David Gikaria

Hon. David Gikaria (Nakuru Town East, UDA) Yes. That is where I was headed.

Hon. David Gikaria (Nakuru Town East, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I, totally, agree with Hon. Keynan.

Hon. David Gikaria (Nakuru Town East, UDA) I also do not have it.

Hon. David Gikaria (Nakuru Town East, UDA) Hon. Temporary Speaker, my apologies. I think my Committee needs to act against the Principal Secretary who was supposed to have given us this response. For the second time, I do not have it but I plead with the Member of Parliament to...

Hon. David Gikaria (Nakuru Town East, UDA) I am here, Hon. Temporary Speaker.

Hon. David Gikaria (Nakuru Town East, UDA) The commitment by this government to put North Eastern Kenya on the national grid would be done.

Hon. David Gikaria (Nakuru Town East, UDA) Yes, I give an undertaking that by next week, I will have that.

Hon. David Gikaria (Nakuru Town East, UDA) Hon. Speaker, I have not yet received a response from the Ministry. Again, you had directed that we should sit with the Member of Parliament of that area. Now that we are back, we can agree on the date so that we can...

Hon. David Gikaria (Nakuru Town East, UDA) Yes, Tuesday next week.

Hon. David Gikaria (Nakuru Town East, UDA) Hon. Speaker, we responded to this, but the Member said he is not satisfied. We have called the Cabinet Secretary to appear before us on Tuesday. We will be inviting the Member of Parliament to attend the meeting.

Hon. David Gikaria (Nakuru Town East, UDA) Yes, 3rd June.

Hon. David Gikaria (Nakuru Town East, UDA) Hon. Temporary Speaker, our Committee is seized and we will bring a report on the Floor of this House. It was brought in the last Session, but was not discussed. We will bring it back to specifically talk about these punitive and discriminative...

Hon. David Gikaria (Nakuru Town East, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. Due to the sensitivity of the matter, we request for two weeks after recess. Thank you.

Hon. David Gikaria (Nakuru Town East, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. The Committee has a Statement which was sent by the Principal Secretary for Energy. I know Hon. Oundo is around. 30th April 2025 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES 27 Hon. David Gikaria (Nakuru Town East, UDA)The first question was on...

Hon. David Gikaria (Nakuru Town East, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. 30th April 2025 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES 30

Hon. David Gikaria (Nakuru Town East, UDA) Yes.

Hon. David Gikaria (Nakuru Town East, UDA) Hon. Temporary Speaker, I know Hon. Oundo. He prepares himself.

Hon. David Gikaria (Nakuru Town East, UDA) ‘Thorough’ is the word. When I got this response, I knew part of what he is saying would come up. I totally agree with him, except regarding the aspect that this is a response by KUDURA Power East Africa Ltd. This Statement is...

Hon. David Gikaria (Nakuru Town East, UDA) No.

Hon. David Gikaria (Nakuru Town East, UDA) Yes.

Hon. David Gikaria (Nakuru Town East, UDA) It is not a monopoly. That is misinformation. Under Section 117 of the Energy Act of 2019, I was the then Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Energy. I moved those amendments to liberalise the energy sector in a broad manner. This is...

Hon. David Gikaria (Nakuru Town East, UDA) That is correct. I agree that we will still engage EPRA through this request for a Statement.

Hon. David Gikaria (Nakuru Town East, UDA) Hon. (Dr) Oundo made this request two weeks ago and we have a response.

Hon. David Gikaria (Nakuru Town East, UDA) Hon. Temporary Speaker, the second week after recess,.

Hon. David Gikaria (Nakuru Town East, UDA) Hon. Temporary Speaker, I have committed to do so within two weeks after the resumption of the House.

Hon. David Gikaria (Nakuru Town East, UDA) Hon. Speaker, if given an opportunity, we can bring it after recess. I remember the same issue was raised again here two weeks ago. It is a very critical matter. 29th April 2025 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES 19

Hon. David Gikaria (Nakuru Town East, UDA) US$5 cents

Hon. David Gikaria (Nakuru Town East, UDA) Hon. Temporary Speaker, you are right. The IPPs charge per capacity. Whether they supply power or not, we have to pay them. This is a conversation that Parliament will have.

Hon. David Gikaria (Nakuru Town East, UDA) Thank you. Hon. Temporary Speaker. You have a lot of information on these IPPs. I do not want to repeat this, but we once paid Ksh10 billion because somebody finished his power station, but we had not completed the transmission line. We paid...

Hon. David Gikaria (Nakuru Town East, UDA) Hon. Temporary Speaker, we are going for a long recess after next week for purposes of the budget-making process. I will request my brother for the timetable on when the committees are supposed to make their budget. Hopefully, we will handle it during...

Hon. David Gikaria (Nakuru Town East, UDA) Yes, Hon. Temporary Speaker. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker.

Hon. David Gikaria (Nakuru Town East, UDA) It is not cents but Ksh83 per kWh. Geothermal Development Company (GDC) , through KenGen, gives us power at four cents per kWh. These are some of the issues we want to look into, and whether these agreements should come before Parliament before...

