Prof. Margaret Kamar

All parliamentary appearances

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• 28 Mar 2019 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, I thank the National Housing Corporation (NHC) for doing the measurements meticulously and coming up with reasonable figures. This is because it was going to be a shame for us to build houses for ourselves, governors or speakers at costs that are unimaginable. It looks as if Kshs1 million is nothing in this country, and that is why you can hear of somebody talking of a building costing Kshs800 million. Therefore, Madam Temporary Speaker, mine is to support the ceilings that have been proposed and to urge the Committee that they must monitor implementation of these resolutions. ... view
• 27 Feb 2019 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. At this juncture, I wish to thank all Senators because almost everybody has participated in this and the support is overwhelming. view
• 27 Feb 2019 in Senate: I thank the Senate from the day that they joined the Committee in Eldoret because that was the first real highlight of the plight of farmers. It is out of that, that even the Head of State was attracted to respond to the issues and the crisis of maize. I will not mention all the names because of time, but we have had contributions from 26 Members, and I thank everyone of them. Let me also thank my co-Chairperson, Sen. Wetangula and the Committee Members; Sen. Were, Sen. (Dr.) Mbito, Sen. Cherargei, Sen. Seneta, Sen. (Dr.) Langat, Sen. Okong’o and ... view
• 27 Feb 2019 in Senate: that is not true, is when we will have lost food security in this country, just because of wrong policies and decisions. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I agree that a lot has to do with the polices that we have and decisions that are made carelessly, including the ones that were done even outside the gazette notices, and fertilizer was brought in, as was pointed out. I thank Members for supporting the amendment that was given by Sen. Were, which was a great improvement from what I had proposed; that highlighted the real issues going on in the sector. Food ... view
• 27 Feb 2019 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I will be very brief because my colleagues have contributed very well to the BPS. First, I congratulate the Chairperson, Sen. (Eng.) Mahamud and his team for doing a thorough job for us. view
• 27 Feb 2019 in Senate: I agree with Sen. Abshiro that this is the beginning of everything. We either gain from the Budget Policy Statement (BPS) or mess at this point. If we do not deal with the 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
• 27 Feb 2019 in Senate: BPS properly, we can be part of the cause of the problems and can only blame ourselves later. view
• 27 Feb 2019 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would like to concentrate on the division of resources; the area of vertical allocation between national and county governments in as far as the resources of this country are concerned. We need to know whether or not we really believe in devolution. Have we accepted to go the devolution way or not? The Transition Authority, at that time, was supposed to ensure that functions must be followed by resources. Therefore, we should be seeing resources that are equivalent to the functions that were devolved. However, we have problems up to now. We are seeing a ... view
• 27 Feb 2019 in Senate: currently, as we speak, it is going down yet we are talking of economic growth. So, where is the money going to? Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I will not take much time. Agriculture and health are fully devolved. These are the areas that this House must watch. We have just talked about farmers and the 10 per cent that Kenya signs to. Why sign 10 per cent and we are still at four per cent? We have also signed something for science and technology which is seven per cent. We have also signed something for health and education and we ... view
• 27 Feb 2019 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to support. view