Martha Karua

All parliamentary appearances

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• 22 Jul 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, having gone through the documents supplied by the Minister, firstly, I notice that only about Kshs47,000 farmers were given the free fertilizer. I would like the Minister to make some clarifications. What was the selection criteria of identifying the beneficiaries of the fertilizer? Secondly, what was the criteria used to select DAP, CAN. MON and Urea? What scientific basis did he use, considering that the soils are different at the various places? Thirdly, I need a clarification of the expenditure on each of the types of fertilizer used because then it will give Parliament and ... view
• 22 Jul 2009 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I want to remind the Chair that the Chair ruled on a Question asked during Prime Minister’s Time; that the Prime Minister lays the contract on the table of the House. Therefore, it is something the Chair has done unless the Chair wants to revise that ruling; it arises out of the supplementary. view
• 22 Jul 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, it is obvious that the average small scale farmer in this country cannot afford fertilizer and other inputs. Therefore, to leave farmers in a stakeholder’s forum, which I think is a chief’s forum, to identify the needy is to actually leave them to adopt opaque methods. I do not know whether the Minister is aware that in most places, the chiefs and agricultural officers handpick who to receive the fertilizers. Some of this fertilizer was actually sold by unscrupulous people. Could the Minister consider having better informed criteria of identifying beneficiaries and which is not ... view
• 22 Jul 2009 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. This morning, the hon. Assistant Minister of State for Provincial Administration and Internal Security tabled documents pursuant to an order by the Chair. However, I noticed that no one drew the Chair’s attention to the fact that the Chair had ruled very firmly that there would be no qualifications of the reports that should be laid on the Table of the House, whether or not they have been made public. They have been made with public money and therefore, I wish to draw to your attention to the fact that ... view
• 22 Jul 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, to begin with, none of these reports originated from the Ministry I previously held. It is, therefore, a blatant untruth for the Assistant Minister to stand here and claim that I failed to release them. All the reports are from the Office of the President where he serves and he should, therefore, not display ignorance. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, on whether there is a law compelling the President to release the reports, yes; public interest. When Mr. Speaker orders the Executive, to lay on the Table of the House and the President is the ... view
• 25 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: asked the Minister for Agriculture:- (a ) how much money the Government has spent on subsidized fertilizer and/or free fertilizer in the last one year as well as the quality, size and brands procured; and, (b) the respective recipients of the subsidized/free fertilizer, by name(s) and location(s). view
• 25 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, with your permission, Parliament should not have to function at the whims of the Executive. Yesterday, the House, and you, did indulge the Minister to today. Right now, not even the Assistant Minister is in the House to give indication as to what has happened. I am prepared to go with your direction, so long as it is ordered that the date you give next will be the final date, and if the Minister does not avail himself, he will be named as per the normal procedure. The Standing Orders should take effect. I do not know ... view
• 25 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am just pleading with the Chair to give direction so that this Question is probably answered the next Wednesday that Parliament will be in session. That way, we will have a definite date. view
• 25 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: Much obliged, Mr. Speaker, Sir. view
• 25 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I heard the Minister talk about contracts. We all know that contracts are not sacred when they are fraudulent. We know this Government cancelled the Anglo Leasing Contract. This is a mini Anglo Leasing that is fleecing a county council. Could he, on the basis of fraud, cancel the contract and help the council to fight the consequences or will he sit and abet fraud? view