Prof. Margaret Kamar

All parliamentary appearances

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• 30 Jun 2020 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to report that the Committee of the Whole has considered the National Assembly amendments to The County Early Childhood Education Bill (Senate Bills No. 26 of 2018) and approved the following Clauses: 2, 8, 9, 15, 16, 20, 23, 24, 25, 29, 30, 35, 41, 43, 46, 47, 56, 63, 64, 66, 69, and the Second Schedule, and also rejected the following Clauses: 27, 28, 33, 36, 37, 44, and 68. view
• 30 Jun 2020 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to report that the committee of the Whole has considered The National Drought Management Authority (Amendment) Bill (National Assembly Bills No. 26 of 2019) and its approval thereof without amendments. view
• 26 Jun 2020 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I join my colleagues in saying that the time given for interrogations like this needs to be considered. We saw the Committee work tirelessly for very long hours. We thank them for putting that effort. Now that the story has ended there, there are few concerns that some of us observed. One of my concerns is what happened after the announcement of the impeachment. As the Senate, we have procedures. The procedure of impeachment starts in the county assembly, then it lands in this House. When it comes to this House, we have our procedure ... view
• 26 Jun 2020 in Senate: As I listened to the Members of Parliament and our colleagues, Senators, expressing themselves; I asked myself that, at the end of this process, whichever way it takes, is there anybody who will leave Kirinyaga? Is there anybody who will be transferred from Kirinyaga, or all of them will live in the same county? This House is supposed to not only take care of county assets, but also the county government. We need to ask ourselves how to protect ourselves and the government beyond impeachment. This is because impeachment will not lead to us expelling a person from the county. ... view
• 24 Jun 2020 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. This is a Petition to the Senate concerning an alleged irregular purchase of the National Bank of Kenya (NBK) Building in Eldoret by the Uasin Gishu County Executive. Mr. Speaker, Sir, pursuant to Standing Order No. 230 (2) (a), I hereby present to the Senate a Petition from the residents of Uasin Gishu County concerning the purchase of the National Bank of Kenya Building by Uasin Gishu County Executive. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the salient issues raised in the Petition are as follows: view
• 24 Jun 2020 in Senate: (a)THAT, Article 227 of the Constitution on procurement of public goods and services providing for a fair, equitable, transparent, competitive and cost-effective system and means of procurement was not adhered to and, therefore, proper sourcing of the NBK building for purchase and use by the County Executive was not undertaken; view
• 24 Jun 2020 in Senate: (b)THAT, on 19th October, 2018, the County Government in carrying out its due diligence, valued the building at Kshs.568 million, with a breakdown of Kshs.450 million being purchase cost and another Kshs.118 million for improvements. view
• 24 Jun 2020 in Senate: (c)THAT the negotiating team appointed by the Acting Chief Officer of Lands and Housing settled on Kshs570 million as the purchase price of the building without clear reasons for the increase in the price from that of the valuation by the County Government at Kshs568 million. view
• 24 Jun 2020 in Senate: (d)THAT, public participation is a requirement by the Constitution, yet no such meetings were held to consult with the residents of Uasin Gishu County concerning the purchase of the NBK building. view
• 24 Jun 2020 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