Prof. Margaret Kamar

All parliamentary appearances

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• 27 Apr 2022 in Senate: What lesson do we derive from that? Your achievements are not marked by your name being labelled on them but they should be seen. This is how I would describe the late President Mwai Kibaki. He had many achievements that he did not have to label them in his name yet we could see them. There were 15 universities in a row covering the whole country. Every time I went to brief him about the universities that had qualified, he would ask how many were being given to Kisii, Meru and the Coast region. We had to spread them out. ... view
• 27 Apr 2022 in Senate: The late President Kibaki was a humble and quiet achiever. Most people imagined that Ministers were performing yet he was the one who was performing through them. This is by doing what he did through me; getting all those Universities, a law for higher education, science and technology and Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET). That was amazing as it was within one year and four months. However, at the end, we were unable to issue all the Charters to all the Universities and we had to do “mass marriage”. We had to give Charters to seven Universities from ... view
• 27 Apr 2022 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the late President Mwai Kibaki was a man of a clear vision and a roadmap. He had different roadmaps for each sector; roads, education, natural resources and afforestation. All of them would converge at one point. I was an Assistant Minister for Environment during the days of Hon. Michuki, before I became a Minister. It was very clear on what he thought about climate change. I remember before I became an Assistant Minister, we had a caucus in Parliament on climate change where we invited African Parliamentarians to the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). He made an ... view
• 15 Feb 2022 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, I do not want to be like the Governor of Embu County who had two speeches to deliver and ended up reading a wrong speech for the second event. view
• 15 Feb 2022 in Senate: I thank Sen. (Dr.) Musuruve for this Special Needs Education Bill (Senate Bills No. 44 of 2021). Madam Temporary Speaker I second this Bill knowing very well that education is a right to every child in this country. This Bill is an Act of Parliament that is supposed to provide for education of learners with special education needs for the conduct of the education institutions as regards to special needs learners and for connected purposes. This is a very important Bill because according to the Constitution of Kenya, every child has a right to education. I am a member of ... view
• 15 Feb 2022 in Senate: the special children and discovered the if the special children are not taken to school, the mothers have no other jobs except to take care of them. Madam Temporary Speaker, when we say every child has a right to education, it is not the child to conform to the institution, but it is the institution to conform to the child. Every child who has attained the age of going to school should be in school at the same time. We discovered that most of the special children start school late. We learnt that some of the special children begin school ... view
• 15 Feb 2022 in Senate: professionals in their line. Same to KSL, which is used to train deaf children to grow to their maximum potential. However, interaction between our children is one thing that is extremely important. Madam Temporary Speaker, as we look at the rights of the learners with special needs, we need to ask ourselves where their right to interact with others is. That is why I strongly recommend that the Ministry of Education starts giving them interactive sessions. I support the parent who recommended that all our children learn the Braille and KSL up to Grade Four, as one of the languages. ... view
• 15 Feb 2022 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
• 22 Dec 2021 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for giving me the opportunity to join my colleagues in wishing ourselves a very Merry Christmas. view
• 22 Dec 2021 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I started presiding in English and now I do not want to break the rules of the Speaker. I was stuck with that one. view