David Gikaria

All parliamentary appearances

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• 6 Nov 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I support the Petition. It is true. At the same time, the Office of the Clerk should be attentive. I brought amendments to that effect more than four months ago. The amendments were to repeal the Penal Code and the section that has been mentioned in that Petition. The tribulations mostly happen in urban areas. That is where people are arbitrarily arrested. As the Petitioner says, the charges are upgraded to something else. It is important that the Office of the Clerk acts when we bring such kinds of amendments or documents. It is because I ... view
• 17 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I want to thank you for giving me this opportunity to give some input into this very important. I do not know whether I will call it a Bill or an amendment. I am a little bit confused because if you look at the wording of the Bill, it talks about representation. view
• 17 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. That is where the confusion is. It has the word “Amendment”, but it is a Bill. I support the Bill, more so what was said yesterday at the plenary on the aspect of the definition of special interest groups. It is important for us to look into that. view
• 17 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: As the Leader of the Majority Party said, we might look at marginalised communities, but the Constitution does not specify whether it is within the country or region. That needs to come out very clearly. Hon. T.J. Kajwang’ has said that Subas always claim to be marginalised on that side. Another tribe will be marginalised on another side. That is the most important aspect that we need to look at. view
• 17 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: I was looking forward to an aspect under the IEBC Act of 2011, which the Bill seeks to amend. The Bill says that special interest groups means the groups specified under Article 100 of the Constitution. The first one is women. At some point, there will be a paradigm shift and men will be marginalised. We used to talk about the endangered girl-child, but now it is the boy-child. view
• 17 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 17 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: At some point, men will be marginalised. The best word to use should be gender, but not women. I will talk to the Chair of the Committee and see whether he can explain this. view
• 17 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: There is also the amendment to the Persons with Disabilities Act. We need to look at our laws. Are our laws meant for public institutions? The Government funds public institutions. What about the private sector? The private sector should be part and parcel of the laws of this country. Public institutions conform to the laws. However, what happens to the private sector which employs quite a huge percentage of the people and is included in decision-making in this country? I know the private sector might have a problem. As a country, we need to look at whether our laws affect ... view
• 17 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: There is also an amendment to the IEBC Act on parties’ nominations. That is very critical. Once this amendment is passed, the IEBC must ensure that their nomination list conforms to Article 90 of the Constitution of Kenya. In the last Parliament, we had a disabled nominated Member of Parliament who was taken to court by his party to be removed. This was sad. Once the IEBC Act is amended, it will solve that issue. view
• 17 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: The other bit is about improvement of voter education. The IEBC Act requires the IEBC to conduct voter sensitisation and education. Most of the time, they come without sign language interpreters. I was happy when I went for mass at Subukia Shrine during the National Prayer Day. The Catholic Church has made it mandatory that when the choir is singing, they have sign language interpreters so that people who have hearing impairment can understand. They are also Christians who need to understand what is being said and the songs being sung. That is what we need to do. When voter ... view