Prof. Margaret Kamar

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1161 to 1170 of 3061.

• 5 Dec 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I agree. view
• 5 Dec 2012 in National Assembly: 51 Wednesday, 5th December, 2012(P) view
• 5 Dec 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I am okay with the amendment. view
• 5 Dec 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, the amendment is harmless, but it is providing for a detail which is already there. The Joint Admissions Board currently has a criterion. The only problem is the vacancies in our universities. So, even if we include this amendment and the vacancies are not there, if a student applies for a law degree programme and we have 200 vacancies for that course and 200 students qualified for the same, the cut-off point criterion will be used. The remainder will have to be off-loaded and be asked to re-apply for other courses. So, the issue is ... view
• 5 Dec 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, the amendment is unnecessary detail in the law at this stage because it is not going to bring anything that is going to add value. Currently, the problem in the placement is availability of vacancies. view
• 5 Dec 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, what I am saying is that the criterion does exactly this currently. The problem, especially with the case that Mrs. Odhiambo-Mabona gave us is the fact that students in their initial application when they leave high school do not apply for the courses view
• 5 Dec 2012 in National Assembly: 53 Wednesday, 5th December, 2012(P) that they do in the reapplication. They are given opportunity to apply again. The ones who will have applied in the first round take the opportunities. Therefore, by the time a grade A student discovers that she can go for a particular programme, they are applying in round two. That was one of the problems with the case that we have. We have a few who apply for the lower courses at the initial stages and when they want to change when given an opportunity later, it becomes very difficult. However, the universities are now ... view
• 5 Dec 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I am glad the Attorney-General is here. We have a few lawyers in the room who can help us as well. When we say that Clause 60 be amended to delete the words, ‘but the person should not be entitled to legal representation within the institutional hearing”, what do we mean? Within the institutional hearing, it is indiscipline that is being addressed. It is not a court of law. I say this out of experience. I was the chair of a university council for eight years; as a principal of a college and as a ... view
• 5 Dec 2012 in National Assembly: 54 Wednesday, 5th December, 2012(P) representation at the institutional hearing means that we are using students’ disciplinary regulations to discipline them. We are not using the law but other Members may advise us otherwise. view
• 5 Dec 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I said I was going to be guided on this one because I am not a lawyer and I am lucky I have all of you, including the Chair here to assist me. The Chair nodded his head very vigorously when they said they have a right to legal representation. So, I want to oblige that we delete. view