David Gikaria

Hon. David Gikaria (Nakuru Town East, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. (Hon. Ibrahim Saney spoke off the record)

Hon. David Gikaria (Nakuru Town East, UDA) I will listen to him. The Temporary Chairman (Hon. David Ochieng’) : Go ahead, Leader of the Majority Party.

Hon. David Gikaria (Nakuru Town East, UDA) Hon. Temporary Chairman, I rise to support the Chairperson on this amendment. There was a water company which was making profits and we asked ourselves, for what purpose? You need to spend that money to enhance water supply. What the Chairman has said...

Hon. David Gikaria (Nakuru Town East, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Chairman. Could the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Health, who has moved an amendment to delete this Clause, consider withdrawing that amendment? I say this because just the other day, I met a former Member of Parliament called...

Hon. David Gikaria (Nakuru Town East, UDA) The Leader of the Majority Party assures me that if I become a former Member, I can use the Social Insurance Fund. So, I support.

Hon. David Gikaria (Nakuru Town East, UDA) Maybe it is just to air what Mheshimiwa Oundo was talking about. Clause 49 starts with “fails without lawful excuse”. That will address what Hon. Oundo is saying. You are exempted if you can give lawful excuse. I totally agree with what Hon....

Hon. David Gikaria (Nakuru Town East, UDA) Hon. Deputy Speaker, I beg to lay the following Paper on the Table: Report of the Departmental Committee on Environment, Forestry and Mining on its consideration of the National Climate Change (Amendment) Bill (National Assembly Bill No.42 of 2023) Thank you, Hon. Deputy...

Hon. David Gikaria (Nakuru Town East, UDA) Hon. Speaker, I second. (Question proposed)

Hon. David Gikaria (Nakuru Town East, UDA) Hon. Temporary Chairman, I beg to move: THAT, the Bill be amended by inserting the following new clause immediately after Clause 13— Amendment of section 33 of No. 11 of 2016. 13A. Section 33 of the principal Act is amended by inserting the...

Hon. David Gikaria (Nakuru Town East, UDA) Thank you, Hon Temporary Chairman. I beg to move: THAT, the Bill be amended by deleting Clause 16 and substituting thereof with the following new clauses— The Schedule to the principal Act be amended in Section 1 (2) by deleting the words 60...

Hon. David Gikaria (Nakuru Town East, UDA)Yes, Hon. Temporary Chairman. Firstly, I thank Hon. Millie, the Member for Suba North. I agree with her. She went through the Bill and understood it. As the Leader of the Majority Party said, I agree that the cardinal aspect of this country’s legislation...

Hon. David Gikaria (Nakuru Town East, UDA) Hon. Temporary Chairman, I beg to move: 23rd August 2023 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES 20 Hon. David Gikaria (Nakuru Town East, UDA)THAT, Clause 10 of the Bill be amended by inserting the following new paragraph immediately after the opening statement— Hon. David Gikaria (Nakuru...

Hon. David Gikaria (Nakuru Town East, UDA) Yes. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Chairman, I beg to move: THAT, Clause 2 of the Bill be amended— (Applause)

Hon. David Gikaria (Nakuru Town East, UDA) Hon. Temporary Chairman, it has been said here and the Leader of the Majority Party agreed that it is about public participation. Public participation is a constitutional requirement and it is fundamental that every Kenyan should be given an opportunity to give their...

Hon. David Gikaria (Nakuru Town East, UDA) Hon. Temporary Chairman, I beg to move: THAT, the Bill be amended by deleting clause 4 and substituting therefore the following new clause—

Hon. David Gikaria (Nakuru Town East, UDA) Hon. Temporary Chairman, I beg to move: THAT, the Bill be amended by inserting the following new clause immediately after Clause 13— Amendment of section 35 of No. 11 of 2016. 13B. Section 35 of the principal Act is amended—- Thank you,

Hon. David Gikaria (Nakuru Town East, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Chairman. I beg to drop my amendment on Clause 6, which proposes that we have two nominees from the Private Sector Alliance. Looking at the numbers, if this proposal goes through, the council will have an even number, which...

Hon. David Gikaria (Nakuru Town East, UDA) Hon. Deputy Speaker, I beg to second the Climate Change (Amendment) Bill (National Assembly Bill No.42 of 2023) . First of all, I take this opportunity to thank the Leader of Majority Leader Party. He is the owner of the Bill. He moved...

Hon. David Gikaria (Nakuru Town East, UDA) On a point of order, Hon. Deputy Speaker. Hon. Deputy Speaker What is your point of order, Member for Nakuru Town East? Hon. David Gikaria (Nakuru Town East, UDA) Thank you Hon. Deputy Speaker. The Member has alluded to the fact that it...

