Prof. Margaret Kamar

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• 8 May 2024 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 Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate. view
• 8 May 2024 in Senate: for Africans wishing to enter Kenya. Therefore, as far as that one is concerned, we are way ahead. Article 29 of the Free Movement of Persons (FMP) Protocol defines the AUC’s role in evaluating the implementation of the Protocol through collaboration with Regional Economic Communities (RECs), which include the East African Community (EAC), in order to harmonize free movement policies, migration and border management procedures. The goal is to ensure that member states adopt and implement necessary legislative procedures related to free movement. The FMP Protocol is expected to have a positive impact on economic empowerment and job creation across ... view
• 8 May 2024 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, save me from Sen. Cherarkey who is distracting the Leader of Majority. The person to spearhead the formation of a Parliamentary network to spearhead the free movement of persons in this continent. I would like to take this opportunity to entreat my fellow Senators to take up the various roles suggested here in order to make sure that Kenya becomes among the first countries to embrace the Protocol, knowing that Kenya has more than six countries on the borderlines and we need to move freely across borders. 4. There is also need for harmonization of laws through ... view
• 8 May 2024 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 Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate. view
• 8 May 2024 in Senate: amendment to laws that will enable our people reap maximum benefits from the Protocol that opens our borders in the continent. Mr. Speaker, Sir, in conclusion, the ECOSOCC-PAP Working Session was pivotal in advancing the discourse on free movement in Africa and the session achieved its objective of enhancing understanding and support for the FMP Protocol; and identifying barriers to ratification and implementation of the Protocol. The session also formulated a comprehensive action plan that recognized the collaborative efforts of parliamentarians, ECOSOCC and other stakeholders in setting a strong foundation for future endeavours in achieving the goal of free movement ... view
• 7 May 2024 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity. First, I would like to congratulate Sen. Ogola for a well-articulated Bill. Due to shortness of time, I would like to first touch on the objects of the Bill. I appreciate the way she has articulated them. The first object is very important for us because what this Bill has done is to unpack what is in the Constitution. It is trying to translate the rights in the Bill of Rights that are enshrined in the Constitution. It provides for the rights of the children and individual Kenyans. When you ... view
• 7 May 2024 in Senate: because this is a mother who is giving birth to a Kenyan, and we do not recognize that. This Bill recognises that. Now further, she goes on to look at the insurance that a maternal, newborn and child health care provisions are within reach. When I became a Member of Parliament of Eldoret East, we had a terrible problem because many people were delivering by the roadside. I know it is still going on in some places. Nobody cares where you deliver and it is up to you to look for your way out. Nonetheless, we know that even in ... view
• 17 Apr 2024 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity. I take the first opportunity--- view
• 17 Apr 2024 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, can I be heard in silence? view
• 17 Apr 2024 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I thank the Cabinet Secretary for the good response. I thank her for talking to the country and bringing some comfort. This is because we have all been concerned with what is going on. Could the Cabinet Secretary assure us and the country that the current negotiations will not stop again? The striking doctors as we call them, reached a point when they said it is the Government that is on strike, not them. We witnessed at some The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of ... view