Prof. Margaret Kamar

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1051 to 1060 of 3061.

• 28 Feb 2018 in Senate: Thank you Mr. Speaker, Sir, for giving me the opportunity to add my voice to this Motion on the adoption of the 2018 Budget Policy Statement. As the Senate Committee on Education, we went through this document and keenly looked at the sectors that touch on education in the Senate in relation to the areas that are devolved. Two areas are fully devolved in the Constitution of Kenya, 2010. One is what we used to call the village polytechnics, which are now called youth polytechnics or vocational training centres and the other is the Early Childhood Development Education (ECDE) centres. ... view
• 28 Feb 2018 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity to add my voice in support of the Sessional Paper No. 2 of 2016 on the National Slum Upgrading and Prevention Policy. Slums have become an eyesore because of lack of planning and movement of people into cities. I support this policy because of the outline and the fact that it is not only going to address the issue of removing the slums but also creating a housing system The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can ... view
• 28 Feb 2018 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I apologise. view
• 28 Feb 2018 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I have seen a slum grow in Eldoret and that is why I am very passionate about this topic. I saw a tiny slum grow when I was a Member of Parliament in the year 2008. I moved in and started a nursery school, because the children had nowhere to go and learn. But c hangaa and busaa were being brewed around the children. We tried to eliminate it, but because we were creating facilities, we seemed to be attracting more people. Eventually, we had to go to the SOS Children’s Home to look for space ... view
• 15 Feb 2018 in Senate: Sen. Wetangula, it is your turn. view
• 15 Feb 2018 in Senate: You have only four minutes and you can continue next time. view
• 15 Feb 2018 in Senate: Hon. Senate Minority Leader, you have a balance of 56 minutes. view
• 15 Feb 2018 in Senate: Hon. Senators, it is now 6.30 p.m. It is time to adjourn the House. The Senate, therefore, stands adjourned until Tuesday, 20th February, 2018 at 2.30 p.m. The Senate rose at 6.30 p.m. 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
• 14 Feb 2018 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I want to thank the petitioner because this thing has been hanging around us for a while. This petition is giving us an opportunity to ventilate and understand. During the Bomas process, the same questions were raised but because we were very keen to see the Constitution through, we did not pay attention to some of those things that we thought were small. It is true that it has to do with an Indian goddess. I can say so because I and perhaps two other Members were in the seventieth celebrations of the Indian government ... view
• 13 Feb 2018 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for giving me the opportunity to support this Motion. The formation of the Senate Business Committee is a very important agenda before we start our business. I congratulate all the Members who have been named and support them because we have senior politicians here. We also have view