Prof. Margaret Kamar

All parliamentary appearances

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• 12 Apr 2023 in Senate: and she was told to go and buy very basic things. This means that even accessing proper healthcare in our county hospitals is still a challenge. In the Constitution, we are talking of the highest attainable standards of health that we can give our people. We should concentrate and focus on what this Bill is saying. We should focus our strategic plans to answer to the basic socio-economic rights of Kenyans because we have enough resources. I do not want to say that resources are not enough. What this Senate sent to our counties should be enough for that. It ... view
• 12 Apr 2023 in Senate: on the streets. Nobody even sales bananas in Kisii because you will find them on the roadside. Those are productive parts of this country. I come from a region which is the grain basket of this country, that is, Uasin Gishu and Trans Nzoia. However, sometimes when we have a bumper harvest and start fighting over the prices, the people in Turkana and northern Kenya region are suffering, yet it is their right to get food. Access to food must be facilitated by the Government and nobody else. If you allow food to be transported by middlemen, prices go up. ... view
• 12 Apr 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 Hansard Editor, Senate. view
• 12 Apr 2023 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, agriculture and heath functions are devolved. I am happy with this Bill because with the coming in of the Oversight Fund for Senators, we should have our committees going to the ground to question why some things are not happening. We need to know why we are not able to attain the highest level of health services and give adequate amount of balanced food to our people. Some of this could just be because of facilitation by the Government. When we talk about reasonable standards of sanitation, there are people who do not even understand the ... view
• 12 Apr 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 Hansard Editor, Senate. view
• 12 Apr 2023 in Senate: This Bill should pass immediately, so that when we go there, we have it. It is going to be one Bill that will push devolution and make it work even much better. We will also oversight how they develop the County Integrated Development Plans (CIDPs). The CIDP has become a routine document that is developed and nobody knows whether it is implemented or not. When we have this law, it will enable us to do that. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I know my colleagues are keen to contribute before time lapses. Therefore, I would like to stop there. Once again, ... view
• 11 Apr 2023 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I will take two minutes to contribute and then read my Statement. I rise to support the Statement by Sen. Mwaruma on the HELB. I only want to put across one thing; that is, sustainability of HELB. Once upon a time, as it has been said by Sen. Cherarkey, I was the Minister for Higher Education, Science and Technology. Our interest at that time, in 2012, was the sustainability of the HELB. In fact, we hired a banker by the name Mr. Ringera for that one reason. We wanted somebody who would look at things differently, ... view
• 11 Apr 2023 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I rise pursuant to Standing Order No.53(1) to seek a Statement from the Standing Committee on Education regarding the failure by the Ministry of Education to release the capitation funds to special schools since January 2023. In the Statement, the Committee should - (1) Outline the reasons for the failure by the Ministry to ensure transfer of capitation to special schools leading to a financial crisis that could cripple learning in these schools across the country. view
• 11 Apr 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 Hansard Editor, Senate. view
• 11 Apr 2023 in Senate: (2) State the plans the Ministry has put in place, if any, to ensure that the non- teaching staff at the said schools who have not received any salary for over eight months are duly paid. (3) State when the top-up payments for pupils living with disabilities were last sent to schools outlining the amount paid per child. (4) Explain whether the transferred funds are sufficient to cover all that the school needs to cater for the learners with special needs. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, two weeks ago, we had our public participation on the Learners with Disabilities Bill. We ... view