Prof. Margaret Kamar

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 2161 to 2170 of 3067.

• 10 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: Hon. Kaino, you will have 15 minutes when we resume the Motion next week. view
• 9 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to move the following Motion:- view
• 9 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: THAT, this House adopts the Reports of the 14th, 15th and 16th Sessions of the ACP Parliamentary Assembly and the 16th and 17th ACP- EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (JPA) Meetings held in November 2008, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea; February 2009, Brussels, Belgium and April 2009 in Prague, Czech Republic laid on the Table of the House on Wednesday, 3rd June, 2009. view
• 4 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to give notice of the following Motion:- view
• 3 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I rise to support this wonderful Motion on capacity building of our Ministers and Assistant Ministers. I want to thank the Mover for the wise articulation of the Motion. It is time to put this House in order. Parliament is judged by the contribution of its Members. We have always said that the House is a reflection of how our Committees perform and also how the Cabinet performs. Our Cabinet is not just limited to the Ministries that they are given. Currently, the performance of Ministers is worrying. We have seen Ministers who come here ... view
• 3 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, when I looked at this Motion, I wished that it had gone further than this. We need to persuade the Executive that, as they select Ministers, they should think about their qualifications. They should actually qualify in some way. There is no reason why we should swap them and mismatch them in the Ministries. This country is lagging behind as far as qualifications for certain jobs are concerned. In Uganda you cannot be selected to head a Ministry if you do not have a first degree. That is already a pointer to where we should ... view
• 3 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: As I wind up, I notice that he has given me a minute. I just want to say that when we go ahead to interrogate our Constitution, we must address this issue. view
• 3 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: The last contribution I want to make is what is going on in Rwanda. Ministers in Rwanda come from outside the House. They come with their expertise. There is a Minister of State who came with the Rwandan President recently for the Prayer Breakfast. He told us that there was no way they can have an engineer as a Minister for Finance or a social scientists as a Minister for Health. I think those are very healthy things we should learn from the region. Otherwise, we are the only ones who are lagging behind in the region. view
• 28 May 2009 in National Assembly: What is your point of order? It had better be a point of order and not more clarifications. view
• 28 May 2009 in National Assembly: How firm is the 21st? view