Prof. Margaret Kamar

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 2941 to 2950 of 3022.

• 25 Jun 2008 in National Assembly: Could the Clerk-at-the-Table confirm whether there is a quorum? view
• 25 Jun 2008 in National Assembly: We do have not a quorum. Ring the Division Bell. view
• 25 Jun 2008 in National Assembly: Order, hon. Members! Please, take your seats! We have a quorum now. But I do note the concern raised by the hon. Member who notified the House about lack of quorum that the Ministry of Finance is absent. According to our procedures, that does not stop us from debating. There seems to be nobody in the Front Bench to take that responsibility, including the staff. We would like one of the Ministers to take responsibility. view
• 25 Jun 2008 in National Assembly: Yes, the Ministers are here! Please, inform your colleague that we must always have somebody and the members of staff. That is because somebody must take note of the issues that are being raised by hon. Members. I think the debate on the Budget is more important to the Ministry than anybody else. That is because of the issues that are being raised in the House. They should take that very seriously. Hon. Mbadi, continue! view
• 25 Jun 2008 in National Assembly: Hon. Members, I think I mentioned two things to you, earlier on after the Division Bell was rung and we got quorum. One, in our rules and procedures the Budget debate can continue in the absence of the Minister. So, we are in order to continue with the debate. What we asked for is for Ministers to take up their responsibilities seriously. We had two Ministers shooting up to say that they were in the House. I would like to rule that the debate should continue. However, we really want to emphasise that the absence of the Minister and the ... view
• 25 Jun 2008 in National Assembly: Is there any hon. Member wishing to contribute? view
• 25 Jun 2008 in National Assembly: Is there any other hon. Member wishing to debate? Since there is no other hon. Member wishing to debate, I will put the Question. view
• 25 Jun 2008 in National Assembly: Hon. Members, we have come to the end of our morning business. The House, therefore, stands adjourned until today, at 2.30 p.m. The House rose at 11.15 a.m. view
• 18 Jun 2008 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for giving me an opportunity to contribute to this Budget. I would like to make a few comments. First, I would like to say that the Budget addressed quite a number of issues that touched on the common man. Therefore, to some extent I can say that the Budget was responsive to the needs of this country. The Minister recognised the deep-seated poverty in this country. He raised a number of challenges that need to be addressed. One of the challenges he raised was the issue of inequality in incomes and assets. He did further ... view
• 18 Jun 2008 in National Assembly: which our people are crying about. Poverty is not linked to bread, as we were told. It is more linked to the unga that is meant for ugali . Mr. Speaker, Sir, I think there is a need to look at how we can address the issue of food security and enable the farmers, who feed the nation, to feed it better. I was expecting the Minister, while thinking of food processing in the sectors for export, to enable farmers process maize for themselves. The farmers should have milling plants and should be able to mill their wheat and maize. ... view