Prof. Margaret Kamar

All parliamentary appearances

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• 11 May 2021 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I vote yes. view
• 6 May 2021 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for giving me the opportunity to contribute to this amendment of the first amendment of the Constitution. It has taken us about eight years before we did the amendment. This is a long time compared to what other countries have done. We know that the United States (US), in the first year, did six amendments and there is nothing wrong with amendments. 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
• 6 May 2021 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I do not want to anticipate your ruling on the issue of Article 257, but it is also possible for this House, when it comes to amendments, to use Article 256 to correct Article 257 at any other time. The beauty of amendments according to this Constitution is that they can be introduced at any time. They can be introduced by anybody and should not be limited. Even as we discuss these amendments, my feeling is that we should not try to overload it. We should deal with it as it is because we have opportunities to ... view
• 6 May 2021 in Senate: I remember an articulation of that in the House by my friend, the late Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Snr., who explained to us that for the pain people are going through, we should not change some of the clauses for our own sake. We had some changes that caused a lot of damage when the Constitution went to Naivasha. view
• 6 May 2021 in Senate: For devolution to serve the intentions that were raised at the Bomas of Kenya, we were pushing for a 50-50 division of revenue of this country between the national 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
• 6 May 2021 in Senate: Government and county governments. We agreed that 15 per cent was useful, so that we could start training and building capacity at the county level. For me, the gains that are coming from this Constitution of Kenya Amendment is the 35 per cent, which is very important for us. That means we are taking resources and starting to balance the development of this country. For us to do that, we must ask the big question to Senators. view
• 6 May 2021 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Who is going to oversight when we move 35 per cent to the counties? That is why we must quickly come up with a way in which we cause an amendment to make this the Upper House that it should be and ensure there is oversight. Thirty-five per cent of any country’s resources is a very high figure. Secondly, to me, the expansion of Senate to 94 Senators is very important. For 35 percent of the revenue of this country to be shared equitably, we must have 35 per cent of representation inside this House. ... view
• 6 May 2021 in Senate: It is very important that we put structures that create a good environment for development to be equitable in the whole country because that was the reason for the Kenya Constitution, 2010, to begin with. In Bomas of Kenya, there was the question of expanded Executive, which I know everybody is running away from. That was in the draft Bomas of Kenya resolutions before it was changed in Naivasha. The reasons were the same. The agreement in Bomas of Kenya was so high that it necessitated balancing both the development resources and even the Executive itself. This is something that ... view
• 4 May 2021 in Senate: Sen. Madzayo. view
• 4 May 2021 in Senate: Asante sana. Inaitwa point of view