Prof. Margaret Kamar

All parliamentary appearances

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• 26 Sep 2023 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me the opportunity. I rise to strongly support this Bill, but with amendments. As I support it, I am doing so basically because devolution is supposed to go to the lowest unit. For me, this is the best part of this Bill, that each and every public health facility will have an account to collect this money and it will be independent. This is the strongest part of this Bill. What this is going to do is that with the devolution of health to the health Centre, people will be independent and ... view
• 26 Sep 2023 in National Assembly: I say this because I have an experience that I had in Moiben where I come from. Most mothers were going to deliver across in Elgeyo/Marakwet County and when I asked why. I was told it is because of a facility in Elgeyo/Marakwet County where they were giving mothers who had delivered a blanket and other small things. That was something that mothers loved. So, the minute we do this, there will be competition between facilities because every facility will be the best and I can see this raising more revenue than we are raising right now. I also like ... view
• 26 Sep 2023 in National Assembly: I only want to caution the committee on this issue called the nominating forum of youth organizations. Which youth organizations are those? The same thing with joint forum of women. It will take a very long time to get women or youth to come together to give you one person. Let us make it not only open but also transparent and state that a baraza will be done and whoever will be there will be nominated. They need to articulate it better. I thank you. view
• 20 Sep 2023 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I also thank the hon. Cabinet Secretary for the elaborate answers to the questions presented before this House. I agree fully with the answer to Question (d) on the implementation status of the Convention on Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) as articulated by the Cabinet Secretary. However, I seek clarification on young learners. The Committee on Education has been visiting schools for the disabled. There was one observation we made when we went to a school of mentally challenged children. We discovered that the ratio required between teachers and students was highly violated. Whereas ... view
• 20 Sep 2023 in Senate: What is it that the Cabinet Secretary will do because we know that those children belong to her even though the Ministry of Education funds those schools? What will her Ministry and the Ministry of Education do to ensure that they receive proper education? Without a good foundation, these learners will not enjoy their rights all the way up the ladder. They will not be able to get proper education at the university level and they will not even reach secondary school and yet, the foundation is extremely important. What will the Cabinet Secretary do to ensure that the ratios ... view
• 20 Sep 2023 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for giving me an opportunity to contribute to this Motion by Sen. Mumma. Mr. Speaker, Sir, when I read this Motion, I had to ask Sen. Mumma what she means by e-cigarettes because things are evolving so fast that some of us are not even catching up with what they are. I want to start by agreeing with Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale, beyond the recommendations that we are being given, we should be going towards a Bill. I want to encourage Sen. Mumma to quickly move towards developing a Bill, the reason being that the two ... view
• 20 Sep 2023 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, in our laws, we talk of the minimum age of 18 years. Has it made any impact? The highest concentration of use of the e-cigarettes- that I am learning the name today, is in the high schools. Our high schools have really become a den of drugs. Now we are trying to get other rules in the schools through the Boards of Management (BOM) to ensure that when children go to school, they are searched until they are almost searched naked to make sure that they are carrying nothing. What does it mean? It means even this ... view
• 20 Sep 2023 in Senate: the students who are found with e-cigarettes. I am glad that as I am talking, we have wonderful students in very nice uniforms sitting up in your Gallery. We want to tell our students that they are the future of this country. They must desist from this kind of behavior because they are destroying themselves, their families and our society. We will lose a generation because of that. We want to tell our students, now that you came to the House when we were discussing drugs, please, run away from them. Even the Bible, which I believe says ‘resist the ... view
• 19 Sep 2023 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I beg to Move that The Kenya Sign Language Bill (Senate Bills No.9 of 2023) be now read a Second Time. Before I proceed, I would like to inform the House that this is the International Week for the deaf and it is an appropriate time to Move this Bill. Also, I send a warm message of congratulations to Kenyans with hearing impairment. Moreover, I would like to remember the sign language technical teams; those in the media who interpret and the teachers for the special children. As a Committee on Education, we visited several ... view
• 19 Sep 2023 in Senate: In a way, this is a group that has felt discriminated against, although there are constitutional provisions that give them the right. Therefore, the Bill draws its strength from Article 10(2) of the Constitution. It designates human dignity, equity, social justice inclusivity, equality, human rights, non-discrimination and the protection of the marginalised as national values and principles of governance. Further, Article 7(3)(b) of the Constitution emphasizes the promotion of indigenous languages. These includes the Kenyan Sign Language, Braille and other communication formats accessible to Persons with Disability (PWDs). Similarly, Article 54(1)(d) stipulates that a person with any disability is entitled ... view