David Gikaria

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1821 to 1830 of 2696.

• 7 Oct 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. I was trying to look at that amendment. Of course, I support the inclusion of the jail term. At the same time, I was trying to look at the amendment vis-à-vis the functions of the Authority. I am not very sure now of which is the unauthorized use. Assuming a person uses that to give data for purposes of saying: “This is the percentage of people who are seeking job”, is that unauthorized use? I do not know. Also, if it is possible, they can identify the issues that they are talking about. It ... view
• 7 Oct 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise to second. I agree with Hon. Sakaja that this Bill addresses most of the issues. Besides the employment, it talks about training and internship. As he has rightly said, over 70 per cent of the unemployed are the youths. So, we want to tell the Kenyan youths that the letter and the spirit of the Bill has not been lost. It is purely to assist the young people wherever they are in the Republic of Kenya to address most of the issues, particularly internship. Internship has been abused in the past. The ... view
• 7 Oct 2015 in National Assembly: I second. view
• 30 Sep 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to contribute to some of the issues which have been raised by the Committee. First of all, I concur with the Committee that the Senate needs to look at Article 96 of the Constitution to understand the roles that it is supposed to undertake. If it is going to duplicate what the National Assembly does, then the best thing that Kenyans should do is ask for a referendum and merge the two Houses, so that they can sit together and handle all the functions. Once we start duplicating some ... view
• 30 Sep 2015 in National Assembly: As I look at some of these miscellaneous amendments I want to believe that there may be advice that respective committees may want to benefit in future. Miscellaneous amendments, as I understand them, are many amendments in a particular Act of Parliament. Those amendments are brought together. So, it is a little bit confusing for us and we cannot be able to give meaningful contributions if the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs does not tell us what the original Acts say, what the Senate is proposing and what the Committee is proposing. We need to be in a ... view
• 30 Sep 2015 in National Assembly: Regarding the issue of prevention and protection, I totally concur with the Committee that bringing in the issue of consultation with the Council of Governors (CoG) is not important. Some of the counties do not have Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs). So, if you say that the CoG, that has on board all the 47 counties--- I totally agree with the Committee that we need to be very specific. Consultation should only be done in the respective counties where we have IDPs. That will go a long way in improving the situation. view
• 30 Sep 2015 in National Assembly: I am saying this particularly because in Nakuru we were much affected by the 2007/2008 post-election violence. We have brought this matter to the attention of the House. I brought a request here earlier on, but it has never been addressed. The Government went ahead and bought land to resettle IDPs. However, a good number of them have never been settled to date. It is because the Government never made proper inquiry regarding land matters. We have a case in The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be ... view
• 30 Sep 2015 in National Assembly: Subukia where a father sold land and the daughters then went to court. IDPs have never been settled, yet we spent millions of shillings purportedly for that exercise. view
• 30 Sep 2015 in National Assembly: The involvement of, say Nakuru County Government in buying land would have gone a long way in addressing this matter. In Njoro we settled over 567 IDPs. Again, some of the IDPs cannot occupy land because some of the so-called squatters went to court. Consultation with the county governments regarding particular parcels of land would have helped a great deal. The IDPs moved from Nakuru and went to set up camps in Subukia and Njoro. That does not auger well for the Government. Government money was spent yet we are still in courts. Consultations with the respective county governments would ... view
• 30 Sep 2015 in National Assembly: Mombasa or eastern region. I totally agree with the Senate that it is important for us to get into consultation with the county governments. We will be bringing some amendments at the Committee Stage, so that we can enhance sports. About alcohol and NACADA, we have a problem. Everybody is now drinking alcohol at the counties. view