David Gikaria

All parliamentary appearances

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• 11 Jun 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, Sir, I rise to support the report by the Budget Committee and more so I take this opportunity to thank the Committee for the contribution and the good work they have done within such a short period. Secondly, I want to thank His Excellency the President, as you have informed the House that he has already assented to the Division of Revenue Bill. This is because the President had said he would adhere to the Constitution. I think he only did that on the basis of what the Act required of him to do. view
• 11 Jun 2013 in National Assembly: I think the Committee, as it has informed, the 34 per cent to the county governments is way above what the Constitution has given of 15 per cent. Maybe this is just to reiterate and advise the county governments that they should not concentrate so much on what is given by the Central Government but also try and concentrate on how much they can raise through their own local resources. view
• 11 Jun 2013 in National Assembly: The other issue that I want to thank the Committee for is the public hearings. I was with my brother, Hon. Onyonka in Kisumu and the public hearings were very effective. People at the counties gave their views and what they thought. I want to thank the Committee for having considered a great portion of what the public gave in terms of their input towards the national Budget. There is also the issue of semi-autonomy. I want to thank the Committee for having requested that the semi-autonomous institutions must The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information ... view
• 11 Jun 2013 in National Assembly: also show that they can generate – not only to receive money from the Government – or indicate that they are also capable of generating some income for the purposes of meeting some of their expenses. Of course, the meeting with the governors as it has been indicated by the Committee was very fruitful. I want to thank the Committee for taking time to try and explain to the governors the reasons for coming up with that figure. Hon. Speaker, Sir, I want to thank the Committee through their Chair because they were able to save over Kshs15 billion. They ... view
• 11 Jun 2013 in National Assembly: Secondly, improving the Registry Department of the Ministry of Lands will go a long way in trying to solve the issues of people queuing at the Ministry of Lands for information. On the additional allocations to the Constituencies Development Fund (CDF), the CDF has improved the lives of ordinary Kenyans especially on education because over 70 per cent has been going towards education at the constituency level. I want to thank the Committee for having taken time to add some money to the CDF. view
• 11 Jun 2013 in National Assembly: Lastly, it is the issue of public procurement. Public procurement has been seen as a way the Government has been losing money and (inaudible) --- view
• 11 Jun 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, Sir, I was just about to. view
• 11 Jun 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, Sir, I was just about to finish. I was saying that the Public Procurement and Oversight Authority is supposed to save the many millions that have been lost by the Government. I would like to say that the Committee did a very good work in advising and saving the few shillings that we are supposed to save. view
• 11 Jun 2013 in National Assembly: Lastly, as the Departmental Committee on Administration and National Security, we have said that there is rampant insecurity in this country. One of the issues that we got from the relevant authorities or Government agencies, especially the Inspector- General of Police and the National Police Service Commission and others is that they are not funded enough to handle the security issue. We had made a request through our Chair to consider allocating a few shillings to improve security. They have indicated the areas that need to be taken into consideration and the budget totals Kshs16 billion. I would like to ... view
• 11 Jun 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, Sir, with those few remarks, I support this Motion. view