David Gikaria

All parliamentary appearances

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• 28 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: Of course, I can see the lights are on. We need the minority. We are pleading with you. Please give the President and his Deputy an opportunity to implement what they had promised Kenyans. Sometimes, they want to move forward but the minority is always dragging them behind. It is not very good that every time we see the President on the newspapers and on television, he is engaged in politics instead of development. We are also pleading with the former Prime Minister to articulate that issue instead of going to harambees and harassing the President and the Government. It ... view
• 28 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: Lastly, I want to touch on the Members of the County Assemblies (MCAs). It is important that the MCAs are also considered in some of the privileges that we get as Members. I was in Turi which is almost the size of my constituency. I was wondering: “How do these MCAs operate and yet, three or four of them have to sleep in one room when they come to Nakuru because they do not have money?” So, let them be given some privileges that we enjoy so that they can have homes in Nakuru. This will make my constituency grow ... view
• 28 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: I would also like to tell them that they should take their responsibility of oversighting the governors. They should not be given a few shillings and then they leave the governors to do whatever they are doing. The MCA must play their oversight role and represent the people as it is required. view
• 28 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: You have given us direction about the Judiciary, which is now interfering with the other arm of the Government. You have made it very clear in the past - and you need to constantly remind them - that they have to give us an opportunity for us to perform our mandate as the Legislative arm of the Government. view
• 28 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, sometimes, when you see that today you have this and it is not there tomorrow and they say that they cannot be touched but they can interfere with the work of Parliament both at the county level and the national level, it is not acceptable. view
• 28 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: On the referendum, the President has made it very clear that let us not go to the referendum. As hon. Nkaisserry has put--- We were challenged the other day by Governor Kabogo. He said that if you passed a constitutional issue by changing those constitutional timelines, why do you not do it in Parliament? All we need is your goodwill. I totally believe that hon. Kabogo had a point that if we can be able to change some constitutional issues in Parliament, then we need to give--- In fact, I do not want to give my work to somebody else. ... view
• 28 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, with those few remarks and, as we go on recess, we do not have the CDF money. But we hope that we will get it so that we can give our people the services that they require. view
• 27 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Chairlady, I rise to oppose the proposed amendment. I am not saying that the victim should not be given protection, but where the victims are also lying, should it not be at the discretion of the court and not just that somebody must be protected from the media? We have seen this in the past. Secondly, this case might have appeared in the lower courts and those people gave evidence in public. Later, the case might be going to another court and we saw what happened with the Deputy President’s case at The Hague. Somebody went to the Court ... view
• 27 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Chairlady, again I stand not to support the exception of 9(1)(a). I do not see why a victim should not be present throughout the trial. That is somebody who adversely mentions my name. For example, when I come there, they are not present to see whether those are the people. First of all, they were given protection so I never saw them. Now this is another issue where you are coming to court and she is not The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from ... view
• 27 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: there. This is something that is not acceptable at all. It is important for us to have, if you are a victim and you are required to be in court, if you have adversely mentioned my name, I cannot fathom a situation where, by the time I come to court, I cannot find anybody. I do not think that is right. Of course, the other clauses are okay; they give view of any plea and things like that. That is not right. view