David Gikaria

Hon. David Gikaria (Nakuru Town East, JP) On a point of order, Hon. Deputy Speaker, Sir.

Hon. David Gikaria (Nakuru Town East, JP) Hon. Deputy Speaker, I asked a Question sometimes back on matters regarding education and fees charges; and teachers and principals sending away day school students, but I have never gotten feedback up to date. Even as we are May 11, 2022 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY...

Hon. David Gikaria (Nakuru Town East, JP) I know it was in the last Session, but I do not remember the actual date. But I asked on this matter; and I even went ahead and named some four notorious schools, Hillcrest Secondary School being one of them, which are still...

Hon. David Gikaria (Nakuru Town East, JP) Yes, Hon. Deputy Speaker. Prof. Magoha should take action against these people.

Hon. David Gikaria (Nakuru Town East, JP) Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker.

Hon. David Gikaria (Nakuru Town East, JP) I do.

Hon. David Gikaria (Nakuru Town East, JP) Hon. Deputy Speaker, I rise under Standing Order No.95 to ask that the Mover be called upon to reply because there are other issues which are coming up. I wish the Mover could reply.

Hon. David Gikaria (Nakuru Town East, JP) Correct.

Hon. David Gikaria (Nakuru Town East, JP) Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. Kenya got its independence in 1963.

Hon. David Gikaria (Nakuru Town East, JP) Hon. Deputy Speaker, I beg to move that the Penal Code (Amendment) (No.2) Bill (National Assembly Bill No.47 of 2021) be now read a Second Time. Hon. Deputy Speaker, Kenya got its independence in 1963. The laws made at that time are colonial,...

Hon. David Gikaria (Nakuru Town East, JP) Hon. Deputy Speaker, I want to thank Hon. Purkose and Dr. Nyikal for supporting this Bill. As Dr. Nyikal puts it, those offences are colonial, and they go against the current Constitution. This is where you deny a person the fundamental right to...

Hon. David Gikaria (Nakuru Town East, JP) 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…

Hon. David Gikaria (Nakuru Town East, JP) 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. (Loud consultations)

Hon. David Gikaria (Nakuru Town East, JP) I beg to move that the National Construction Authority (Amendment) Bill be read…

Hon. David Gikaria (Nakuru Town East, JP) 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...

Hon. David Gikaria (Nakuru Town East, JP) Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I want to thank you. As it has been said, you are a great man. Hopefully, we will meet in the next Parliament. You have been a friend for quite a long time, isipokuwa siku moja tu ndio ulinikosea,...

Hon. David Gikaria (Nakuru Town East, JP) 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...

Hon. David Gikaria (Nakuru Town East, JP) I never spoke about the Executive.

Hon. David Gikaria (Nakuru Town East, JP) Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. It is true. The Leader of the Majority Party has just indicated…

Hon. David Gikaria (Nakuru Town East, JP) 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...

Hon. David Gikaria (Nakuru Town East, JP) Hon. Speaker, I rise to support the Petition by Member 001 on food prices. As Hon. Sankok put it, the cost of living in the country has risen to a point where Kenyans are losing hope in what they are supposed to do....

Hon. David Gikaria (Nakuru Town East, JP) Thank you, Hon Deputy Speaker, for giving me this opportunity. First, I want to comment on the Petition by Mr. Njoroge. It is true that education is a pillar of economic and social development in this country. It is important for us to...

Hon. David Gikaria (Nakuru Town East, JP) Hon. Deputy Speaker, this is very important. Two or three weeks ago, you gave a directive on a Question that was asked by Hon. KJ concerning scrap metal business. That is a very critical business that is conducted almost everywhere. Our people are...

Hon. David Gikaria (Nakuru Town East, JP) On a point of order, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker.

Hon. David Gikaria (Nakuru Town East, JP) Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I appreciate that you gave a directive for consideration of Bills which are brought by individual Members. If I look at what we passed in this House some time back on 2nd February, every Bill by individual Members has...

