David Gikaria

All parliamentary appearances

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• 26 Nov 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me this opportunity to contribute. I am a Member of both the Committee on Implementation and the Administration and National Security Committee. When there is an insecurity issue, somebody moves a Motion to adjourn and then we talk about that. view
• 26 Nov 2014 in National Assembly: I agree with hon. Sakaja that this Parliament is not a place to lament but a place where we should be giving solutions. I totally agree because if you look at the Report that we have before us, has the President identified the issues that affect security? Yes, he has. Has he given solutions towards how we can do that? Yes, he has. view
• 26 Nov 2014 in National Assembly: I remember the Deputy President once said that the Jubilee Government is a Government that will be giving solutions, not asking questions. I totally agree with him 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
• 26 Nov 2014 in National Assembly: that we should be giving solutions to the issues that have befallen this country like security. Security is the backbone of everything and without it, this country cannot move forward. The Report indicates, as hon. Duale has indicated, that security issues have gone down by 8 per cent. I totally agree with him. view
• 26 Nov 2014 in National Assembly: Yesterday, today and almost everywhere, suggestions have been made to the Chair of the Administration and National Security Committee, hon. Kamama and his entire team; that they should vacate office and allow another team to come into the office. Do I agree with that? Yes, and I think it is good because the heads have started rolling. When hon. Kamama was threatened with impeachment yesterday, at least he had an opportunity of calling some Members of the Administration and National Security Committee. It is time for us to start thinking where we have gone wrong and look for solutions so ... view
• 26 Nov 2014 in National Assembly: The Administration and National Security Committee forwarded a budget of Kshs.87 billion to the Budget and Appropriations Committee, but there was a reduction of Kshs.20 billion. So, they got a budget of Kshs. 67 billion. Parliament plays a big role in terms of bringing down the levels of insecurity in this country. view
• 26 Nov 2014 in National Assembly: I had been sent by the same committee to an Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) meeting in Uganda and the agenda of the meeting was on community policing. The facilitator was an expert from United Kingdom and he told us that three-quarters of their policemen walk around without weapons; no guns at all. However, they are able to enforce law. What do they do? They interact with the community every now and then without weapons. How does the community view them? It views them as friends and people whom they can share some information with. What we want to do, ... view
• 26 Nov 2014 in National Assembly: Recently, when we were passing the Police Service Act, we suggested as a Committee to give the Inspector-General an opportunity to be the accounting officer. What did the Parliament do? They refused. Under sub-section 54 of the same Act, we said a policeman is supposed to protect life and property. Any person trying to threaten life and property, can the policeman take forceful action? This Parliament said no. So, what is that policeman supposed to do? It was very unfortunate that hon. Arati went to the Press and said that they were not going to merge. He has all the ... view
• 20 Nov 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to give some input into this very important t Bill that has been brought by the Government. This just shows how the Jubilee Government is committed to devolution and to the rule of law. If you look at what happened when the Mover was moving this Bill, the question is whether we should have brought an amendment or whether we should have repealed the whole Bill. What hon. Duale did is in the right direction. This is a constitutional law that we needed to have and we extended time, ... view
• 20 Nov 2014 in National Assembly: Before we came to this Parliament, there was a law which was passed to reduce the weight of polythene papers. Sadly, it was removed. If you look at our environment, polythene papers have really destroyed most of our regions. Part of the amendments that we will be bringing, we should try to see whether we can re-introduce the polythene paper issue and of course, protect our wetlands. I visited China and I was told that they passed a ruling in court that brought down a 98 storey building that had been built on a wetland. That is the direction that ... view