David Gikaria

All parliamentary appearances

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• 28 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. Just like hon. Gichigi has put it very clearly, we are talking about matters of taxation. About representation in Boards and other issues, is totally irrelevant. Yesterday, when the Chair of that Committee was moving this amendment, he actually withdrew the amendment. To our surprise, the sitting Chair said on his own volition that this is a re-committal. I do not want to disagree with what you have said because it has been approved and it has come today but, at the same time, if the Chair of the Committee had withdrawn that amendment ... view
• 28 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: Let me finish, hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. The Chairman of the Committee on Finance, Planning and Trade had withdrawn several other clauses and it was accepted. So, we are saying that it is not fair to re-introduce or re-commit this one. It had already been voted for. view
• 28 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: Why then put a condition as regards the people who will--- view
• 28 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you hon. Speaker for giving me this opportunity to give some comments. I want to thank your Office, first and foremost. At least, we have learnt a lot from Parliament. I was a Member of the Municipal Council of Nakuru as a councilor and a Mayor at some point. I remember the way we used to behave is quite different from what we have learnt here. We have learnt a lot from your able leadership - you and the Panel of the Speaker. I want to thank you because of giving constant The electronic version of the Official Hansard ... view
• 28 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: directions and directives so that we can be able to transact the businesses of this House in accordance to the rules and regulations that have been set up by this Parliament. Secondly I want to thank the Leadership of hon. Duale and hon. Jakoyo Midiwo. I have learnt a lot from Jakoyo Midiwo, just like hon. Nyenze has just put it. We have had a few sessions with hon. Jakoyo Midiwo and hon. Katoo ole Metito and they have really given us some directions. Without being a CORD Member, he at some times gives us direction that we try to ... view
• 28 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I am the Vice-Chair of the Implementation Committee. Some of the resolutions which we have been passing here--- Of course, we have had a number of retreats which have given us a direction. Maybe, we will be making some recommendations to the Liaison Committee. To be able to articulate to the resolutions and their implementation status, some of those things that we normally resolve here when we find the Cabinet Secretary--- When we go out there, they cannot give us proper answers. They simply tell us that this is a devolved function and there is nothing much we ... view
• 28 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: So, it is important for us to try and think about what they call smart; that a resolution must be smart in all aspects. Your friend made it very clear that this House does not debate in vain. That every time we sit in this House, we are representing our constituents and we should not be debating in vain; that at the end of the day, whatever we have resolved cannot be implemented. It is very embarrassing and unfortunate. Of course, others have been sorted out by legislation. view
• 28 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: As a Member is trying to bring a Motion, it is also good to think whether it is something that we can bring a Bill instead of bringing a Motion. As we have always said, this country has enough laws and we continue bringing in new laws instead of implementing what we have. view
• 28 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, as an Implementation Committee, we will be bringing some recommendations. We have already sorted out almost 70 per cent of the resolutions which have been brought here only to find that only 30 per cent is what can be implemented by the Government. Most of them say: “This is not possible! There is a court case that had ruled that we cannot pay the East African Community (EAC) workers. There were two cases on this matter and yet the Motion said that let us pay.” view
• 28 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: The other bit that is quite touchy is about the removal of various Chairs of Committees that I have seen happen in the recent past. This is something that the Committees need to rethink. Yesterday, as you had directed, some of the people who were agitating for the removal of a Chairman, I think it is important for hon. Members to sit down and ventilate instead of removing them because of small personal differences. 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