Martha Karua

All parliamentary appearances

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• 18 Jan 2011 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I do recall giving the Chairman a telephone number and also being told by one hon. Member of the Committee - I do not want to go there to cause controversy – that they had been to the Dagoretti DO’s office and they noticed that the DO was trying to stop this person from testifying. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, this matter reveals the inadequacy, once again, of investigations by parliamentary Committees and I would urge Ministers of Government, especially the Minister in charge of internal security, represented by my good friend here, ... view
• 18 Jan 2011 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I also want to clarify that by “compromise”, I do not mean necessarily being given something. But allowing the police to go and investigate instead of the hon. Members going to hear the public that compromises. It may be good for a police investigation, but for a parliamentary inquiry, it compromises the independence of that inquiry as to whether the police have done their work. So, it is to that extent that I am saying that parliamentary investigations should not be compromised by the Executive. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to ... view
• 18 Jan 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am looking at this Report, especially paragraph four which my colleague wants to amend, and which says that the police cannot be held responsible for the death of Brian Kiptanui Birir, as circumstances leading to his death are unclear, and that he disappeared immediately he was released from police custody. If I pose there, this, on a balance of probability, implicates the police. view
• 18 Jan 2011 in National Assembly: I have not even made my case. What point of order? I am still making my case! view
• 18 Jan 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, without even going that far, the Assistant Minister should be a sad person today. He should not be smiling. He should be sad that the police cannot investigate all these cases; that we have to stand here in Parliament and plead with the Speaker for the matters to be referred to Committees, and we know Committees cannot fully investigate matters. We are doing this out of desperation, because the Ministry has failed in its duty. In fact, if we were not reforming it, I would say it be abolished. Since we need security, this calls ... view
• 22 Dec 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, whereas we support investigations of any criminal offence and more so for drug trafficking, why are the police using unorthodox means in the case of hon. Mbuvi which actually are contrary to the law? This is not the first time. The other time, he was held for a whole week even though the Constitution says 24 hours for offences that had been in the media for a long period. The Minister told us the other time that he could not name the suspects of drug trafficking because they were under investigation. Now that he has mentioned Mr. ... view
• 22 Dec 2010 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. While thanking you for the direction, would it be in order for the Committee also to look into the issue of Early Childhood Education (ECDS) because FPE cannot be achieved without it? This must be part and parcel of FPE. view
• 22 Dec 2010 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. Allow me to, first, congratulate the police for quickly moving to nab the suspect, which has not happened with respect to the Uhuru Park bombing. So this is an improvement. I also want to support that they must get sophisticated equipment to be able to deal with this menace. Could the Minister give an undertaking to this House about fast-tracking police reforms and also ensuring that our borders are secured to stop the proliferation of explosives and arms? Searches are necessary and I want to support searches in situations like this. ... view
• 22 Dec 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I will begin by admitting that the drug problem is real. That is where we must begin, and we must all be ready to assist to unearth the culprits. I am just wondering that since it is more than a month since this dossier went to the Kenya Anti-Corruption Commission (KACC), is it possible for the Government to give a time frame for the conclusion of the investigations so that action is taken? I would also like a clarification from the Prime Minister. When he says that he has formed a task force - remember we are ... view
• 22 Dec 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I rise in support of the report, especially the recommendation for further investigations. I have looked at the recommendations. The thrust of them is further investigations and nothing more. I agree that Parliament has no mechanism to investigate fully. Therefore, when we put names in reports, sometimes we may put names unfairly. I am appealing to Members not to refuse to adopt a recommendation that is merely telling us that we have unfinished business, because we have never found out who murdered the late Ouko. We are being called upon to ask the country’s investigators to ... view