Martha Karua

All parliamentary appearances

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• 28 Jul 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would like to urge this Ministry to have a more co-ordinated approach to preventive and promotive health, which would end up reducing the costs Kenya and Kenyans have to bear on illness, in terms of time and money. For this to happen it is important that primary health care services be looked into critically. At the dispensaries, we ought to have the basic facilities for monitoring and detecting illness at the earliest opportunity. We, therefore, need to have laboratories that are functional. We also need to have X-ray, scans and all the necessary equipment ... view
• 23 Jul 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I sympathize with the Minister who said that he was not aware. However, now that he is aware and I can see in this same letter a remark that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs should recover Kshs3 million. Could the Minister promise this House that he will liaise with the Ministry and confirm to this House whether or not the Kshs3 million that was to be recovered from Mr. Agoya has been recovered and what action he will take now that he knows that he hired someone whose integrity is in question? This is a ... view
• 23 Jul 2009 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. The Question clearly asks for the brief resumes of all the officers who were appointed. As a House, we need these resumes to be able to ask supplementary questions. Could you save us by ordering the Assistant Minister to give us the resumes so that we may arm ourselves to ask supplementary questions? view
• 23 Jul 2009 in National Assembly: asked the Minister for Energy:- view
• 23 Jul 2009 in National Assembly: (a) if he could update the House on the progress of the Ministry’s internal investigations into the Triton Oil scandal as well as the measures he has taken to ensure that such an incident does not recur; (b) what action he has taken against employees who may have been complicit in the matter; and, (c) how much money the Kenya Pipeline Corporation and/or the Government lost in the scam. view
• 23 Jul 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, could the Assistant Minister lay on the Table, the report of PriceWaterhouseCoopers (PWC) to enable us to ask follow-up questions? As to the statement that the Government has not lost anything but is exposed to loss, could the Assistant Minister confirm or deny that in matters of this nature, the bill will be paid by the Government at the end of the day, unless the Kenya Pipeline Company is able to attach the assets of Triton? To that extent, could he tell us whether civil proceedings have been undertaken to freeze the assets of Mr. ... view
• 23 Jul 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to ask for time. We are trying to go through the PWC report and it has over 100 pages. It is not possible to go through it and ask all the questions. The Assistant Minister has still not answered the question whether KPC has tried to attach Mr. Devani’s properties and those of his co- directors to secure the monies we are likely to lose. In view of that, may I request that the Question be deferred to enable us to get the gist of the content of the records and make proper ... view
• 23 Jul 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, just to reinforce the point made by Mr. Linturi, Parliament is supreme. It cannot be injuncted from conducting its business by the courts. Separation of powers demand that Parliament be able to get on with its business, the same time the court is getting on with its business. We know that the courts have been unable to operate because they have paralysed themselves with orders. This House must jealously guard itself from contracting that very contagious disease of internal paralysis from the courts. view
• 23 Jul 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, we are urging you to order that the report be laid on the table of the House. You may wish to consider so as not to interfere with the court that it be laid for the consumption of Parliament only. But we should be able to get on with our business without contracting that very contagious paralysis from the courts. view
• 22 Jul 2009 in National Assembly: asked the Minister for Agriculture:- (a) how much money the Government has spent on subsidized and/or free fertilizer in the last one year, as well as the quality, size and brands procured; and, (b) the recipients of the subsidized/free fertilizer, by name(s) and location(s). view