Prof. Margaret Kamar

All parliamentary appearances

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• 26 Feb 2019 in Senate: Proceed Sen. Cherargei Samson. view
• 26 Feb 2019 in Senate: Thank you, Senator. Finally, the Senate Majority Leader, Sen. Murkomen Onesimus. view
• 20 Feb 2019 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to lay the following Paper on the Table of the Senate, today, Wednesday, 20th February, 2019:- Report of the Parliament of Kenya delegation to the 50th Session of the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Parliamentary Assembly and the 35th Session of the African, Caribbean and Pacific – European Union (ACP-EU) joint Parliamentary Assembly held in Brussels, Belgium, 13th -20th June, 2018. view
• 20 Feb 2019 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I beg to give notice of the following Motion- THAT, the Senate notes the Report of the Parliament of Kenya delegation to the 50th Session of the ACP Parliamentary Assembly and the 35th Session of the ACPEU Joint Parliamentary Assembly, held in Brussels, Belgium, from the 13th to the 20th of June, 2018 laid on the Table of the Senate today Wednesday, 20th February, 2019. view
• 20 Feb 2019 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for the guidance that you have given us. I beg to move- THAT, this House adopts the Report of the Ad-hoc Committee on the Maize crisis in Kenya laid on the Table of the House on Tuesday, 27th November, 2018. As I mentioned yesterday, on 8th August, 2018, the Senate passed a Motion on the establishment of an Ad hoc Committee to investigate the maize situation in the country. In the Motion, the Senate resolved to The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can ... view
• 20 Feb 2019 in Senate: inquire into the maize crisis in the country and it gave us five items to look at. (i) Why farmers who have delivered their produce to National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB) have not been paid to date, that is, as at that time; (ii) The quantity of duty-free maize imported into the country during the duty-free period which was to end in October, 2017 and why the period was extended; (iii) The challenges facing the maize farmers and the NCPB and make recommendations on how to resolve the challenges; (iv) The maize received by the NCPB for the 2017/18 ... view
• 20 Feb 2019 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for that intervention. One of the most shocking revelations to the Committee was what came from the Kenya Revenue of Authority (KRA). It was established that maize imported by different importers was again sold to the Ministry through NCPB and that raises another question. We seem to be following the wrong characters when we talk of the people called cartels. This is because anybody who imported, because the gazette notice stated that anybody can import, seems to have been used as a way of getting maize right into NCPB. When that was done, we were ... view
• 20 Feb 2019 in Senate: I happen to come from Uasin Gishu County where some of the people who have been accused of being cartels come from but they are farmers who collect maize from other farmers. The reason they collect maize from others is basically because of the non- performance of the structures of the National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB). A person with 20 bags cannot queue for three days. That happened in Moi’s Bridge, Eldoret and Kitale. People waited for their turns for about two weeks only to be told that the delivery points had been closed. The reason for being closed, ... view
• 20 Feb 2019 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, information that was gathered from the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) also showed that the Government imported 1.38 metric tonnes of duty- free white maize from Mexico, among many other non-East African Community (EAC) 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 Feb 2019 in Senate: or Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) countries, leading to a loss of revenue of about Kshs 13 billion. Other than the loss of revenue, the duty-free maize gave the importers an undue economic benefit of a similar amount, making it very difficult for other local traders and also the farmers to sell their maize. view