David Gikaria

All parliamentary appearances

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• 20 Feb 2014 in National Assembly: Thirdly, the time, the place and the procedure of celebrating a marriage have been set out. Initially, we used to have marriages celebrated anywhere and at any time but this Bill has given suggestions as to the time. Instead of having marriages celebrated at midnight and others happening anywhere in this world, the time has been set out. Of course, the place must be registered. The ministers who are supposed to solemnise marriages have been indicated. view
• 20 Feb 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, fourthly, is the notice. I go to the Catholic Church. They always give a notice three times, which I think is important. As the Chairman had indicated earlier, even on the day of the marriage, the parties will be given another opportunity by being asked whether there is anything that can stop the marriage. The aspect of giving notice is important, so that anybody who has any query or anybody who has doubt as regards any marriage can have an opportunity to look through the notices and question a marriage in respect of which notice has been ... view
• 20 Feb 2014 in National Assembly: Matrimonial disputes have always been bringing a lot of issues amongst various communities. Every day, we see such cases within our home areas and neighbourhood. 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
• 20 Feb 2014 in National Assembly: Matrimonial disputes have been taken care of in the Bill. It is important that both spouses respect their marriage. If by any chance there is going to be a divorce, there is a mechanism of handling the dispute. view
• 20 Feb 2014 in National Assembly: Of course, the Bill provides for maintenance of spouses. I want to reiterate that this is not only in respect of wives but also husbands. People are fond of thinking that it is just the husbands who have property. Of course, there are some unions where you find that the wife has more property than the husband. So, the maintenance aspect does not only fall on the wife’s part. It can also fall on the husband, of course not bringing on board the aspect of the children. view
• 20 Feb 2014 in National Assembly: Lastly, this Bill has brought on board and taken care of different religions, cultures and beliefs. Customary, Christian, Islamic and Hindu marriages have been recognized; this is important because not everybody is from the same religion and culture. This Bill has taken care of all the different religious groupings, cultures and beliefs. With this Bill, we are going to have stable families; the Jubilee Government in their manifesto have indicated that a sound family will eventually lead to a sound country. If we have sound families in our midst, then this country is going to prosper. view
• 20 Feb 2014 in National Assembly: With those few remarks, I support. view
• 19 Feb 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Deputy Speaker. First of all, let me start by thanking my party chairman, hon. Sakaja, for bringing these timely amendments for purposes of assisting our youth. Like hon. Mbadi had said earlier--- Even if we actualize the 30 per cent and have it as law, there are some acts and laws that will still be barriers to our young people and for the affirmative action to be undertaken. As it has been pointed out, the issue of registration or the Companies Act needs to be looked into so that we do not have youths coming all the ... view
• 19 Feb 2014 in National Assembly: are prohibitive. So, we need to look at this issue and advise that it is not necessary for them to have a company profile. I have been trying to assist a few youths to register their companies and one of the conditions that they have faced is that they do not have to be all youth. Maybe one or two directors are of an advanced age. That is why some people might misuse the opportunity. Somebody else can bring on board 40 or 60 per cent of the young people. Therefore, we need to look at those requirements. Although we ... view
• 19 Feb 2014 in National Assembly: Lastly, as it has been said, it is against the Public Procurement and Disposal Act for you to give a tender when there is no funding. So, the aspect of non-payment first of all, is against the law. Indeed, if it is true that somebody, especially the youth can work and after working they spend another 12 months or two years chasing for their payment, I think action should be taken against the officers who are in charge. It is very unfair for people to be given a tender, finish the work and then they cannot access their payment. view