Hon. David Gikaria (Nakuru Town East, JP) Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I want to appreciate the Speaker who has just left. He had given direction that I raise my point of order before we start debating. I just want to request you to ask the Members that instead of taking...

Hon. David Gikaria (Nakuru Town East, JP) Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, thank you very much. I rise to support Hon. Mwirigi’s proposal to have the money students are charged be reduced or the penalty be removed. It is true that we have very many unemployed graduates. Before they get employment,...

Hon. David Gikaria (Nakuru Town East, JP) On a point of order, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. The Temporary Deputy Speaker (Hon. Christopher Omulele) : What is out of order, Hon. Gikaria?

Hon David Gikaria (Nakuru Town East, JP) Thank you, Hon Speaker. First of all, as much as you are telling us not to talk about levels, I have voted for you twice in this House. I will be coming to your office. We were your first voters and constituents. I...

Hon. David Gikaria (Nakuru Town East, JP) Hon. Speaker, I rise to ask the Cabinet Secretary for Transport, Infrastructure, Housing, Urban Development and Public Works the following Question:

Hon. David Gikaria (Nakuru Town East, JP) Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I do not want to cast any aspersion. I am the Member of Parliament for Nakuru Town East. I have put an February 24, 2021 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES 15 Hon. David Gikaria (Nakuru Town East, JP)intervention for a...

Hon. David Gikaria (Nakuru Town East, JP) Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. What I wanted to do and I think that is what exactly the Chair of the Departmental Committee on Agriculture and Livestock has said…

Hon. David Gikaria (Nakuru Town East, JP) Hon. Deputy Speaker, this is not the time to ask questions. This is time for the Committee to put money in the supplementary budget and in the budget itself, so that we can address some of these issues. I am happy the Chair...

Hon. David Gikaria (Nakuru Town East, JP) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I appreciate what the Chairman of the Committee on Implementation, my brother Mhe. ole Kenta, has presented. But, at the same time, last year I brought a Petition regarding some eight parcels of land which were taken by the...

Hon. David Gikaria (Nakuru Town East, JP) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. Let me take this opportunity to first thank the President for having appointed me as the Chair of the Departmental Committee on Energy for the last four years. I appreciate that of the 349 Members, I served...

Hon. David Gikaria (Nakuru Town East, JP) Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I do not think the Member is a Jubilee Party member. As an ODM member, he would not have known. The Temporary Deputy Speaker (Hon. (Ms.) Soipan Tuya) : Order, Hon. Gikaria. I have let you to make your...

Hon. David Gikaria (Nakuru Town East, JP) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. Hon. Masara does not even realise that we are debating a Motion that talks about documentation. My having been appointed as a Committee Chair is part of the history that we are talking about. All the same,...

Hon. David Gikaria (Nakuru Town East, JP) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I just wanted to make a request. I had submitted a few amendments regarding the NG-CDF Act on the appointment of the CDFC members. The current members’ term is coming to an end on 8th of December. You remember...

Hon. David Gikaria (Nakuru Town East, JP) I am not a very seasoned legislator, but on this one, I mean exactly what he just read “shall expire” and it expires today. If, indeed, what the Chair…

Hon. David Gikaria (Nakuru Town East, JP) Let me finish, Hon. Speaker. I had an opportunity to sit with the Legal Department and they agreed with me. Hon. Duale, we will give you time to do whatever you want to do. They agreed with me that even upon expiry, if...

Hon. David Gikaria (Nakuru Town East, JP) That is why I was saying that I brought amendments five months ago to try and address that. They have been staying with the Legal Department since then. I made a request when Hon. Cheboi was the sitting Deputy Speaker around two and...

Hon. David Gikaria (Nakuru Town East, JP) Not that, Hon. Speaker. I am just saying that I had brought them on time - five months ago. If it was addressed then, this would not be the case today.

Hon. David Gikaria (Nakuru Town East, JP) Hon. Speaker, I beg to second. (Hon. Peter Mwathi stood in the gangways)