the Public Appointments (Parliamentary Approval) Act for this position and other positions. We were looking at three major things which need to be looked at. As you have ... view
• 1 Dec 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you. view
• 28 Oct 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me this opportunity to support the Motion by Hon. (Dr.) Victor Munyaka. I am a Member of the Implementation Committee. Looking at the Motion, the way it is framed and the advice that has always come from Hon. Speaker, it means that the Clerk needs to do more as we approach the changing of our Standing Orders. As a Committee, we had proposed that before a Motion is brought to Parliament for debate – we are not trying to gag anybody – it The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is ... view
• 28 Oct 2015 in National Assembly: is important for it to go through the Liaison Committee so that it can look at the implementation aspect. The Motion as it is raises very many queries. Hon. Korir has tried to bring an amendment to try and talk about the lost firearms only. Very many Motions have been passed in Parliament and my Committee has taken initiative to try and see how the Cabinet Secretary (CS) is supposed to implement them. Illegal arms are in the hands of very many Kenyans in Pokot, Turkana and other areas. It has become very difficult as Hon. Wesley has said to ... view
• 28 Oct 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker for giving me this opportunity to support the Report by the Committee. I am a member of the Committee. Rightly and as you have just said, these are issues that came up in the meeting when we deliberated the matter. The sentiments that you have just echoed here is what the Committee was trying to grapple with, particularly for a commissioner who has worked for this country in a very diligent way. What mandate does the Committee have regarding such matters? This is something we deliberated through the able leadership of Hon. Kamama. It was unfortunate ... view
• 28 Oct 2015 in National Assembly: personal grudge. They made it very clear that the petitioners are just part of a group of a Non- Governmental Organisation (NGO) based in Mombasa and is concerned about police reforms. That is how they came to do this Petition. Through the normal process of their work, they cited two articles in the Daily Nation Newspaper where the Commission had indicated that they were ready to have a replacement of the Vice-Chairperson who is deceased, and Major (Rtd.) Muiu. After seeing the second article, they got concerned and made an effort to reach the Commission to try and get some ... view
• 28 Oct 2015 in National Assembly: Basically, this is an NGO that is concerned with police reforms. They also had an opportunity to interact with the Commission where the Commissioner was conspicuously missing in all the five meetings that they held with the Commission. That is how they came to write this Petition. They had dome some research regarding the issue. I want to thank Hon. Nyokabi, the Women Representative for Nyeri County, for her participation and one of the questions that we raised to the petitioners was whether they had access to information under Article 44 and whether they sought information from the Commission in ... view
• 28 Oct 2015 in National Assembly: Secondly, about the Commissioner himself, we even tried to find out his age. The National Police Service Commission Act stipulates that commissioners can only be there for a term of six years non-renewable. This Commissioner has not been there for three years from 2013. When we were asking about his age, we were told that he is just slightly above 84 years. Again, the age factor came in. This is a very hard working officer. Under Article 246, he represents one of the retired police officers from the Administration Police and the success of the AP has been attributed to ... view