GIKARIA, DAVID

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 from our Constitution. After the promulgation of...

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 on their tables. However, many times the...

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

Hon. Speaker, I rise to ask the Cabinet Secretary the following Question: Could the Cabinet Secretary:

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 years. There is a requirement passed by...

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 the Control of RATIFICATION OF BAMAKO CONVENTION...

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. Has it come into force globally? Yes.

The three years the Member talked about is when we want to withdraw from this convention. Is it three years from ratification or coming into force? I think it is coming into force, Hon. Temporary Speaker. There is an office for that. (Several Members spoke off record)

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 Bill, 2023. This Ratification of the Bamako...

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 House on Wednesday, 21st June 2023 and,...

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 are born with mercury in their systems....

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 regard to the previous Motion that we...

On a point of order, Hon. Temporary Speaker. What is out of order, Hon. Gikaria? 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...

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. 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 that Deplete the Ozone Layer, laid on...

On a point of order, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. Hon. David Gikaria, what is out of order? Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I do not know whether I am privileged or under-privileged to be sitting here. At around

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 They were on permanent and pensionable terms, but they just got their termination letters without any due process.

Hon. Deputy Speaker, I rise to ask the Teachers Service Commission the following Question:

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 single death in the last one and...

On a point of order, Hon. Speaker. Hon. Gikaria, what is out of order? 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...

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I rise to support this Report. I want to thank the Chair and his team for the elaborate work they did, because it is not easy. The last time we were doing some treaties here, we were told that we cannot change even a comma...

Asante sana, Mhe. Spika wa Muda. Let me start by appreciating the former Leader of the Minority Party, Hon. John Mbadi. He was a professional. He spoke as one and accepted facts as they were. Does the current President accept that there is a problem in the country? Yes, he...