Prof. Sam Ongeri

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 691 to 700 of 1925.

• 18 Feb 2020 in Senate: It is very important to insulate people working in these SACCOs. They must be properly qualified. First of all, it is their registration. This amendment seeks to amend the principle Act of the SACCO so that SACCOs becomes deposit taking SACCOs. SACCOs have a chance to be able to make the normal necessary amendments to their existing SACCOs. Any new SACCOS must take into account this new provision, that they must be a deposit taking SACCO. They have been given 12 months to bring in line all these amendments so that nobody can blame any authority because of the new ... view
• 18 Feb 2020 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, one of the things that I have carefully checked is Section 3 of this Amendment Act. The principal Act is amended by inserting the following new section immediately after Section 8. It says- “The authority shall determine the suitability and propriety of every person seeking to serve as a board member.” This is very important because we are people who masquerade as experts in microfinances. It is only too fresh in our minds that some of the microfinances that have folded up are as a result of people who just pretended that they were masters in that ... view
• 18 Feb 2020 in Senate: Therefore, there are qualifications that are attendant to this kind of arrangement. When you appear to take a job, one of the conditions is the financial status and solvency of that person, because you do not want masqueraders to come around and say that they are experts in this, only that they want to get an opportunity to steal people’s money or savings. These people must have very credible credentials; academic credentials and qualifications along those lines. They must also have the status of any license or approval granted to the person by any financial sector regulations that when they ... view
• 18 Feb 2020 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, you will appreciate that one of the things that is happening in this country today is that people are losing confidence in what is going on in some of these SACCOs. Now, you can imagine even a good operator like the M-Pesa; how many fraudsters do you find on the line wanting to know your Identity Card (ID) number? Before you realise it, they deplete your account and get away with the money. These are the kind of characters that we want to weed out from our society because they mean no good for anybody. view
• 18 Feb 2020 in Senate: Co-operative and credit societies can create immense wealth amongst people. They can create and conserve wealth within families and communities. They can preserve the lifestyles of people because people of means can use resources available to them to conserve those means, particularly in the management of our forest reserves and dairy cattle. I agree with Sen. Pareno when she says that as for the Maa communities, one of their major businesses that they insulate and ensure it thrives is their animals, farms and everything they are carrying out. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. ... view
• 18 Feb 2020 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, this is one of the most important amendments that have been brought before this House. As Senators, this is a test; that we have been able to pass this amendment in the Senate. Therefore, the National Assembly are equally obligated to look at some of the Bills that are lying on their desks, which have a direct bearing and will touch on the prosperity of Kenyans. For example, the Bill on ward funds, that was passed in this Senate and is lying there. There are many other agricultural Bills that are lying in the National Assembly touching ... view
• 18 Feb 2020 in Senate: With those few remarks, I beg to support. view
• 10 Feb 2020 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, I do not know where to start. My first encounter with President Moi was in 1960 when I was the President of the Kenya Students Union in India. I was the Secretary General of African Student Association in Delhi. We came in an inaugural flight to Nairobi seeking to see what was happening because we were still a colony. At that time, the colonialists--- view
• 10 Feb 2020 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, it is very sad that we are eulogizing somebody who is larger than any one of us combined. He was then the Parliamentary Secretary of Education at Gill House. He told us that because we had demanded to see Mzee Jomo Kenyatta in Kapenguria, we were under the watch list. So he advised us to go back and complete our studies, and that is exactly what we did. The second encounter with the late President Moi was when I had finished Medicine and was back in the country. I was in Casualty at the Kenyatta National Hospital ... view
• 10 Feb 2020 in Senate: 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