David Gikaria

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) 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, 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) 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) 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) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I have only two issues

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) 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. 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. 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) 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) 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...

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) Thank you, Hon. Ndindi Nyoro, Chairperson of the Budget and Appropriations Committee. Hon. Temporary Speaker, we have been told that we can discuss anything important. As I rise to second, the first thing that I wanted to agree with you on is with...

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

Hon. David Gikaria (Nakuru Town East, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. This is to kindly request the Chair who will be on the seat for the rest of the day to give us opportunity. Sometimes we come here very early, we have Committee issues that we also want to...

Hon. David Gikaria (Nakuru Town East, UDA) Hon. Speaker, I beg to lay the following papers on the Table: Reports of the Departmental Committee on Environment Forestry and Mining on its consideration of the ratification of the following:

Hon. David Gikaria (Nakuru Town East, UDA) Hon. Speaker, I beg to give notice of 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 Kigali Amendments to the Montreal Protocol on the Substances...

Hon. David Gikaria (UDA, Nakuru Town East) Hon. Speaker I beg to give notice of 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 the importation into...

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

Hon. David Gikaria (Nakuru Town East, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I do not know whether I am privileged or under-privileged to be sitting here. At around

Hon. David Gikaria (Nakuru Town East, UDA) Hon. Temporary Speaker, the Question was regarding the termination of services of 30 employees by GDC in April 2022. 3rd May 2023 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES 57 Hon. David Gikaria (Nakuru Town East, UDA)They were on permanent and pensionable terms, but they just got...

Hon. David Gikaria (Nakuru Town East, UDA) Hon. Deputy Speaker, I rise to ask the Teachers Service Commission the following Question:

Hon. David Gikaria (Nakuru Town East, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I thank Waziri for the information he has given us. I confirm that it is true that the activities of the ‘Confirm Gang’ have gone down by almost 70 per cent. I confirm that we have not had a...

Hon. David Gikaria (Nakuru Town East, UDA) Yes, the very last one. Hon. Speaker, it is about police officers. The Confirm Gang operates in the southern part where we have a police station called ‘Bondeni’. That station is notorious for police officers who collude with criminal gangs. I heard that...

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

Hon. David Gikaria (Nakuru Town East, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. Listening to what the Member has just said, I would like the Committee on Implementation to note down the commitments that Waziri is making. I intended to ask this question towards the end but you will give direction. The...