David Gikaria

All parliamentary appearances

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• 26 Jun 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker, Sir. I rise to support the Appropriations Bill, 2013. I want to take this opportunity to thank the Budget and Appropriations Committee for their tireless effort to come up with this Bill in a short time and actually give Kenyans what they voted for. Kenyans have been looking forward for development. We voted to bring the money to the counties. The increment that we gave to the counties will go a long way to improve the livelihoods of the citizens at the county level. We have gone way beyond the constitutional threshold of 30 per cent ... view
• 25 Jun 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, I take this opportunity to thank the President for having considered the minority communities in the country in the appointment of Messrs. Ismail and Omutia. Of course, Mr. Ismail, as it has been said, has a lot to do in terms of labour and the industrial unrest that we are seeing in the country. So, his tray is full. I want to agree with hon. Anyango that there are square pegs in round holes and it takes time for people to understand issues. But we hope Mr. Ismail will be up and running in a short while. view
• 25 Jun 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, what I wanted to say is that Mr. Omutia has a job to do. I am saying that because the Sports Act that was enacted last year needs to be implemented immediately, so that we can help the horrible status of retired sportsmen and women. It is pathetic. You find people who did us proud are, up to now, still suffering. One of the issues that I want Mr. Omutia to look into is that, of late, we have had so many other institutions which want to promote sports in one way or the other and the ... view
• 19 Jun 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I rise to support this Motion and thank hon. Dukicha for having brought it. However, I beg to propose some amendments to this Motion. I propose that we delete the words “in arid and semi arid areas (ASAL)” appearing on the second line and insert the words “across the country” in place thereof. The second one is by deleting the words “in most of these areas” appearing on the fifth line and lastly by deleting the words “all ASAL areas” in the last line and inserting the following words:- “needy constituencies using the criteria that establishes ... view
• 19 Jun 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, the amendment in the first place is deleting the words “in the arid and semi arid areas (ASAL)” appearing on the second line and inserting the words “across the country” in place thereof. Secondly, it is deleting the words “in most of these areas” appearing on the fifth line. The third one is deleting the words “all ASAL areas” in the last line and inserting the words “the country” in place thereof. view
• 19 Jun 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, these problems are not only in the ASAL areas but across the country. With due respect to the Mover of the Motion, if you look at my constituency, we do not have those problems but we have children, especially girls, who have dropped out of school, not to get married but--- view
• 19 Jun 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. You told me to justify my amendment. According to the explanation given by the Mover of the Motion, one of the issues is that some of these areas have been marginalised for quite a while. I agree with him on that fact. However, one of the reasons he is trying to advance in support of his Motion is poverty. Really, poverty does not just affect the ASAL areas. Even in urban areas, like my constituency, poverty has pushed girls out of school. Much as we have free primary education, there are parents who cannot ... view
• 19 Jun 2013 in National Assembly: I have my brother here, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. view
• 19 Jun 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I rise to support the Motion. I think there is enough consensus in the House and so we just need to--- I have no authority to give direction, but since there is consensus in the House, am I in order to request that--- view
• 12 Jun 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me this opportunity. I want to thank the Mover of the Motion for having brought a very timely Motion that this House needs to discuss and make some resolutions. I happen to have been one of the people at the grassroots who attended these elections. The hope of the young people when they were doing the elections was so high such that it is very sad that whatever they were fighting for has not been actualized. I am a Member of the Committee on Implementation and I will also indulge the Mover ... view