Omingo Magara

All parliamentary appearances

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• 24 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: With due respect to Mr. C. Kilonzo, I did not mean to speak ill of him. view
• 24 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, we need to bring back sanity, and give Kenyans hope, so that we are able to steer this country to great heights of prosperity. I do know that there are some issues which are unresolved, including that about the Internally Displaced People (IDPs) in the camps. I want to plead with all hon. Members to help in terms of alleviating the suffering of the people we lead. It is important that we all address national issues collectively, and that we do not use the Floor of the House, in presence of cameras - that includes ... view
• 24 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: With those few remarks, I support. view
• 18 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, before I respond, I want to apologise for coming late. view
• 18 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: I beg to reply. view
• 18 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: For the last 30 years, trade relations between Kenya and the European Union (EU) have been based on the non-reciprocal trade preferences which granted nearly all products originating from Kenya and other African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries duty free access to the European market. The above trade relations well known as the Lome Convention came to an end in 2000 due to the challenges from the World Trade Organisation (WTO) members as it was against multilateral trade regime rules. view
• 18 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: The ACP countries and the EU agreed through the Cotonou Partnership Agreement, signed on 23rd June, 2000, in the City of Cotonou, Benin, to negotiate a new trade regime in the form of EPAs which were to be concluded by 31st December, 2007. I am endeavouring to take through hon. Members these litany of issues so that I can bring them up to speed because this has been a grey area for hon. Members and the civil society. view
• 18 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: In order to be able to negotiate EPAs, ACP countries and the EU sought WTO waiver to enable them to continue trading in non-reciprocal trade preference regime from the 4th WTO Ministerial Conference which was held in Doha, Qatar, in November 2001. A seven year WTO waiver was granted, which was to expire on 31st December, 2007. The negotiations for EPAs were launched in 2002 at all ACP level and later regional level in six regions; Caribbean, ECOWAS, SADC and ESA. The Government initialled the agreement- and this is what is contentious - establishing a framework for EPA between the ... view
• 18 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: The framework agreement is yet to be signed by both parties as both parties are in the process view
• 18 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: 5026 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES February 18, 2009 view