Martha Karua

All parliamentary appearances

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• 28 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, as a Member of the House Business Committee, I just wanted to rise on a point of order and wonder whether the Minister is in order to mislead the House. I was in the House Business Committee meeting last Tuesday. We did not order that this Report be put last on the Order Paper. It was going to receive priority today after the constitutional Bills. So, I do not know how it came to be last. We prioritised it. view
• 28 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I will rise to support the amendment by the Committee led by hon. Baiya. This is the Council for Legal Education. You got to put people with the relevant education of lawyers and I think that the amendment by the Committee is strengthening this instead of putting people for the sake of it and not having value added to the education of legal practitioners. I beg to support the amendment as it is. view
• 28 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I rise to oppose the amendment. Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, this will create a worse conflict of interest. If two sets of lawyers are appointed in the two bodies, no conflict of interest arises, but if you say that it is Vice-Chancellors of both private and public universities, whose students are the very ones being admitted to the Kenya School of Law, it means that those who are in the board can have their students having priority over other students. It is totally wrong. It is like saying that headteachers of primary schools will ... view
• 28 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I want to support the amendment and ask my two colleagues on the other side to be flexible and to also think outside the box. The normal is to include the Permanent Secretary, Finance, everywhere, but look at this list, there is the Attorney-General, the Chief Justice and the Secretary of the Commission on Higher Education. There are so many other people that you actually do not need the Permanent Secretary, Finance, to be in this Board for the Government property to be looked after. It is possible, especially wherever the Attorney-General is. He too, ... view
• 24 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Chairman, Sir, I rise to support the amendment because of the reason given by the Mover. I think it is strengthened. view
• 24 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Chairman, Sir, I rise to support the amendment because of the reason given by the Mover. I think it is strengthened. view
• 24 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Chairman, Sir, thank you for this opportunity. I want actually to agree with hon. Bonny Khalwale and also the CIOC Chair. Whereas there should be reports to Parliament, we should be very clear that we do not lump up reports to Parliament, together with the day to day reports to the President, the National Security Council and the Cabinet. I am pleading with the Chair of the Committee, hon. Keynan, view
• 24 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Chairman, Sir, thank you for this opportunity. I want actually to agree with hon. Bonny Khalwale and also the CIOC Chair. Whereas there should be reports to Parliament, we should be very clear that we do not lump up reports to Parliament, together with the day to day reports to the President, the National Security Council and the Cabinet. I am pleading with the Chair of the Committee, hon. Keynan, view
• 24 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Chairman, Sir, it is as appropriate, but it should be in a different clause for clarity, so that we separate it from operational issues. That is the point that hon. Bonny Khalwale is putting across. view
• 24 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Chairman, Sir, it is as appropriate, but it should be in a different clause for clarity, so that we separate it from operational issues. That is the point that hon. Bonny Khalwale is putting across. view