David Gikaria

All parliamentary appearances

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• 6 Aug 2013 in National Assembly: Just to echo what the Leader of Majority Party has said, it is surprising that only 13 counties have been able to comply with the requirements of devolution. Of course, as a House, we are also trying to avoid contravening Standing Order No.234, which gives us ten days to deal with the County Allocation of Revenue Bill. If possible, we should pass it by the end of today. view
• 6 Aug 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, looking at the amendments that have been proposed to the Public Finance Management Act, 2010, under Section 17 they want the disbursement to be done within a month. I want to agree with the Senators because according to the law, disbursement is supposed to be done quarterly in advance. I think the Senators have realised that if we give governors this money three months in advance, they might misuse it. Money meant for salaries may not be there by the second month. So, the Senators have done a good thing by proposing that the money should ... view
• 6 Aug 2013 in National Assembly: Secondly, I want to agree with hon. Mbadi that the costing of the devolved functions ought to have been done. The TA has indicated very clearly that most of the counties are not able to undertake the devolved functions. However, since the governors and the Senators are bickering about these issues, we should give them the benefit of the doubt. It is my stand, however, that the costing of the devolved functions should have been done in advance. view
• 6 Aug 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the other point I want to make is about the roads money. Eighty per cent of the membership of this House is new people. They came here neither on the platform of the roads money nor that of the CDF money. I want to agree with former speakers that with the passage of this Bill, we will be confirming that the roads money will not be with us anymore. I remember that the Cabinet Secretary indicated that money for roads and electricity had already been given to the counties. He also indicated that he was ... view
• 6 Aug 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I rise to support hon. Nyokabi’s amendment. Just as hon. Sakaja said, this country ranks very poorly in terms of tax compliance. The very hefty penalties that have been proposed on members of staff and any other persons who will be involved in aiding a person to evade paying tax, are welcome; they will go a long way to assist this country, especially the Jubilee Government, to collect enough money, so that they can actualise the pledges they have made to Kenyans. I totally agree that most of the KRA staff members are complacent in corruption. ... view
• 6 Aug 2013 in National Assembly: to part with something small and then he gets away with the crime. In the process, the Government loses millions of shillings. So, this amendment will go a long way in correcting such behaviour. It will serve as a warning to any person who intends to evade paying tax, or any person who intends to assist somebody to evade paying tax. view
• 6 Aug 2013 in National Assembly: With those remarks, I beg to support the amendment. view
• 6 Aug 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I rise to support the amendment as moved by hon. T.J. Kajwang. I also want to thank you. Sometimes, we do not get the difference between exemption and zero-rating. We have also had an opportunity to understand the difference between the two. More so, the disabled people will also get an opportunity to get all the things that the able people can get. view
• 6 Aug 2013 in National Assembly: I support. view
• 6 Aug 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Deputy Speaker. I rise to support the Adjournment Motion. I just want to pick on something that the Chair, Departmental Committee on Transport, Public Works and Housing has just said. We have just passed the County Allocation of Revenue Bill. We have given them the total figure of Kshs210 billion. view