Annah Nyokabi Gathecha

All parliamentary appearances

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• 18 Feb 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Member. You see, we know what it is that you want. Therefore, we are here and we want to ensure that, at least, those particular unions outside the recognized one and those other families and the children are taken care of. It is contentious, I know, but it is a Bill that has come of age. If we were to look around, and we will not ask to dig into everybody’s history here, we might be surprised. However, I am sure that we will find that many of our esteemed colleagues have more than one family. Be ... view
• 18 Feb 2014 in National Assembly: Absolutely. Actually, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I am a Catholic myself and that institution of marriage we need to protect it. That is why I have said that when we contract a relationship and go into a monogamous marriage, as a couple we expect that our marriages will remain monogamous up to the end and not to be hijacked halfway where we end up with polygamous situations. I am seeking your support hon. Members that we protect the institution of marriage and that we protect the families that we have so that we are able to raise responsible citizens and ... view
• 12 Feb 2014 in National Assembly: On a point of order, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. Is the Member trying to tell us that what we saw on television of youths holding Al Shabaab flags and the inscription of terrorism insignia was an imagination, or that was something that was given by somebody else and it did not happen within the Mosque? Please, let us try to stick to some of the facts. Let us not imagine and start protecting people who are here and out to hurt Kenyans. view
• 9 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for allowing me this opportunity. I would like to also thank the Chairman for giving me this one minute. I would like to support these amendments to the insurance law. As we all know, insurance is vital and important to the economy of Kenya and that of any developing country. If you look at the number of people employed in the insurance industry and the bit that is distributed in the insurance industry when individuals take up insurance, it distributes the relative risk that is involved in their undertaking in business. This allows companies ... view
• 2 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise to support this Motion. I thank hon. Nyamai for introducing it to this House. In light of the recent events in this country and, in particular, the Westgate Mall incident--- If we had one identification system or bio-data which is composed, we would have been able to identify some of the people who carried out that terrorist attack. They are able to sneak into the country because they can purchase a national ID card from anywhere. We are aware that there was a gentleman who was caught with 50 IDs in the ... view
• 2 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: This country is moving towards Vision 2030 and we are saying that we are a digital economy. If that is the case, we need to start harmonizing all that bio-data. We have all our photographs in our national IDs, but we are not able to get any criminal who engage in any criminal activity with that information. That is because we are unable to The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 2 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: centralize that data. If we had one central system of identification of bio-data collection, we would be able to not only identify our criminals, but we would also be able to identify the ethnicity of a person when he or she goes to open a bank account. Right now, we have people coming into this country. They are able to go anywhere, buy a birth certificate and get any document they want. The authorities are not able to verify all the data because it is scattered all over the place. Once we centralise, a simple query will tell us where ... view
• 18 Sep 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker, Sir. I rise to support this Bill. If you look at the rich financial institutions within this country, you will find that the penetration level is very low. view
• 18 Sep 2013 in National Assembly: This Bill will not only increase the confidence of depositors that their funds will be secure, but it will also encourage a saving culture which will be beneficial to this country and the whole financial system. view
• 18 Sep 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, Sir, we also want to make Kenya the financial hub within East Africa. Currently, it is only Dubai that is a major financial sector. view