Prof. Margaret Kamar

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 141 to 150 of 3022.

• 22 Jun 2023 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for giving me the opportunity to support this wonderful Bill from my very own student; the Mung Beans Bill, 2022. This Bill came to us in the last Senate. I am happy that we interrogated it at that time. We looked at a number of issues that have been ably addressed by Sen. Wambua. view
• 22 Jun 2023 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 Director, Hansard Services,Senate. view
• 22 Jun 2023 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, may I take this opportunity to congratulate the Senator for such a well worded Bill. This Bill will make a big difference in the agricultural sector of this country view
• 22 Jun 2023 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, my first degree is in agriculture. I know that there are crops that have been identified by Acts of Parliament. This Bill will shape mung beans to the same level as coffee or tea, which are crops that require processing and clear identification from others. One thing Sen. Wambua convinced me in the last Senate is that we can pick one bean and run with it. I am truly convinced because it is very important for us, as a country or region, to ask ourselves what exactly do we have as crops for exports. I like ... view
• 22 Jun 2023 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 Director, Hansard Services,Senate. view
• 22 Jun 2023 in Senate: I know the Bill has provided for use of the same beans in our school feeding programmes. However, the money maker is going to be export of these beans. This will be very important for us because before anybody exports any crop to us, we will also tell them what we have for exports. This will be good. Seed breeding is going to be prime. Hybrids will be grown all over. The standards of packaging will be very high, so that we can sell them anywhere, as I had mentioned earlier on. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, one other aspect of ... view
• 22 Jun 2023 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 Director, Hansard Services,Senate. view
• 22 Jun 2023 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker Sir, I will not touch on the duties of the county government; it was nicely articulated. I have also touched on the mung bean policy. Finally, what should we do in regards to licensing and identification of marketeers, processors and large-scale traders? This is an area that I would like to ask Sen. Wambua to articulate properly because the large-scale trader might go beyond the borders of this country, to look for the same product. view
• 22 Jun 2023 in Senate: We know that there is free flow of goods under the East African Community (EAC) among partner states. We know there is free flow of goods between Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa COMESA partner states. If there is going to be free flow of goods, how shall we distinguish between the large-scale trader of the mung bean from Kenya, which is a protected crop; because this Bill is going to protect that crop, versus any other product that is coming out? We know that we will not limit anything, just the way we discussed when we had our ... view
• 22 Jun 2023 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, with those remarks, I support and congratulate Sen. Wambua for such a beautiful Bill. view