Prof. Samuel Poghisio

All parliamentary appearances

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• 21 Nov 2019 in Senate: phone? I cannot be on phone in this House when the Speaker is sitting. The Chair would have noticed it. view
• 21 Nov 2019 in Senate: Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I would like to support this report on the delegation to the 64th Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference (CPA) held in Kampala. I am a Member of the Executive Committee of our own branch of CPA. I appreciate the fact that CPA is an association of Members of Parliament from the Commonwealth regions. In this regard, we have the Chair of the African region who is the Speaker of the National Assembly of Kenya. Therefore, we hold senior positions in the CPA. I appreciate Sen. Faki for doing such a good job, having gone there alone and ... view
• 21 Nov 2019 in Senate: It is a great honour that the Conference was held in Kampala, Uganda. The workshops which were done met some of the questions that we normally raise, for example, the role of Parliament in the doctrine of separation of powers. Africa needs that. If you look at devolution, you will find that the executive wants to rule over the legislature. They want to impose themselves and get this or that. It also happens at the national level. So, we need to have clear separation of powers. This is because we hold each other to account. Madam Temporary Speaker, the great ... view
• 21 Nov 2019 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, I beg to move the following Motion- view
• 21 Nov 2019 in Senate: THAT, this House notes the Report on the 3rd Statutory Meeting of the Committee on Economic Development, Regional Integration and Natural Resources of the Forum of Parliaments of the International Conference of the Great Lakes Region (FP-ICGLR) held in Bujumbura, Burundi, from 13th to 14th March, 2019, laid on the Table of the House on Tuesday, 21st May, 2019. The Forum of Parliaments of Member States of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (FP-ICGLR) is an inter-parliamentary organization of 12 The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report ... view
• 21 Nov 2019 in Senate: Parliaments of Member States of the International Conference of the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR). The 3rd Statutory Meeting of the Committee on Economic Development, Regional Integration and Natural Resources of the FP-ICGLR took place on 13th and 14th March, 2019, at the Best Outlook Hotel in Bujumbura, Burundi. Six Members of the Committee were in attendance from the Republic of Kenya, the Republic of Zambia, Central African Republic (CAR), the Republic of Congo and the host country, the Republic of Burundi. Highlights of the major events during the Conference are as follows (i) Excursion to Gakara Rare Earth Project - ... view
• 21 Nov 2019 in Senate: (iv) Allows goods, services and people to flow seamlessly across borders to reduce costs and lower prices, and helps firms become competitive enough to link to the value chains; and, (v) Trade creation as trade agreements promote free trade. The Committee, in their discussions, reviewed some of the measures the individual Member States have taken to implement REI. There was a presentation on research findings on the effects of globalization on the Member States of the ICGLR. The Committee discussed the effects of Globalization on Member States of the ICGLR as follows- (i) To increase the level of global economic ... view
• 21 Nov 2019 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, this meeting was an economic committee. You will, therefore, see a lot of jargon from that field. I urge the Senate to note this Report and follow up on the implementation of the agreements initiated by the ICGLR towards natural resource management and Regional Economic Integration including the role of Parliamentarians in promoting regional economic integration through the following- (i) strengthening and accelerating economic integration and development; (ii) spreading a culture of human rights and gender equality; and, (iii) encouraging good governance. view
• 21 Nov 2019 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, I beg to move and request Sen. Seneta to second. view
• 21 Nov 2019 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, I take this opportunity to thank Members who have contributed. I also thank Members of our delegation. Kenya is a leader in the FP-ICGLR and we hope Members will read the Report and scrutinise it. We expect solutions to come from this House because suggestions have to be taken back to the Region. The purpose of laying reports is to enable us find solutions to some of these problems. The Region could have been the centre of conflict in the Continent of Africa because they have a lot of natural resources and virgin land. Most diamond and ... view