David Gikaria

All parliamentary appearances

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• 4 Dec 2014 in National Assembly: The Mover alluded to the development projects that are going to be implemented. As a Member of the Jubilee Coalition, I know that there are three core issues that are contained in our manifesto. The first one is security, the second one is food security and the third one is infrastructure. These three are the most fundamental issues contained in the Jubilee manifesto. I totally agree that improvement of our transport infrastructure through implementation of the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) and LAPSSET projects as well as tarmacking of 10,000 kilometres of road will go a long way in transforming this ... view
• 4 Dec 2014 in National Assembly: Recently, I visited a certain upcountry area. I saw how farm produce in that area is wasted because of bad roads. Dairy farmers cannot take their milk to the buyers just because of bad roads. If we can actualise the 10,000 kilometre road programme within the next three financial years, the common mwananchi, who is a peasant milk farmer, will be able to take his produce to the market without necessarily having to go through a middleman, who exploits the farmer. Some of those areas, which are more of semi-arid, have the potential to produce. We are going to spend ... view
• 4 Dec 2014 in National Assembly: As hon. Duale put it, proper infrastructure will reduce the common man’s production in terms of maintenance of vehicles and motorbikes. How will that help? If we have a proper road infrastructure in place, the Government will not have to spend so much money on repairs. Will a good road infrastructure enhance devolution? I believe 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
• 4 Dec 2014 in National Assembly: that it will. It has been said that a good road infrastructure will reduce the cost of devolution. view
• 4 Dec 2014 in National Assembly: Increased borrowing will enable us to put in place a good road infrastructure, which in turn will aid development and bring more money to the country. This means more money will be available to us as a result of better roads that will be done by the national Government and the county governments. view
• 4 Dec 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, it has been alluded that a recent International Monetary Fund (IMF) debt analysis gave Kenya a positive bill of health. The fact that we have never been given any debt relief shows that this country has grown significantly. We were recently moved to a middle income economy, which is a very good indication. Investors will always have a motive for coming to invest in this country, given that we have an improved road infrastructure and a good working environment. Hon. Speaker, the aspect of external borrowing will enhance local borrowing and thus reduce the interest rates. Most of ... view
• 4 Dec 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I totally agree with my colleague. We have been sitting here to contribute to that and if you look at the House, we do not have the requisite quorum and we avoid asking for the quorum so that we can be able to--- If now it is issues of procedures and following the rules of the House, we would have asked for the quorum, but we do not want to do that. We patiently waited so that we could contribute to this very important Bill which has been brought by hon. Keynan. But when ... view
• 3 Dec 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I just want some clarity from hon. Ng’ongo; he said that hon. Kang’ata and hon. Ichung’wah are some of our hon. Members in this House, who behave in a certain manner. I do not know what he was suggesting. All of us are Members of Parliament and I do not think there is any difference between hon. Kang’ata, hon.Ichung’wah and hon. A.B. Duale. What motive is he trying to impute on the two hon. Members who are representatives of constituencies? view
• 27 Nov 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady. I support what the Chairman of the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs has said. In fact, most of the time you find an accused person being arrested and the first thing the police officers do is to take away any communication gadget that he has. So, I totally agree with this amendment. However, it should be on the first instance because if we make it a habit, it may not be good. I am saying this because there was a man who was arrested by the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) officers four ... view
• 26 Nov 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. With regard to what the Chairman has just said, we had ventilated on that in the Committee. The question that hon. Wamalwa has raised is also mentioned in the Committee. Basically, it is just for political leaders. Nothing much. It is not about the LSK, Athletics Kenya or Football Kenya Federation. We were just leaving it at that. view