Martha Karua

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1571 to 1580 of 2953.

• 24 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: These candidates were recruited through a very competitive process. All those who wished to have these jobs applied. They were interviewed by the Advisory Board with the help of a human resource consultancy. Parliament, through its relevant Departmental Committee, has gone through the names and accepted them. view
• 24 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: Parliament is under scrutiny on how we deal with the processes that come before us; as to whether we do it with seriousness or whether we look for all reasons to throw mud at people who are brought to the Table of the House for approval or disapproval. It is the right of Parliament to disapprove names, if hon. Members have good reasons. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, it is, indeed, our duty to give any reason that makes somebody unsuitable but that is accompanied by an equally important duty of only to speak when you have concrete reasons. Otherwise, ... view
• 24 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I will gladly say so. There is the recent case of reinstating the Permanent Secretaries the wrong way. The law is very clear. The Anti-Corruption and Economic Crimes Bill clearly states that an investigation report from the Kenya Anti-Corruption Commission (KACC) must go to the Attorney- General who then advises the Government. This time round, it went directly to the Executive who then are advising Kenya and the Attorney-General that they have found no offence. Irrespective of the contents of the report, we can only assume a cover-up. I am entitled to now say without ... view
• 24 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, my experience in the Government and also my reasons for resigning is knowing from inside, and I can even further substantiate that the Government has become comfortable bedfellows with corruption. view
• 24 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: I beg to strongly support this Motion. view
• 23 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to congratulate the Mover of this Bill and say that it was necessitated by the Government sleeping on the job. Liberalization without regulation is a disaster. It always leads to disaster. The crashing of the world economy or the financial crisis the countries of the world are trying to come away from is because of failure to regulate the financial sector. This Bill is intended to regulate the issue of prices of essential commodities. The Government has watched without doing anything as food prices escalate beyond the reach of the common man. We ... view
• 23 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity to support the Motion to amend but, with an amendment. Pursuant to Standing Order No.53, I beg to move an amendment to the amendment so that to amend the figures sought to be withdrawn to read Kshs161,217,686,662 and also to amend the word “representing” to say representing slightly above one quarter of the estimates of Recurrent and Development Expenditure. I am, therefore, proposing we delete the word “one quarter” and replace it with the words “a figure slightly above one quarter with the exception of vote R33” after ... view
• 23 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, it is time the Ministry of Finance and the entire Government followed the law. The Estimates, as proposed by the Minister, actually contravene the law because they go beyond the time expected for the passing of the entire Budget; he is ignoring the fact that the law has since changed; he is still in the mood of business as usual. Albert Einstein once said that: “Insanity is doing things the same way over and over again and expecting different results”. Let us do things differently if we are expecting reforms to get on in this ... view
• 23 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to persuade my colleague to show that he can move when convinced that things should be done in the proper way. With the Temporary Deputy Speaker’s leave, I would like the amendment to the amendment to be seconded by none other than the Mover. view
• 23 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, if it is not necessary, then it is okay. I beg to move this amendment to the amendment. view