Dr. Eve Akinyi Obara

All parliamentary appearances

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• 13 Oct 2021 in National Assembly: I once again support the Motion. view
• 22 Sep 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you very much Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me this opportunity to speak. At the outset, I support the amendment Bill for the following reasons: view
• 22 Sep 2021 in National Assembly: One, the amendment Bill recognises the JSC as the appointing authority in line with the High Court judgment which held that tribunals fall under the Judiciary as articulated by the Chairperson. view
• 22 Sep 2021 in National Assembly: Two, the amendment Bill also gives the Judiciary powers to directly appoint and gazette members of the tribunal, which solves the problems that have been witnessed in the past where the Executive would decline to gazette appointments that are made by the Judiciary. view
• 22 Sep 2021 in National Assembly: Three, the amendment Bill introduces a tribunal secretary who will be in charge of operations and policy and, therefore, I believe it will improve efficiency. view
• 22 Sep 2021 in National Assembly: Finally, I have looked at Clause 16 of the Bill and I think that it is hanging and needs to be looked into again by the Committee. view
• 22 Sep 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, once again. I support. view
• 18 Aug 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me the opportunity to support the Bill. We are familiar with the history of banking in this country when huge banks were the kings of the industry and customers had to beg to be served. Soon after, we had small banks coming up and making banking accessible to the small trader and public servants with their meagre earnings. This saw the big banks again running back and starting to hawk their services because they lost customer focus. Unfortunately, I am also a victim of money that was lost in the ... view
• 11 Aug 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to contribute to this Bill. First and foremost, let me appreciate the late Hon. Oyioka posthumously for coming up with this Bill and thank the Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning for taking it up in its entirety. view
• 11 Aug 2021 in National Assembly: We appreciate the innovators of the digital lending platforms and we know the role they have played in making business easier for our small businesspeople in Kenya. I support them because they have given opportunities to our small-time businesses, but we also know what they have done to our younger generation. It is important for us to regulate these platforms looking at how our people are continuously impoverished because of borrowing after borrowing. You want to send money to some people at home and they say: “Please, send it to my mother’s or father’s mobile number because I have fuliza. ... view