Prof. Margaret Kamar

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 151 to 160 of 3022.

• 21 Jun 2023 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I rise to move the Motion - THAT, the Senate notes the Record of the Proceedings of the First Ordinary Session of the Sixth Parliament of the (PAP) held in Gallagher Convention Centre, Midrand, South Africa on 23rd October – 12th November, 2022 laid on the Table of the Senate on Thursday, 16th February, 2023. view
• 21 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
• 21 Jun 2023 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the PAP Ordinary Session of The Sixth Parliament took place between the 23rd October and 12th November 2022 in Midrand South Africa. The Session was held under the African Union (AU) theme of the year which is; Building Resilience in Nutrition on the African Continent and Accelerating the Human Capital, Social and Economic Development. The Kenyan delegation to this meeting comprised the following; (1) Sen. Danson Mungatana MGH, MP, who is the leader of the delegation; (2) Sen. (Prof) Margaret Kamar, MP, the other Member of the Senate; (3) Hon. Esther Muthoni Passaris, MP, Nairobi City County; ... view
• 21 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
• 21 Jun 2023 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the purpose of the PAP is something that this House should know. As outlined in Article 17 of the AU Act that constituted it, is to ensure the full participation of African people in the development and economic integration of the continent. Also, known as the African Parliament, the PAP is the legislative arm of the African Union. The PAP held its inaugural sessions in March 2004, in Addis Ababa before the seat was moved to Midrand South Africa. South Africa had offered to host and succeed in the bid. The objectives of the PAP are something ... view
• 21 Jun 2023 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Membership of the Pan African Parliament (PAP) is made of Members of Parliament (MPs) elected from various partner States. The PAP has 250 Members, five each from of the 50 partner States. The representatives are elected as it was done here. So, it is MPs who elect them. However, there is a new proposal that is looking for a new approach, so that PAP Members do not necessarily have to come from Parliament but have them elected through universal suffrage. That is something under discussion right now. It is a proposal that is supposed to adopt ... view
• 21 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
• 21 Jun 2023 in Senate: They also have a Secretariat as we have here under the Clerk and two Deputy Clerks. We also have Committees of PAP. I want to state the Committees because they have a relationship with the Committees that we have here. In PAP there are 11 Committees. They include: the Committee on Rural Economy, Agriculture, National Resources and Environment - where Hon. Pasarris sits; Committee on Monetary and Financial Affairs – where our Sen. Mungatana, MGH sits; Committee of Trade, Customs and Immigration Matters – where I sit; and the Committee of Cooperation, International Relations and Conflict Resolutions – where Hon. ... view
• 21 Jun 2023 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the other issue was hosting of the first meeting of the permanent Standing Committees. The strategic reorientation workshop for MPs took place during that session to help the new Members who were coming in. The interesting thing about the African Continent is that there is an election going on every now and again. In fact, Sen. Mungatana who is not here, is on an observer mission in West Africa where an election is taking place. So, workshops to give orientation to Members is almost continuous. view
• 21 Jun 2023 in Senate: On the report on the development of modern laws, PAP – through its Committees – develops modern laws that should be adopted by the different partner State Parliaments. view