Isaac Maigua Mwaura

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 731 to 740 of 1711.

• 28 May 2019 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I join you in welcoming the students from Bondeni Primary School. I would like to inform the students that their dreams are valid. Sometime back, while attending a similar Session – I remember the Chair at that time was hon. Gitobu Imanyara – I could not help but admire and feel that I belonged to the august House. Indeed those dreams were valid because I am now in my second term. If the students have a dream of becoming Senators, Members of the National Assembly or any other leadership position, they should continue pursuing it. They should ... view
• 28 May 2019 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Picking up from where Sen. Sakaja has left, this new way of lending money and raking in huge profits is something that the world is grappling with. Last week, I was privileged to hear a similar conversation with the head of Intec from the Bank of Hong Kong. They have power to regulate these non-traditional banking systems. They also monitor, not just the mobile money transfer and lending, but also online payments. This is the only way they are able to properly regulate and protect their people from exploitation. view
• 28 May 2019 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, it is true that the way finances are transferred nowadays is not the traditional way we knew of legal tender such as hard cash or withdrawing money from the bank and so on. We need to call for new regulations and innovationsto control all of these kinds of entities. We all know banks are doing a lot of business with mobile The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate. view
• 28 May 2019 in Senate: phone companies and raking in huge profits. Some of the banks circumvent the law to make those profits because their interest rates are not capped. view
• 28 May 2019 in Senate: I know of someone who in the normal manner of asking for help form Members of Parliament has borrowed money from fuliza, tala and many other lending apps in the social media. These debts are pushing some of them to the wall. They cannot even afford to buy food or do anything beneficial to them because they have over-borrowed from these apps. It is not right for some people to make huge profits from the misery of our young people because they are the ones who are tech savvy and easily access this kind of money. We, as a House, ... view
• 28 May 2019 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, this Statement calls upon this House to rein in on this issue. As the Vice-Chairpersonof theSenate Committee on Finance and Budget, we are willing and ready to prosecute this matter expeditiously. view
• 28 May 2019 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I rise to pass my condolences to the family of this great Kenyan. I confess that I belong to the younger generation of Kenyans and the only memory that I have of Hon. Oduya Oprong‘‘ was his name being mentioned on Kenya Broadcasting Corporation (KBC) radio. I also remember mentioning his name when we were listing the names of Members of Parliament from each constituency. Hon. Oprong‘‘ is not just a parliamentarian. He was a unionist who founded the Quarry and Mine Workers Union. That shows that he had the desire to serve his electorate. ... view
• 28 May 2019 in Senate: Most of the time we are challenged, but it is important to take that action collectively as Sen. Mugo has said. A case in point is the fact that, as leaders, we are candidates to become former Members of Parliament; majority of who are living in squalor because our citizenry does not appreciate that the work of a Member of Parliament is just like any other scheme of service. Conditions may have improved for those who may serve for more than one term, going forward. view
• 28 May 2019 in Senate: There have been efforts to help former Members that have come a cropper. There was about Kshs10 billion that was set aside in the Eleventh Parliament. His Excellency the President spoke about it in the 2013/2014 State of the Nation Address, but nothing much was done in that regard. If you, for example, look at the issue of medical care for those who leave Parliament, including those who were with us in the Eleventh Parliament, it is quite a task. view
• 28 May 2019 in Senate: Kenyans should appreciate that the work of a Member of Parliament is a job like any other and that people have responsibilities. Most of the time there will be blame games here and there; that maybe you did not manage your resources, but with the kind of work that we do, which includes the informal element of being a social welfare dispenser, it is extremely difficult for Members to properly save, especially, as The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate. view