Prof. Margaret Kamar

All parliamentary appearances

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• 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
• 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: ( Sen. Wambua consulted loudly) view
• 21 Jun 2023 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker Sir, for saving me from my very own student. view
• 21 Jun 2023 in Senate: Modern laws are very important. We will be receiving some in this House and others will go to the National Assembly, so that we harmonise our laws in the Continent. Without doing so, it becomes very difficult to do anything. Even trade measures have to be harmonized. This includes free movement of persons, goods and cross-border investments. There are so many issues that require modern laws, including free airspace. Currently, we are trying to work on something on free airspace. You find that someone coming to Midrand from West Africa, sometimes has to go to Paris, bounce into Nairobi City ... view
• 21 Jun 2023 in Senate: Those are some of the highlights from that Report. Of course, a debate ensued thereafter and Legislators made robust submissions. They discussed ratification of the Malabo Protocol, budgetary constraints in the Assembly and many more. Again, there are so many African Union agreements that I encourage Members to look at. Apart from the Malabo Agreement, let us look at the Abuja Agreement and others, where our Heads of State have given resolutions that affect the way we operate. They are proposing nice recommendations on the way forward. view