Prof. Margaret Kamar

All parliamentary appearances

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• 5 May 2020 in Senate: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. view
• 5 May 2020 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I do not know whether Sen. Orengo is right to accuse the Jubilee House without substantiating it either. view
• 5 May 2020 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I would like to support this Statement from Sen. Sakaja and thank him for bringing it to the House. view
• 5 May 2020 in Senate: Yes, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I would rather focus because I said “I did not know” about what Sen. Orengo was referring to. I do not want him to substantiate because he will take my time. view
• 5 May 2020 in Senate: I thank Sen. Sakaja for bringing this Statement to the House. When I watched it, I was in horror because I have never seen a thing like that happening at a time when we say there is a pandemic, which require us to observe social distancing and washing hands. When you evict people on a rainy day and you are telling them to wash their hands, are you telling them to wash in the rain or what are we trying to do? view
• 5 May 2020 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, it is true we have a problem with our law enforcers. They are taking the law in their own hands and trying to do things the way they wish. In fact, as I was watching what was going on in Kariobangi, I was strongly reminded what went on between my county and that of the Senate Majority Leader. Chiefs from my county went to chase brewers in the next county. I do not know whether they forgot the boundary, but they chased a woman into a river and she died. A few weeks earlier, we also had ... view
• 5 May 2020 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, even the law enforcers must be dealt with when they break the law. Therefore, we cannot say that the law enforcer is implementing something blindly without following the law. This is because these officers have sworn to uphold the law. Chiefs and police officers have sworn to uphold the law. Therefore, they must take care of the people according to the law of the country. We are a law abiding nation and we believe in the Rule of Law. Whoever breaks the law, whether you are the President or whoever, you must be dealt with. We cannot ... view
• 17 Mar 2020 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for giving me the opportunity to join my colleagues in supporting this Motion in the amended form and that is necessary. I agree with my colleagues that we cannot just shut down Parliament when there is a crisis. This is because there is the need for people to hear from Parliament. Maybe we are the right House to have that kind of amendment because the other House is more at risk than us. Having a crowd of 347 Members is not easy. At least the 67 Members can be here after two weeks. We should ... view
• 17 Mar 2020 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the other thing that needs our attention as legislators is the issue of fake news. Before the CS announced the fourth victim at 3 O’clock today, we had heard from social media that there was somebody from Mukuru kwa Njenga slums that had been rushed to hospital. It was also alleged that there was somebody from Kambi Samaki--- view
• 17 Mar 2020 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, to put it on record, nothing was put on hold. What was announced was that we need to limit the number of people attending funerals and marriages. This is important because if you have a huge population, it becomes another high risk area. The announcement was to ensure that we have a limited number of people attending such functions which are very common. Funerals are common these days. Therefore, it is important to reduce the numbers and make the funeral as fast as possible. That is what we talked about. Additionally, as we talk of responding, our ... view