David Gikaria

All parliamentary appearances

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• 15 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: Of course, the introduction of the Scrap Metal Council is important. Its composition, especially, the Inspector-General of Police, who will be having a representative, is well thought-out. The biggest problem that we have in this industry is policing. It is not that the police are never notified but, again, that becomes a corruption den. So, inclusion of the Inspector-General or his representative in the membership of the proposed Council is welcome. However, they must be told that when it comes to enforcement, because that is where we go wrong. We could be having a very good law with very huge ... view
• 15 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: As proposed in this Bill, if you operate without a licence, if you are a first offender, you will be charged a fine of up Kshs10 million. That is a little bit punitive. Charging somebody that amount of money for operating a genuine business without a licence is a little bit too much of punishment. A second offender will be charged Kshs20 million. We need to encourage businesses but, at the same time, enact laws which will encourage business people to come up and do business. I totally agree with what they are saying. Those licenses should be renewed on ... view
• 15 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: indicated under Article 13 that it is only with the approval of the Cabinet Secretary (CS). That is dangerous. We are leaving the CS to be deciding on transfers. I think it should be the CS, but with the approval of the council. We should bring those amendments in the Third Reading. view
• 15 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: The Bill also gives, as indicated, an opportunity for people to make appeals. Sometimes, it could be malice being directed to a business person. But now, this Bill gives an opportunity for them to move to another step or level where they can make an appeal and have a genuine case listened to. As I was reading, I saw somewhere on the forfeiture of scrap metal. This is forfeiture where a person is not known. But assuming we find somebody with road furniture, electricity poles and others, what happens? So, we should not leave stolen property with the business people. ... view
• 15 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: Last but not least, is about export. Yes, it has been indicated that the CS and the Council can review and give consent to the exportation of scrap metal. This is a little bit dangerous and I want to concur with my colleagues. We should not allow the exportation of even a kilogram of scrap metal. That is because if we open a window where the CS and the Council can agree, then, maybe, we will be opening windows of encouraging corruption. I believe this country requires more scrap metal with what we are seeing on development and especially in ... view
• 15 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: The last thing which I have not read well to understand is what happens to E- waste. That is because it has some scrap metal which we need to dispose off. This has become a nightmare in this country. We get so many computers from donors and they know that after a month or two, they are going to crash. We also need to think as we bring in computers on E-waste from abroad to this country. We also need to ask ourselves what we need to do about it. That is because most of those computers do not last ... view
• 19 Jun 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Deputy Chairlady. I support the amendment by the President. If the President has spoken, who are we to say “no”? So, I support, of course, based on what has been said. Initially, it had been brought to this House. We had looked at it. 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
• 19 Jun 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Chairlady, I support. view
• 18 Jun 2014 in National Assembly: econded. view
• 18 Jun 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to contribute to this Bill. Of course, from the outset, I want to thank hon. John Mbadi for bringing it. If you look at Article 2 which talks about the benefits it reads: “It means pension and other retirement benefits conferred by this Act.”, then we must ask ourselves some questions. I support the Bill and when the time comes, I will be able to bring some amendments so that we can be able to change some things. That is because there are some issues which are a little ... view