GIKARIA, DAVID

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

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) Thank you, Hon. Speaker.

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) I am sorry, Hon. Temporary Speaker. The Temporary Speaker (Hon. Martha Wangari) You have some Papers to lay. Hon. David Gikaria (Nakuru Town East, UDA) Not yet, Hon. Temporary Speaker.

Hon. David Gikaria (Nakuru Town East, UDA) No. The Temporary Speaker (Hon. Martha Wangari) You are still not ready. You were supposed to lay a Paper then move a Notice of Motion. Hon. David Gikaria (Nakuru Town East, UDA) Hon. Temporary Speaker, we were to do that. I have signed...

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) 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, 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) Yes, Hon. Speaker. I have the response.

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

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) 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) 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. 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) 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) 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) 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) 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...

I am here, Hon. Temporary Speaker. Proceed. Do you have the response? Hon. Temporary Speaker, my apologies. I think my Committee needs to act against the Principal Secretary who was supposed to have given us this response. For the second time, I do not have it but I plead with...

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I, totally, agree with Hon. Keynan. That you give an undertaking? Yes, I give an undertaking that by next week, I will have that. No. You have not heard his question. He asked, “Can you give an undertaking that under your watch, the North will...

Hon. David Gikaria (Nakuru Town East, UDA) I am here, Hon. Temporary Speaker.

Hon. David Gikaria (Nakuru Town East, UDA) Hon. Temporary Speaker, my apologies. I think my Committee needs to act against the Principal Secretary who was supposed to have given us this response. For the second time, I do not have it but I plead with the Member of Parliament to...

Hon. David Gikaria (Nakuru Town East, UDA) I also do not have it.

Hon. David Gikaria (Nakuru Town East, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I, totally, agree with Hon. Keynan.

Hon. David Gikaria (Nakuru Town East, UDA) Yes, I give an undertaking that by next week, I will have that.

Hon. David Gikaria (Nakuru Town East, UDA) Yes. That is where I was headed.

Hon. David Gikaria (Nakuru Town East, UDA) The commitment by this government to put North Eastern Kenya on the national grid would be done.

Hon. Speaker, I have not yet received a response from the Ministry. Again, you had directed that we should sit with the Member of Parliament of that area. Now that we are back, we can agree on the date so that we can harmonise the issues.

Hon. David Gikaria (Nakuru Town East, UDA) Hon. Speaker, I have not yet received a response from the Ministry. Again, you had directed that we should sit with the Member of Parliament of that area. Now that we are back, we can agree on the date so that we can...

Hon. David Gikaria (Nakuru Town East, UDA) Hon. Speaker, we responded to this, but the Member said he is not satisfied. We have called the Cabinet Secretary to appear before us on Tuesday. We will be inviting the Member of Parliament to attend the meeting.

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

Hon. David Gikaria (Nakuru Town East, UDA) Yes, 3rd June.

Hon. David Gikaria (Nakuru Town East, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. Due to the sensitivity of the matter, we request for two weeks after recess. Thank you.

Hon. David Gikari (Nakuru Town East, UDA) Asante sana, Mhe. Spika wa Muda. Ninakushukuru kwa kunipa nafasi hii ili nichangie kauli ya ndugu yangu Mhe. Feisal. 30th April 2025 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES 20 Hon. David Gikari (Nakuru Town East, UDA)Kitu cha kwanza ni hatuwezi kuwa na mafisaa wa ardhi ambao...

Hon. David Gikaria (Nakuru Town East, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. The Committee has a Statement which was sent by the Principal Secretary for Energy. I know Hon. Oundo is around. 30th April 2025 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES 27 Hon. David Gikaria (Nakuru Town East, UDA)The first question was on...

Hon. David Gikaria (Nakuru Town East, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. 30th April 2025 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES 30

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

Hon. David Gikaria (Nakuru Town East, UDA) Hon. Temporary Speaker, I know Hon. Oundo. He prepares himself.

Hon. David Gikaria (Nakuru Town East, UDA) ‘Thorough’ is the word. When I got this response, I knew part of what he is saying would come up. I totally agree with him, except regarding the aspect that this is a response by KUDURA Power East Africa Ltd. This Statement is...

Hon. David Gikaria (Nakuru Town East, UDA) Hon. Temporary Speaker, our Committee is seized and we will bring a report on the Floor of this House. It was brought in the last Session, but was not discussed. We will bring it back to specifically talk about these punitive and discriminative...

Hon. David Gikaria (Nakuru Town East, UDA) No.

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

Hon. David Gikaria (Nakuru Town East, UDA) It is not a monopoly. That is misinformation. Under Section 117 of the Energy Act of 2019, I was the then Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Energy. I moved those amendments to liberalise the energy sector in a broad manner. This is...

Hon. David Gikaria (Nakuru Town East, UDA) That is correct. I agree that we will still engage EPRA through this request for a Statement.

Hon. David Gikaria (Nakuru Town East, UDA) Hon. (Dr) Oundo made this request two weeks ago and we have a response.

Hon. David Gikaria (Nakuru Town East, UDA) Hon. Temporary Speaker, the second week after recess,.

Hon. David Gikaria (Nakuru Town East, UDA) Hon. Temporary Speaker, I have committed to do so within two weeks after the resumption of the House.