David Gikaria

All parliamentary appearances

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• 13 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, of course, I am a member of the Federation of Kenya Football (FKF). I will bring a Motion address the football status of this country. However, they are calling its Chairman “President”. Even at the village level, they are calling a chairman of a small committee “His Excellency” of a certain welfare association. view
• 13 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Chairlady, I rise to support the amendment by the Chair of the Committee. I am a very big supporter of football. I want to explain, the English Premier League that is played and watched by Kenyans; English Premier teams allow foreign players to join them. You can see how dismal the English team performed in the World Cup and that is exactly what is going to happen again in the companies. This is exactly what is going to happen. We need to encourage. As hon. Shakeel put it, these are retirement benefits and we need to have more Kenyans, ... view
• 13 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: So, it is important for us to think, in the Third Reading, how we can even stop other sports disciplines, especially in football and hockey, from calling their chairmen “presidents”. Sometimes, it is a little bit confusing for a young person in a stadium when Mr. Nyamweya is referred to as “President” and everybody becomes scared. So, I think it is important for us to address that. view
• 13 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, secondly, of course, Clause 3 has put it very clearly that this does not impute succession. Hon. Adan Keynan, in this case the Deputy President will succeed the President in 20--- Hiyo ingine ikikuja . So, I think it is true that it does not impute succession. But I think in this case, it is so obvious. But it will wait for 2022 when it comes so that we can be able to see, as you have put it very clearly. It is true. We do not want to say that it does imputes succession but ... view
• 13 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: You have rightly directed about the flags but it is also very unfortunate. I was talking to somebody yesterday and he actually confirmed that the Governor of Murang’a is flying the flag after we have already passed a law in this House. So, we are also asking the Inspector-General (IG) and his team to take cognizance of the laws which are passed in this House and take action against the people who are flouting this because yesterday it was very sad to know that somebody is still flying the flag. view
• 13 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, about the penalties for state officers and the public, this is something that we really need to address. Yesterday, as we were discussing who is culpable, is it the driver or the governor? So, when you say “a person” should we quantify that to be the governor or the driver? That is because if the two of them are in 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
• 13 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: the vehicle and an offence has been committed, who do we charge? Is it the driver or the governor himself? I know for sure what hon. Kamama was telling us is true. When I was a Mayor, when I left the car, the first thing my driver used to do was to remove the flag. But when I came back, it was placed on the car. So, the flag is just a sign that the governor or the mayor was in the car. So, it is important for us to address that. Hon. Keynan should be specific. Is it the ... view
• 13 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, lastly, I want to touch on Clause 7, which is miscellaneous as regards other persons. I am taking into consideration that we are in a public rally and somebody wakes up and calls the governor “His Excellency”. Of course, he becomes culpable. I think this is something that we really need to address. Most of those people have done that and in any meeting at the lower level, they are calling the governor “His Excellency”. So, again, if we are going to charge that person between Kshs1 million and Kshs2 million and the 12 months, I ... view
• 13 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. I want to concur with what hon. Wanga is saying and oppose hon. Mwaita’s proposal. This issue was brought on the Floor of this House as a resolution by somebody who wanted the 500 per cent to be reduced to 25 per cent. We have a communication from the Cabinet Secretary in that regard. We are a little confused as to whether the commitment given by the Cabinet Secretary still stands. A Motion was brought to the House which resolved--- The Ministry has accepted the policy and they are now charging 25 per cent. ... view
• 13 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: 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