Prof. Margaret Kamar

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 341 to 350 of 3022.

• 16 Nov 2021 in Senate: It was very unfortunate for governors to feel that a consultative forum is one that should be exclusive to them; they cannot only consult amongst themselves and dictate to this country. The Constitution of Kenya 2010 clearly articulated that any decision in any level of government shall be preceded by public participation. What the governors did was to reduce themselves to coming up with Bills, laws and the Integrated Development Plan of the county. The governors dictate who can attend the public participation of the integrated development plan before endorsing it but they do not implement it. view
• 16 Nov 2021 in Senate: The biggest problem we have is that when governors do not implement the Integrated Development Plan of the county, the people who were in the public participation forum have no way of questioning the county executive. That has led to very many incomplete projects in the counties. Many governors are leaving very many incomplete projects as they finish their terms. We have had sessions where we have looked at the reports of the Auditor-General that highlight the many incomplete projects. view
• 16 Nov 2021 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, if this forum existed, this country would not be littered with incomplete projects. In many counties, there are many foundations of buildings that were never to be. That is because there is no accountability. The kind of public participation that is done in the counties is short of accountability itself. The forum proposed by this Bill is wonderful. The governors need this Bill to be enacted more than anybody else. They need it to even hold their CEC members accountable. Right now, there are governors who are suffering because of the actions and inactions of their ... view
• 16 Nov 2021 in Senate: I appreciate the former Senator for Nandi County who initiated this Bill in the 11th Parliament and our very own Senator Kajwang who has actualized it. I believe that we should pass this Bill so that the next Senate will do even more. It is shocking that any governor would have opposed this Bill at that time because it is giving them the opportunity to discuss what Senators are discussing. The Senate has offered that during the proposed forum, we can discuss the budget policy statement and allow the county governments to contribute to it in the presence of their ... view
• 16 Nov 2021 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the annual Division of Revenue Bill, which is one of the key Bills of the Senate can be discussed in the proposed forum. If we did that, we view
• 16 Nov 2021 in Senate: would get more contributions to the Bill. The proposals in this Bill are an act of generosity from the Senate and it still remains generosity from the Senate to allow the county governments to discuss the annual Division of Revenue Bill. That is because we Senators believe that devolution was not supposed to bring acrimony between the county governments and the Legislature. Devolution in itself should be self-regulating and that is why we have an accountability arm that is within the legislature, in particular, the Senate. We also have a spending unit called the Executive. If only we came to ... view
• 16 Nov 2021 in Senate: If you look at the annual plans, most of them are to cover the eyes of those who go for public participation. However, thereafter, nobody follows up to ensure that things are done. That gives us a very unhealthy relationship as this Senate looks at the Auditor- Generals’ report and audits some of the projects that we receive complaints from the public through Petitions. I think that this will change and solve many things. view
• 16 Nov 2021 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the other one that I am really happy about is the amendment on the county assembly. That is a very nice amendment because it will remove the bad relationship between the speaker and the assembly. This has been taken advantage of for a very long time. Many speakers have suffered, not because of themselves, but because nobody likes their members of staff. Seeing that nobody likes their members of staff, the idea has been that they remove a speaker for a day, change the structure and then take him or her back. If he or she ... view
• 9 Nov 2021 in Senate: Thank you. The next Statement is by Sen. Samson Cherargei. view
• 9 Nov 2021 in Senate: Okay, we are looking for the Chairperson or any delegated Member of the Committee on Lands, Environment and Natural Resources, to move the amendments on Order No.15. I note your concerns, Sen. Sakaja. Is he here? We will go through them one by one. view