David Gikaria

All parliamentary appearances

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• 22 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. Despite our friendship, I salute you. I did not vote for you. Next time in the 13th Parliament, I know you will be the Speaker of this National Assembly. We will vote for you. That is with a lot of respect to my brother, Hon. Muturi. I rise to support the Report. I would like to thank the President. For the first time, the President has balanced nominees in his capacity. This handshake is a good thing. It is now bringing in a lot of fruits. I hope this handshake will bring us… view
• 22 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: Completely. It is very fantastic. view
• 22 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: Yes. I just wish that in future, nominees will come like that. It is a good thing. I agree with the Chair. I do not know whether Members know Hon. Koinange. Hon. Koinange, the Chair of the Committee, is a very senior person in terms of homeland security. Hon. Koinange has been a Chief Advisor to the President for almost 20 years running in terms of homeland security. He will do a good job. Hon. Waluke, his Vice- Chair, is a very senior person. I appreciate the Members and what they did. I want to say that the The electronic ... view
• 22 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: former commissioners of IPOA did a fantastic job. However, they missed out on some critical issues. I have no problem with the nominees. view
• 22 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, there is a hunger strike currently in one of the prisons. Why are they complaining? The prisoners are complaining of mistreatment by service personnel. How true is it? That is the work of IPOA. We need to have this Authority in place as soon as possible, so that they can address these issues. It has been alleged that two prisoners died in that prison in mysterious circumstances after being beaten up by prison wardens. These are some of the issues that IPOA needs to handle. Prisoners do not have any other right. They died in the ... view
• 22 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: During the electioneering period, many issues were raised about the police. I want to tell my colleagues that IPOA has nothing to do with the welfare of police officers. It is supposed to oversee them. The National Police Service Commission, which Mr. Kavuludi heads, is the one that is supposed to do that work. The IPOA is supposed to be vicious against policemen for their work. If they have gone against the law, then that is why we need IPOA. I was harassed by police officers. I went to a police station and recorded a statement. To date, almost five ... view
• 22 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: Look at what happened to our brother, Hon. Kibunguchy, the other day. Some thugs shot his driver thinking it was him. They went to look for the Member of Parliament. During the burial of the driver, the same police officers used the same firearm with intention to cause another death. A police officer has been given power to carry a firearm for purposes of protecting lives and property. They are the same people who attacked people who had gone to mourn somebody who died from a bullet. I hope that once the nominees are approved by the House and appointed, ... view
• 22 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: When they appeared before the Committee during the recruitment of police officers, they said that it was not procedural and that there was a lot of corruption. They went to court and succeeded. We give them credit for that. We asked them how many stations they carried out their investigations and they told us that they just did two in Nairobi, one in Kisumu, one in Nakuru and another one in Mombasa. We told them that five out of 47 counties are very few. They said that they could have done better than that if they had some resources. view
• 22 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: I was looking at the powers of the Authority. Article 7(3) is very clear on the powers of IPOA. It says that the Authority may, in exercise of its powers under this Act, request and receive assistance from any other Government or international body. That is what they need to do. As much as they do not have enough funding, they can use the provisions of the Act to get funding. That is a very critical component. If they do not have enough funding, they can source it from elsewhere. view
• 22 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: If this House approves these nominees and they are appointed, they need to look at the functions of this Authority. The IPOA Act stipulates its functions. That is what they need to read. They need to get copies of the Act, read it, and particularly the functions under Article 6. The first Authority failed to execute the functions provided which say that IPOA should conduct inspections of police premises, including detention facilities. I know that you have visited some The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained ... view