David Gikaria

All parliamentary appearances

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• 6 Apr 2022 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. When you were reading this Petition, I was going to oppose until the former Leader of the Majority Party, Hon. Duale, said that once Kenya Kwanza takes over… Of course, he is reminding us that this will be handled immediately. You know the current Government is doing nothing… view
• 6 Apr 2022 in National Assembly: I never spoke about the Executive. view
• 6 Apr 2022 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. It is true. The Leader of the Majority Party has just indicated… view
• 6 Apr 2022 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, I support the point that this office is critical. What the Member of Parliament for Navakholo Constituency, Hon. Wangwe, has just indicated is true. You also need to be very careful. You can see what has been happening since you kicked me out. I want to go on record that these people have refused to fund the National Oil Corporation of Kenya. view
• 6 Apr 2022 in National Assembly: I wanted to sit on the Leader of the Majority Party’s seat because that is where I will be sitting in the next Government. I have however decided to sit… view
• 6 Apr 2022 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I beg to move the National Construction Authority (Amendment) Bill… Hon. Deputy Speaker, as you are aware the… Sorry, Hon. Deputy Speaker. view
• 6 Apr 2022 in National Assembly: I beg to move that the National Construction Authority (Amendment) Bill be read… view
• 6 Apr 2022 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, I beg to move that the National Construction Authority (Amendment) Bill (National Assembly Bill No. 45 of 2020) be now read a Second Time. Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. You know since I was kicked out of the Chairmanship, I have forgotten quite a number of these procedures but I am getting… view
• 6 Apr 2022 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, mine is very brief. You understand that this Act was brought to try and manage and tame some of these construction works that go around. People must get certificates from the National Construction Authority so that they can do their work. My amendment is related to the special groups; that is women, youth and People living with Disabilities (PWDs). If you will remember, we passed in the Public Procurement and Asset Disposal Act, and the legal requirement for special groups to access 30 per cent of Government procurement opportunities. Those groups have not been benefiting because of ... view
• 6 Apr 2022 in National Assembly: with start-up businesses who apply for registration as contractors under categories 6, 7 or 8. As you know, the categories range from 1 to 8. Once this Bill is approved, it will only address those special groups in categories 6, 7 and 8. This is a way of exempting them from paying the prescribed fees. This Bill seeks to recognise women, youth and PWDs as marginalised groups and caution them from the burden of paying registration fees. As I stated earlier, it is not very big, but it is something to help those special groups. It does not contain provisions ... view