ATTORNEY-AT-law Tova Hamilton yesterday took her seat on the Government benches in the Senate after taking the oath of allegiance.
Leader of Government Business Kamina Johnson Smith said that Hamilton “will bring her own love for Jamaica, her own sensitivity to our culture; her own work ethic honed over the years and her deliberation to the debates in this House”.
Johnson Smith said that with Hamilton’s appointment to the Upper House, its composition of women has moved to 29 per cent.
Donna Scott Mottley, the leader of Opposition business in the Senate, also extended welcome to Hamilton.
The dreadlocked Hamilton, in response to her welcome, thanked Prime Minister Andrew Holness for the appointment but singled out Senate President Tom Tavares-Finson for his effort to get her into the Senate.