Hon. David Gikaria (Nakuru Town East, UDA) Yes. We are doing so for Parliament to make a decision. The Committee raised many critical issues regarding the cost per kilowatt hour (kWh) of the IPPs. It is unbelievable. We have an IPP charging Ksh83 per kWh.

Hon. David Gikaria (Nakuru Town East, UDA)Most obliged, Hon. Temporary

Hon. David Gikaria (Nakuru Town East, UDA) By the Ministry of Lands, Public Works, Housing and Urban Development and the County Government of Marsabit. I believe that is the process. I will check with the Ministry.

Hon. David Gikaria (Nakuru Town East, UDA) Not by KenGen.

Hon. David Gikaria (Nakuru Town East, UDA) KenGen is waiting for the completion of land registration. It is a process.

Hon. David Gikaria (Nakuru Town East, UDA) It is KenGen.

Hon. David Gikaria (Nakuru Town East, UDA) Hon. Temporary Speaker, I totally agree. These are the issues I will be raising with the Ministry for clarification. As per the Standing Orders, I am very limited unless I go back to the Ministry. I totally agree with all six issues raised...

Hon. David Gikaria (Nakuru Town East, UDA) Hon. Temporary Speaker, I appreciate the very keen listening of Hon. Lekuton. I agree with him that six years down the 24th April 2025 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES 34 Hon. David Gikaria (Nakuru Town East, UDA)line is quite a long time. Regarding where the...

Hon. David Gikaria (Nakuru Town East, UDA) The acreage is 49,800 hectares.

Hon. David Gikaria (Nakuru Town East, UDA) Hon. Temporary Speaker. I did not get your question. Is it about the €450 million?

Hon. David Gikaria (Nakuru Town East, UDA) Hon. Temporary Speaker, for the record, we do not have any statements pending before the Departmental Committee on Energy. All of them have been prosecuted and responded to. Earlier on, there was a notion that we were not responding. This statement was requested...

Hon. David Gikaria (Nakuru Town East, UDA) It is true that we want to appreciate the work of the Cabinet Secretary on matters related to the requested parliamentary statements. Hon. Lekuton, Member of Parliament for Laisamis Constituency, had requested a statement, and the following are the submissions: The first question...

Hon. David Gikaria (Nakuru Town East, UDA) Hon. Temporary Speaker, we will respond to this once we resume after recess.

Hon. David Gikaria (Nakuru Town East, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I agree with the concerns of Members regarding power outages in the country. This morning, I signed a letter to visit Roysambu and Ruaraka constituencies, where there are many live transformers, so that we could understand the problem....

Hon. David Gikaria (Nakuru Town East, UDA) Tuesday is a very short period. To be honest, we will bring responses if we are given time after the recess.

Hon. David Gikaria (Nakuru Town East, UDA) Much obliged, Hon. Deputy Speaker. Thank you very much. (Hon. David Gikaria tabled the Statement)

Hon. David Gikaria (Nakuru Town East, UDA) Thank you for giving me the opportunity to support this very important Bill on social protection. Just a word of caution from looking at how the Bill is structured and how to pick beneficiaries. It is important for us to note something. Much...

Hon. David Gikaria (Nakuru Town East, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. This is the response to a request for Statement regarding the Status of Electricity Projects in Kirinyaga County: Reference is made to the letter dated 1st April 2025 by the Member for Kirinyaga Central, Hon. Joseph Gachoki, who...

Hon. David Gikaria (Nakuru Town East, UDA) Do I proceed, Hon. Speaker? I do not know whether the Member is around.

Hon. David Gikaria (Nakuru Town East, UDA) Hon. Speaker, for clarity, in response to the first question, there is a table which talks about the repairs and provision of an extra generator, which will be in place by the end of April 2025. With regard to part (ii) of the...

Hon. David Gikaria (Nakuru Town East, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. This response came much earlier. It did not come yesterday. The request for a Statement was made on 11th March 2025. The Committee was directed to give a response in two weeks. The dates that are given here remain...

Hon. David Gikaria (Nakuru Town East, UDA) Okay. Hon. Speaker, following the letter dated 11th March 2025, the National Assembly Departmental Committee on Energy requested the Cabinet Secretary, Ministry of Energy and Petroleum, to make submissions on a request for a Statement by Hon. Umul Kheir Kassim, the Member of...

Hon. David Gikaria (Nakuru Town East, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I want to re-emphasise what the Leader of the Majority Party has just moved and seconded by the Chairman of the Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning. If there is something that will spur economic growth in...

Hon. David Gikaria (Nakuru Town East, UDA) This is a big concern, Hon. Speaker.

Hon. David Gikaria (Nakuru Town East, UDA) Nothing else?

Hon. David Gikaria (Nakuru Town East, UDA) What is the Cabinet Secretary doing to the Kenya Wildlife Services (KWS) officers who are refusing the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) to go and investigate concerning the disappearance of one Brian Odhiambo, at Lake Nakuru National Park? The wardens are not allowing...