Prof. Margaret Kamar

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 551 to 560 of 3022.

• 27 Feb 2020 in Senate: You ask yourself: how come we are not prepared the way the Chinese have been preparing themselves? If the Chinese prepare the way they are doing and know the kind of virus that has attacked their nation, who are we not to prepare, instead of allowing a plane just to land and then the staff panic on the runway? Doctors panicked as they saw people walk out leisurely as though they had not come from a dangerous country. view
• 27 Feb 2020 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I agree with Members that you be persuaded to ask two Committees to look at those issues. I do not agree with the Chairperson of the Committee on Health that he needs to wait for next week. I think it is very important that the Committee on Roads and Transportation also comes in immediately. Let us know exactly what the preparation was before the landing of this plane took place. We must be given that information. Otherwise, how do we know that those people were even screened before they exited China? They may be here also taking ... view
• 27 Feb 2020 in Senate: and we have witnessed this for a while. We had asked if Kenya Airways could go prepared--- view
• 27 Feb 2020 in Senate: Hon. Senators, the results of the voting are as follows- view
• 26 Feb 2020 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for giving me an opportunity to support the Petition from my colleague. Before I say anything, I welcome the students from Kajiado County. They need to learn by seeing how their leaders do things. They should dream to be leaders and politicians of tomorrow. Now that they have stepped into this House, they should think like the people in this House. I wish them all the best. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I support the Petition that was brought by Sen. Loitiptip and thank him for highlighting the issues. We have been talking about having animal corridors ... view
• 26 Feb 2020 in Senate: I am raising this because the Ministry in charge of wildlife should have standards and regulations on how to deal with human-wildlife conflicts. There should be a standard way of compensation known to everybody. In this country, wildlife generates income for the nation, and it is one of the leading earners of foreign currency. Therefore, we should have regulations that address such eventualities when they happen. Better still, the Ministry of Tourism and Wildlife has been doing exhibitions internationally. I keep on wondering why they cannot spend part of that money to fence off the areas where we have wildlife. ... view
• 19 Feb 2020 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for giving me the opportunity. On behalf of the Committee, we have dealt with this thing before--- view
• 19 Feb 2020 in Senate: We have dealt with this issue before. It is so worrying because we might lose a whole generation of young Kenyans because of the way they are being mishandled education-wise. In the case we handled initially, we invited the Cabinet Secretary. We all agreed that some affirmative action had to be done. The affirmative action that was done was not acceptable to the TSC but they did not tell us that in time. So, there was a problem because they rejected candidates who were already in the teacher training colleges being trained to be teachers in these schools. This time, ... view
• 19 Feb 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
• 19 Feb 2020 in Senate: Some of the affirmative action may require that any person from North Eastern that is ready to go for training--- view