Martha Karua

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1311 to 1320 of 2953.

• 22 Dec 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, protect me! view
• 22 Dec 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we must listen even to what we do not like. This intolerance is the one being referred to in Wikileaks and it needs to be exaggerated. There is intolerance in this House. We should make sure our country is subject of envy by others. We have already banned many people from Kenya, including a former British diplomat. This is our house as a country. We can exclude anyone. If you are excluded from any country, be happy. God gave us a beautiful country. I would not weep if I was banned from the entire world. But ... view
• 22 Dec 2010 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. view
• 22 Dec 2010 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. Is it in order for this House to be allowed to degenerate into something less than dignified, when an hon. Member stands here to insinuate that I am in the payroll of the Americans? He, himself, is a Member of the Reform Caucus. I am not a member of that Caucus. As a matter of fact, I have said that the way we are behaving, we are like the greatest auction house in Africa, and we know that this Motion may as well have been sponsored by those who are afraid ... view
• 22 Dec 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I said “it may be”. I did not say “it is”. The HANSARD can be referred to. I think under our Standing Orders and the law, I am entitled to that. I am appealing to you to reconsider your position, because I should not be view
• 22 Dec 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the dictates of my conscience will not allow me to do that. view
• 22 Dec 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to support the Motion. The Mover of the Motion has gone through the names and the qualifications. All the names are approved rightly. I know some of the nominees as people who have practised in courts. I want to confirm that Justice Omollo is one of the great legal minds this country has. I also want to say that Ahmednassir is another great legal mind that this country has. I notice that there was controversy in the approval of Lawyer Ahmednassir, but the Committee has very ably, in its report, indicated all the ... view
• 22 Dec 2010 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. The issue that the hon. Member has raised is pertinent, but it does not apply to the Motions that we are passing. You will note that the Constitution gives time for the formation of the Commission. It does not give time for the House to approve the names. We must go in view
• 22 Dec 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to support his Motion subject to an amendment which I seek to introduce. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Committee did go through the names, but the actual interviews were conducted by a panel of political parties. I seek to move an amendment to the Motion by inserting some words. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to move that the Motion be amended as follows:- By deleting all the words appearing on page 11 of the Report and reinstating the name of Mrs. Amina Ahmed as a member of the Commission. view
• 22 Dec 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the background to this is this. Members of the Commission on Revenue Allocation are appointed by political parties. NARC(K) did appoint Mrs. Amina Ahmed and we sat on a panel as political parties, we went through their resumes and we found them qualified. On Mrs. Amina Ahmed, she has been a regional manager of the Kenya Commercial Bank for the last 22 years; she is a holder of Bachelors Degree in Economics and French; she has extensive banking experience and currently, she is working as a consultant in an audit and management firm. If you look ... view