Hon. David Gikaria (Nakuru Town East, UDA) Hon. Deputy Speaker, this is a very straightforward amendment, and all the Members who have spoken support this Bill. I rise under Standing Order 95 to ask that the Mover be called upon to reply. Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. (Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo...

Hon. David Gikaria (Nakuru Town East, UDA) On a point of order. Hon. Deputy Speaker What is your point of order, Hon. Gikaria? Hon. David Gikaria (Nakuru Town East, UDA) Hon. Deputy Speaker, this is a very important Bill. I rise under Standing Order 95…

Hon. David Gikaria (Nakuru Town East, UDA) Hon. Deputy Speaker, I beg to second the Climate Change (Amendment) Bill (National Assembly Bill No.42 of 2023) . First of all, I take this opportunity to thank the Leader of Majority Leader Party. He is the owner of the Bill. He moved...

Hon. David Gikaria (Nakuru Town East, UDA) On a point of order, Hon. Deputy Speaker. Hon. Deputy Speaker What is your point of order, Member for Nakuru Town East? Hon. David Gikaria (Nakuru Town East, UDA) Thank you Hon. Deputy Speaker. The Member has alluded to the fact that it...

Hon. David Gikaria (Nakuru Town East, UDA) Hon. Deputy Speaker, this is a very straightforward amendment, and all the Members who have spoken support this Bill. I rise under Standing Order 95 to ask that the Mover be called upon to reply. Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. (Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo...

Hon. David Gikaria (Nakuru Town East, UDA) On a point of order. Hon. Deputy Speaker What is your point of order, Hon. Gikaria? Hon. David Gikaria (Nakuru Town East, UDA) Hon. Deputy Speaker, this is a very important Bill. I rise under Standing Order 95…

Hon. David Gikaria (Nakuru Town East, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. First of all, let me take this opportunity to thank all Members who have contributed to this important amendment Bill which intends to address some of the colonial laws that we are supposed to look into and remove...

Hon. David Gikaria (Nakuru Town East, UDA) There is a water pan that was constructed in Mzee wa Nyama in Nakuru East Ward. It was never completed, and we have never known its status. Secondly, five boreholes were to be constructed in Nakuru Town East through the second Supplementary Budget...

Hon. David Gikaria (Nakuru Town East, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I have only two issues

Hon. David Gikaria (Nakuru Town East, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. Unfortunately, I do not have a copy of the response so I could not follow. When the Cabinet Secretary was submitting, I heard him say that they are still waiting for the exchequer since the last two financial...

Hon. David Gikaria (Nakuru Town East, UDA) Hon. Speaker, I rise to ask the Cabinet Secretary the following Question: Could the Cabinet Secretary:

Hon. David Gikaria (Nakuru Town East, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker for giving me the opportunity to move the Second Reading of the Penal Code (Amendment) Bill. I come from a constituency that is urban. My constituency has a number of activities that help my constituents to put food...

Hon. David Gikaria (Nakuru Town East, UDA) Yes. Those are some of the things that used to happen when I was a bad boy, but I have since changed. These days I am always 5th July 2023 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES 29 Hon. David Gikaria (Nakuru Town East, UDA)in my three-piece...

Hon. David Gikaria (Nakuru Town East, UDA) Hon. Temporary Speaker, when I was moving this Motion, I said that the treaty came here in 2003. It will come into force in the country after this House approves it. The Temporary Speaker (Hon. Farah Maalim) Has it come into force globally?...

Hon. David Gikaria (Nakuru Town East, UDA) Hon. Temporary Speaker, I beg to move the following Motion: THAT, this House adopts the Report of the Departmental Committee on Environment, Forestry and Mining on its consideration of the ratification of the Bamako Convention on the Ban of Importation into Africa and...

Hon. David Gikaria (Nakuru Town East, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I want to thank the many Members who have given their input. Most importantly, I want to thank the Whip of the Majority Party, Madam Naomi Waqo. How I wish this would have attracted interest like the Finance...

Hon. David Gikaria (Nakuru Town East, UDA) Hon. Temporary Speaker, I beg to move the following Motion: THAT, this House adopts the Report of the Departmental Committee on Environment, Forestry and Mining on its consideration of the Ratification of the Minamata Convention on Mercury, laid on the Table of the...

Hon. David Gikaria (Nakuru Town East, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. Once again, I thank the Members who have contributed. The effects of mercury, particularly on human health, cannot go unnoticed. It is precisely as Hon. Nyikal and others have indicated. Hon. Naomi Waqo even indicated how some children...

Hon. David Gikaria (Nakuru Town East, UDA) The three years the Member talked about is when we want to withdraw from this convention. The Temporary Speaker (Hon. Farah Maalim) Is it three years from ratification or coming into force? Hon. David Gikaria (Nakuru Town East, UDA) I think it is...