Margaret Jepkoech Kamar

Sen. (Prof) Kamar

Sen. (Prof.) Kamar

Sen. (Prof.) Kamarteaching them sign language is very important, more so because of the interactions they have with these children.I am also very happy that most Members have supported that we make it a course in the training institutions so that even beyond devolving Kenya Insitute of Special Education (KISE)---...

Sen. (Prof.) Kamar, would you wish to defer the voting? Sen. (Prof.) Kamar Yes, I wish to move and defer the voting to another day. Thank you.

Sen. (Prof.) Kamar

Sen. (Prof.) Kamar Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I congratulate the Cabinet Secretary alongside my colleagues for ably running a massive Ministry. I just want to know from the Cabinet Secretary, what informed the change to return the chairing of the Education Board to the County Commissioners. Initially, it...

Sen. (Prof.) Kamar

Sen. (Prof.) Kamar

Sen. (Prof.) Kamar

Sen. (Prof.) Kamar

Sen. (Prof.) Kamar Mr. Speaker, Sir, on behalf of my leader of delegation, Sen. Mungatana, MGH, I beg to lay the following Paper on the Table of the Senate, today, 1stAugust, 2023. Report of the Second Ordinary Session of the 6th Pan-African Parliament (PAP) held in Midrand, South Africa, from...

Sen. (Prof.) Kamar Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to give notice of the following Motion - THAT, the Senate adopts the Report of the Second Ordinary Session of the 6th Pan-African Parliament (PAP) held in Midrand, South Africa, from 15th May to 2nd June, 2023, laid on the Table of...

Sen. (Prof.) Kamar Mr. Speaker, Sir, mine will be brief because you and I served in positions in the Cabinet before. The respect we had for the House was above everything else. It is a pity that Cabinet Secretaries are not appearing before us as they July 26, 2023 SENATE...

Sen. (Prof.) Kamar Sorry, Sen. (Prof.) Kamar. Kindly give me three minutes I execute something, then you will proceed. Thank you.

Sorry, Sen. (Prof.) Kamar. Kindly give me three minutes I execute something, then you will proceed. Thank you. COMMUNICATION FROM THE CHAIR SUBSTANTIATION OF CLAIMS MADE BY SEN. MAANZO, MP July 26, 2023 SENATE DEBATES 24

Sen. (Prof.) Kamar Hon. Senators, kindly take your seats. (Sen. Cherarkey spoke off record) No, you are also interrupting my business. (Sen. Cherarkey and Sen. Miraj resumed their seats)

Sen. (Prof.) Kamar

Sen. (Prof.) Kamar

Sen. (Prof.) Kamar

Sen. (Prof.) Kamar Thank you. Well-spoken, Professor. Sen. Cherarkey, you may proceed.

Sen. (Prof.) Kamar

Sen. (Prof.) Kamar

Sen. (Prof.) Kamar

Sen. (Prof.) Kamar Thank you, Sen. (Prof.) Kamar. Sen. Tabitha Mutinda, you may have the Floor.

Sen. (Prof.) Kamar

Sen. (Prof.) Kamar

Sen. (Prof.) Kamar

Sen. (Prof.) Kamar

Sen. (Prof.) Kamar Sen. Wambua, you are out of order. May the good Professor be heard in silence?

Sen. (Prof) Kamar Hon. Senators I now proceed to put the question. (Question put and agreed to) June 21, 2023 SENATE DEBATES 30 Sen. (Prof) Kamar I thank you and all the members for this. I beg to move.

Hon. Senators I now proceed to put the question. (Question put and agreed to)

Next Order! COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE [The Speaker (Hon. Kingi) left the Chair] IN THE COMMITTEE THE COTTON INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT BILL (SENATE BILLS NO.5 OF 2023)

Madam Temporary Chairperson, I beg to move- THAT Clause 7 of the Bill be amended— a) in subclause (1) by—

Madam Temporary Chairperson, I beg to move- THAT Clause 11 of the Bill be amended in subclause (1) by inserting the following new paragraphs immediately after paragraph (n) — (na) carry out periodic research to determine and make recommendation on fair prices for cotton; (nb) undertake research and develop suitable...

Madam Temporary Chairperson, I beg to move- THAT clause 23 of the Bill be amended — a) in subclause (1) by deleting paragraph (d) ; b) in subclause (2) by inserting the following new paragraphs immediately after paragraph (k) — (ka) monitor and provide technical support for the eradication of...

Sen. (Prof.) Kamar Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, for the opportunity to complete the moving of this Bill. Hon. Members will remember that when I started moving this Bill, I mentioned that the purpose of the Bill is to create a legal framework for the use of sign language...

Sen. (Prof.) Kamar Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. Clause 15 is talking about the establishment of a parents association. Every institution shall establish an association for parents and guardians in this case of learners with disabilities. The parents association shall assist the BoM of an education institution in the...

Sen. (Prof.) Kamar Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, before your communication, I was going to Clause 18 on provision of special needs education outside an educational institution. Where the Cabinet Secretary (CS) or CEB is satisfied that an educational institution is not appropriate for a learner, then a provision should be...

Sen. (Prof.) Kamar Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I thank the Members who have contributed in a record one hour. I thank Sen. Maanzo, Sen. Mumma, Sen. Cherarkey, Sen. Sifuna, Sen. Abdul Haji, Sen. Wambua, Sen. Mungatana MGH, Sen. Beth Syengo and Sen. Murgor. I thank all of them...

Sen. (Prof.) Kamar Sorry, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I have been sitting on that Chair of yours until I seem to be talking on your behalf. I beg to reply and that we defer the putting of the question until the next time.

Sen. (Prof.) Kamar Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for the opportunity to join you and my colleagues in condoling the family of Mrs. Marya. It is so shocking; It is difficult to imagine that Mrs. Marya is now late, very shocking. I have known Mrs. Marya since I came to...

Sen. (Prof.) Kamar Give me one minute, Mr. Speaker, Sir.

Sen. (Prof.) Kamar Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for giving me one more minute. The late Marya was just a wonderful person. I say pole to the Awori family and the staff because she was a friend to everybody. I think there is nobody whose heart she did not touch,...

Sen. (Prof.) Kamar Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I join my colleagues in welcoming our former Senator to the Senate. He is doing very well in the roads sector. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I would like to ask him a question since he has talked of pending roads. How about the...

Sen. (Prof.) Kamar Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. My first clarification is what you have said. It would not be fair if our records do not show that the CS answered what was asked. It is not what she was asked, it is what the supplementary questions that are diverging...

Sen. (Prof.) Kamar Mr. Deputy Speaker Sir, thank you very much for giving me two minutes to welcome students from the University of Eldoret. It is a university that I have associated myself with for many years, from when I was a principal in 1997 to

Sen. (Prof.) Kamar Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to move that the Learners with Disabilities Bill (Senate Bills No.4 of 2023) be read a second time. This Bill was brought to this House in March, and we have gone through the whole process. The purpose of the Bill is...

Sen. (Prof) Kamar I misread my time for 20 minutes. Thank you so much. Clause 12 of the Bill explains the process of admission of the learner with a disability. Clause 13 provides for the management of an education institution for learners with disabilities, which shall comprise a provision for...