David Gikaria

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

Hon. David Gikaria (Nakuru Town East, UDA) We will try. I will get in touch, but I also want to assure the Member that we removed the moratorium on Independent Power Producers last week. We want to promise the House that, with the removal of the moratorium, these power outage...

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

Hon. David Gikaria (Nakuru Town East, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. Let me take this opportunity to thank all the Members who have contributed to this debate, including you. I will start with your contribution regarding battery storage. We canvased around this issue. As you said, we have enough...

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

Hon. David Gikaria (Nakuru Town East, UDA) Hon. Temporary Speaker, is Hon. Kaguchia in order to say that we are proposing to reduce the cost yet the outcome will be in the contrary, without giving me any facts regarding the Report? He should, for instance, indicate that on this page,...

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

Hon. David Gikaria (Nakuru Town East, UDA) Hon. Temporary Speaker, with a lot of humility, this is the National Assembly, where we table reports. Where are the stories of lying coming from? If he does not agree with a certain proposal or recommendation, that is what he should be saying....

Hon. David Gikaria (Nakuru Town East, UDA) Hon. Speaker, thank you for giving us the opportunity to table this Report yesterday. Hon. Speaker, I beg to move the following Motion: THAT, this House adopts the Addendum Report of the Departmental Committee on Energy on the Inquiry into the matter of...

Hon. David Gikaria (Nakuru Town East, UDA) Sorry, Hon. Speaker. Hon. Speaker, I beg to move the following Motion: THAT, this House adopts the Addendum Report of the Departmental Committee on Energy on the Inquiry into the matter of the reduction of

Hon. David Gikaria (Nakuru Town East, UDA) Sorry, Hon. Speaker. First of all, let me thank the Members of the Departmental Committee on Energy for the good job they did. They dedicated their time to dispense with this very important matter that is before the House. This enquiry had been...

Hon. David Gikaria (Nakuru Town East, UDA) I rise to second this Motion. As the Chairperson of the Public Debt and Privatisation Committee has indicated, we had a very elaborate consultation and engagement with various stakeholders. We met the National Treasury, the Ministry of Energy and Petroleum and eight different...

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

Hon. David Gikaria (Nakuru Town East, UDA) Yes, Hon. Speaker. We had an engagement in the Committee last week. Could it be put on record whether the explanation given in the statement can be tabled as a reference?

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

Hon. David Gikaria (Nakuru Town East, UDA) Hon. Temporary Speaker, I beg to give Notice of the following Motion: THAT, this House adopts the Joint Report of the Departmental Committee on Energy and Select Committee on Public Debt and Privatisation on the consideration of Sessional Paper No.2 of 2025 on...

Hon. David Gikaria (Nakuru Town East, UDA) Thank you. I beg to lay the following Paper on the Table: The Joint Report of the Departmental Committee on Energy and the Select Committee on Public Debt and Privatization on the consideration of Sessional Paper No. 2 of 2025 on the Proposed...

Hon. David Gikaria (Nakuru Town East, UDA) Hon. Temporary Speaker, pursuant to Provisions of Standing Order No.44 (2) (c) , I rise to request for a Statement from the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Tourism and Wildlife regarding the legality of legal representation by Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) officers...

Hon. David Gikaria (Nakuru Town East, UDA) Yes, Hon. Speaker. I have the response.

Hon. David Gikaria (Nakuru Town East, UDA) Asante, Mhe. Spika wa Muda. Ninamshukuru Mhe. Ruweida Mohamed kwa kuwasilisha Mswada huu Bungeni, ambao unalenga kuwajali watu wa maeneo ya Pwani, ambako kuna bahari, na ambapo watu hupoteza maisha au hujeruhiwa kutokana na wanyama walioko baharini. Hili ni jambo muhimu sana kuliangazia....

Hon. David Gikaria (Nakuru Town East, UDA) Hon. Deputy Speaker. I beg to move the following Motion: THAT, the Senate amendments to the National Construction Authority (Amendment) Bill (National Assembly Bill No. 59 of 2022) be now considered. I had brought this to effectively operationalise the 30 per cent under...

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

Hon. David Gikaria (Nakuru Town East, UDA) Yes, Hon. Speaker. This was a request that was sought by Hon. Tom Mboya, Member of Parliament for Nyatike Constituency. The first question, was on the status of replacement and maintenance of dilapidated power transmission and distribution infrastructure including collapsed power poles and...

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

Hon. David Gikaria (Nakuru Town East, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. For example, there was a planned project in Lamu where we were to use an underground cable through the sea to take the off-grid power to Lamu. Because of lack of funding, this has not been done. The current...

Hon. David Gikaria (Nakuru Town East, UDA) Hon. Speaker, I do not want to answer about 13 years ago. I want to agree with him that it is true, this is not a proper concrete answer. As the Report indicates, this country cannot operate unilaterally on its own. We have...

Hon. David Gikaria (Nakuru Town East, UDA) I am just about to conclude. Under the Kenya Off-Grid Solar Access Project (KOSAP) mini-grid and stand-alone solar facilities, Mandera has been allocated US$15.1 million. That is approximately Ksh2 billion. Wajir has an allocation of US$20 million, approximately Ksh2.5 billion. Lastly, Garissa has...

Hon. David Gikaria (Nakuru Town East, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. The Committee received a request for Statement and asked the Cabinet Secretary for Energy and Petroleum for a response. The first question was on a report on the current status of funding, planning and implementation of the extension of...

Hon. David Gikaria (Nakuru Town East, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Chairlady. I also rise to support this amendment. The aspect of rivers and water catchment areas is very key. To be honest, if you go around the country and see where the eucalyptus trees have been planted along rivers they...