Prof. Margaret Kamar

All parliamentary appearances

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• 20 Nov 2019 in Senate: In this case, the deaf do not get to know what the judge is saying. God forbid, they will be betrayed, if they have taken someone who is ready to betray them. So, it is extremely important that for avoidance of misrepresentation and deaf enjoying the right to legal services, that we actually use sign language in the legal proceedings, alongside all the other languages. This is a language too. Those who cannot speak in English, their proceedings should be in Kiswahili. They should be asked questions in Kiswahili. The same thing should apply to the deaf. They need to ... view
• 20 Nov 2019 in Senate: I recommended some of them to come to Karen Technical School, but then cartels stops them. From Class Eight, they go straight to a technical institution instead of progressing, whereas there has to be progression. We are hoping that when this Bill is passed, we can ask the county governments, not only to promote this sign language by promoting schools for the deaf, but also promoting schools for progression so that we have certain primary and secondary schools. Beyond that, we expect that the CS, through institutions of higher learning and technical colleges, will facilitate the progression of this young ... view
• 20 Nov 2019 in Senate: As I talk of progression, it means the learning of the sign language will not only be confined to those who will use it for communication, but we, as parents and communities must learn it. I dare say that as the CS is promoting the Competency Based Curriculum (CBC), this should be one of subjects to be introduced in primary schools. We know that children can learn anything, anytime. You can teach them three languages and they will distinguish them. This is one language that we need to interest our children to learn. As much as we want our children ... view
• 20 Nov 2019 in Senate: Hon. Senators, the Senate Majority Leader is away, so we defer this Order. view
• 20 Nov 2019 in Senate: Next Order. view
• 20 Nov 2019 in Senate: Hon. Senators, the Member, Sen. Beatrice Kwamboka has requested that we defer this Motion. It is so deferred. view
• 20 Nov 2019 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
• 20 Nov 2019 in Senate: Next Order. view
• 23 Oct 2019 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for giving me the opportunity. I wish to heartily congratulate my sister, Sen. Shiyonga for the wonderful achievement she received. I have known Sen. Shiyonga for the period we have been here only; but I have only known her for the wonderful approaches to development. I am very much aware and I am hoping to accompany her to go and open a house that she built for a widowed woman and mother who does not have anywhere to stay. Therefore, when I heard about this achievement, I said that, surely, somebody has seen her. In ... view
• 23 Oct 2019 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me the opportunity to support the adoption of this report on the financial operations of the county executives for Financial Year 2014/2015. I start by congratulating the Committee for doing an excellent analysis of the report from the Auditor-General. The analysis has made far-reaching recommendations on various counties. It has exposed the performance of our governors in many ways. I would like to touch on a few that affect my county of Uasin Gishu. One of the observations by the Committee which bothered me was that county governments are not submitting documents ... view