Prof. Margaret Kamar

All parliamentary appearances

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• 31 Jul 2018 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I beg to move the following Motion--- view
• 31 Jul 2018 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Chairman, Sir, I give notice. view
• 31 Jul 2018 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I beg to give notice of the following Motion- THAT, this House notes the Report of the 49th Session of the African Caribbean Pacific Parliamentary Assembly (ACPPA) and Inter-Sessional meeting of the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly held between 20th and 22nd March, 2018 in Brussels, Belgium, laid on the Table of the House on Tuesday, 31st July, 2018. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate. view
• 26 Jul 2018 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me an opportunity. First, I take this opportunity to thank Sen. Kwamboka, for making this very important Statement. This is an issue that is alive with us today. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I was in the Tenth Parliament. That is the time my colleague has referred to, when the then Prime Minister was asked to solve the issue of the Mau. I also happened to be an Assistant Minister for Environment and Forestry at the time. There are issues that need to be separated. I hope that all of us believe in ... view
• 25 Jul 2018 in Senate: Point of information. view
• 25 Jul 2018 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the information I would like to give the Senate Majority Leader is that this Bill came when he was absent. There was also an argument that the same Bill had been thrown out and it came back without any change. The mood of the House at that time was that if it is in that form, it might face the same fate. I just wanted to inform him because he was away on an important tour. He was not here when we discussed that. view
• 24 Jul 2018 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me an opportunity to add to the voice of my colleagues in discussing this very important Bill. From the outset, the Bill, in my opinion, does not sit well in devolution. We need to ask ourselves why we want to do irrigation. Irrigation is the process of enhancing food production, which means that we are only doing it for agricultural purposes. The Fourth Schedule of the Constitution is very clear that there is only one role that has been given to the national Government as far as agriculture is concerned, that is, ... view
• 24 Jul 2018 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I support, subject to amendments. view
• 19 Jul 2018 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the hon. Senators who are consulting loudly are preventing us from hearing the wonderful statements from the former Minister of Education. view
• 19 Jul 2018 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. TemporarySpeaker, Sir, forgiving me an opportunity to add a few points to what my colleagues have said. I thank Sen. (Dr.) Milgo for bringing out a very important issue on the registration of schools. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, it is true that our Constitution outlines in Article 53(1)( b), that every child has a right to free and compulsory education. How equal is the education we give in this country? Before we even talk about children who are learning in schools with interim registration, we should look at the quality of our schools, generally. Even if they ... view