David Gikaria

All parliamentary appearances

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• 23 Jul 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, there was that huge debate as to whether we should leave this very important institution to the Ministry of Defence. Even by visiting San Marco as it was known then, I was asking the Chair of the Committee on Defence and Foreign Relations why they thought of changing the name, but Hon. Wamalwa has alluded to the fact that it is named after a scientist. San Marco, as is commonly known in the country, is a very important institution for this country. It is most unfortunate that information is collected in this country and the neutrality ... view
• 23 Jul 2019 in National Assembly: We have this kind of space in Japan, China and in the US, but the Malindi one is the most convenient in terms of real time information. Whatever is sent to the space and the information that is collected is so factual and real from Malindi than it would be from another place. It is that important. view
• 23 Jul 2019 in National Assembly: Although the Chair was saying that we receive peanuts, US$25 million in a year with an addition of US$50,000 after every five years is peanuts because as a Committee we interrogated the then management and could not believe just how much they earn from the information that they sell. I agree with Daktari that it is not about research, defence or our security, but it is about so much that we can collect through information. In fact, we had a discussion about the issue of drought that was in the last Parliament. This technology will give us early warnings such ... view
• 23 Jul 2019 in National Assembly: It was giving a lot of information particularly for defence purposes. We were coming up with building a wall on the Kenya-Somali border. In that space, they told us that they have technology that gives you a face of a human being who is operating in that area. So, you can use the satellite along the Kenya-Somali border to see the activities that are ongoing on a 24/7 basis. view
• 23 Jul 2019 in National Assembly: So, the information that this Italian firm was selling to third parties was bringing in so much money, but we were getting peanuts. We anticipated that this Agreement could address some of those challenges. For example, on trained personnel, out of the 12 top management, we only had one Kenyan who by coincidence came from the same constituency Hon. Kombe was representing which was Magarini. view
• 23 Jul 2019 in National Assembly: Out of 12 managers, we had only one Kenyan. Here we are talking about the CEO who will be appointed by the Italian Government for the day to day running of the institution. Look at the business our Kenyan Deputy CEO has been given, which is a small managerial position of doing clerical work. When they were negotiating, it would have been important to indicate that 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
• 23 Jul 2019 in National Assembly: the CEO is appointed by the Italian Government and given the function of the day to day management, which he should do with the Deputy CEO who is appointed by the Kenyan Government. You cannot believe that once we collect information in Kenya, it is sent to China or the United States of America (USA) and then sent back to us. This information is of scientific nature and we cannot interpret it. This is where we are going wrong. We have to wait for the Americans to tell us that in two years, we will experience drought or there is ... view
• 23 Jul 2019 in National Assembly: It is important for us to have more trained personnel at the Centre. It should not only be the CEO or the Joint Council of Ministers who will decide the senior management at the Space Centre, most of which might be from outside the country. We have trained people. If you look at the CEO’s duties, you will find that they are limited except the making of financial commitment. You can imagine the Deputy CEO cannot interfere with the financial commitment of the Centre. This means that as a country, we will not know how much is being made from ... view
• 23 Jul 2019 in National Assembly: Another aspect is the responsibility given to the Italian Government. One of them is to undertake training programmes. Honestly speaking, is it only Italians who can train us on space matters? Why can we not do it ourselves? Is the training being conducted by them because they are the tutors or financiers of the students? This country can train its own people using its own resources so they are not curtailed from understanding. If we go to Italy, they might decide not to tell us the whole truth regarding everything. In as much as the Agreement has its own issues, ... view
• 23 Jul 2019 in National Assembly: I do not know whether we should go by the protocol agreed on or we should follow the due process of the Kenyan laws particularly that any expatriate must get a work permit as stipulated in the relevant law. view