Martha Karua

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1871 to 1880 of 2953.

• 25 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. You will recall that three weeks ago, I had asked a Question relating to security and the Minister for Provincial Administration and Internal Security – and I can see Mr. Ojode here – was ordered and promised this House that he will table four reports of previous commissions of inquiry that have not been made public. One of them is the Kiruki Commission on the Artur Brothers. The others are the Cockar Commission on the Sale of the Grand Regency Hotel, the Sharawe Commission on the Somalis of Kenya and finally, the ... view
• 25 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I just want to clarify and the HANSARD will bear me correct; the Chair did not allow the Assistant Minister any qualifications. All the reports were funded by public funds and publicly received by the President. Whether he releases them or not, they are due to this House. view
• 25 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I have reservations about the undertakings given. I want to state that I take seriously the contents of that letter due to the details in it. I do believe that my life is under threat. However, I am not at all intimidated. One will only die once; nobody will die twice. The death of the plotter could be earlier than mine if the Maker so wishes. view
• 25 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: I want it on record that I have already written a letter dated 24th June, 2009, to the Minister of State for Provincial Administration and Internal Security asking him to treat it as the official complaint because I have no intention of presenting myself to any police station while the police have the current leadership. view
• 25 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: I am posing three questions: whether in the police force there is a Mr. Njiru, Senior Assistant Commissioner of Police; a Mr. Richard Katola, SSP; a Mr. Njoroge, SSP; and whether PC James Wachira Kamonja P/No.64078 of Kayole was murdered. If, indeed, that is so, this letter cannot be dismissed. It requires serious investigations. I fully accept your direction that security should, not just be for Members of Parliament, but is for all Kenyans. The Government must stop dithering with police reforms. view
• 25 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, this House adopted the Waki Report. We, as Parliament, need to take on the Implementation Committee to compel the Government to undertake police reforms. With your permission, I wish to table this letter. view
• 25 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I would like to support the deletion and state that where the Government moves the functions to another Ministry, let Parliament specifically be requested for that by moving an amendment in a Bill like this. It is, otherwise, dangerous to give an omnibus clause. Tomorrow, prosecutions can move from the Attorney-General’s Department to the Ministry of Forestry and Wildlife without Parliament knowing. This omnibus clause, in a dysfunctional Government like this one, can cause chaos. One would think that it would be used intelligently, but what about if it is not? Let us learn to ... view
• 25 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: I beg to support the deletion. view
• 25 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: The Government is dysfunctional! view
• 25 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I beg to support the deletion. If one listened to hon. Members during the debate, they were unanimous that the timing of this increment is wrong at a time Kenyans are losing jobs. It is also not correct to say that constitutional office holders have not had an increment. They had an increment in 2001. If it is the judges, they got an increment but the magistrates did not. There is also displeasure about performance of constitutional office holders, from the Attorney- General’s Office to the Judges and the Public Service Commission (PSC) officers. We ... view