Prof. Margaret Kamar

All parliamentary appearances

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• 18 Jul 2019 in Senate: Senators will recall that an ad hoc Committee on the maize crisis, which I chaired, was set up by a resolution of this House on 8th August, 2018, to investigate and come up with solutions that would enable farmers overcome the challenges related to production, management and sell of maize, particularly, to the National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB). view
• 18 Jul 2019 in Senate: Senators will further recall that the said Committee did the assignment diligently and a report was tabled in this House, debated and passed by resolution on 28th February, 2019. Thereafter, the Office of the Clerk, pursuant to Standing Order No.215 conveyed the resolution and report to the relevant Cabinet Secretaries (CSs) and independent commissions. view
• 18 Jul 2019 in Senate: It was expected, under the same Standing Order No.215(2), that within 60 days of the resolution, the CSs and holders of relevant independent offices would provide to this Senate, through the Committee on Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries, a report on how they plan to handle the resolutions that came from this House. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, it is now 120 days since the Clerk transmitted the resolutions and no report has been brought forth through our Committee. Furthermore, we are currently faced with a new maize crisis which is being orchestrated by the Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation, with an ... view
• 18 Jul 2019 in Senate: budgeting for the agricultural sector. We should look at the recommendations of the Committee. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, our Committee overhauled the system in the resolutions that were passed by this House. We looked at the production systems, inputs, storage and the selling. We assumed that once the report is out, the Ministry will take interest in it and go ahead and come up with a different way of dealing with maize, which is staple food of this country. The Committee, therefore, must keenly follow up on the implementation of the House resolutions because we gave them to a number ... view
• 10 Jul 2019 in Senate: Hon. Senators, the results of the voting are as follows: view
• 10 Jul 2019 in Senate: Hon. Senators, the results of the voting are as follows: view
• 10 Jul 2019 in Senate: Hon. Senators, in the spirit of what Sen. Sakaja had said earlier, that we need to finish our backlog, I plead with Members that we go through the Committee of the Whole and Division of the next Order Nos.10, 11, 12, 13, 14 and 15. We are only voting. So, please, remain in your seats. Next Order. view
• 19 Jun 2019 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I second. view
• 12 Jun 2019 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity. I rise pursuant to Standing Order No.48(1) to seek a Statement from the Standing Committee on Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries concerning plans by the Government to import maize. view
• 12 Jun 2019 in Senate: In the Statement, the Committee should do the following- (1) Explain the rationale for duty-free maize importation window that the Government plans to open as from July, 2019. (2) State how much maize was bought from the farmers from the 2017/2018 harvest, the price, and if all farmers have been paid. (3) State how much maize is in the strategic reserves and the grain deficit that is to be plugged. (4) State how much maize is to be imported and at what price. (5) State how much maize the Government is planning to buy from farmers from the 2019 harvest ... view