Martha Karua

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1881 to 1890 of 2953.

• 25 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir. I have been going through the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill, which is now at the Committee Stage. I am looking, particularly, at pages 238-241 but nowhere is the National Assembly Remunerations Act, enumerated in the laws being amended. view
• 25 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: An amendment at the Committee Stage cannot possibly be brought to a Bill that was not in the originally published Bill. Attempting to bring an amendment may not only be seen to be fraudulent but may actually be fraudulent. The reason that Bills are published is to give Members of Parliament and the public notice of the intention to move those parts of legislation. During the debate we were not aware that anything to do with the remuneration or emoluments of Members of Parliament would be discussed. This is pure ambush. In the whole of the Commonwealth tradition, such a ... view
• 25 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I am urging you to go through the Standing Orders. Standing Orders cannot cure this. It is clear that Bills are to be published. Where is the publication period? The only thing we do is add new clauses to an already published law. I am urging the Chair to reject the moving of these amendments as fraudulent. view
• 25 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir. Mr. Ethuro has mentioned me. Yes, I was coming here to propose a Bill on behalf of the Attorney-General and again, fraudulent figures were added in the afternoon. I did not want to take responsibility and withdrew the Bill in 2007 to wait for the Attorney-General to come and handle his mess. May I be understood that I am opposed to any proposals being made. My point of order is that, yes, the Attorney-General can move an amendment but he can only do so to a Bill that is already ... view
• 25 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, that is the issue I was talking about. I have no interest in the matter unlike him who has an interest to absolve himself from the case. My interest is not even for Members not to be paid. It is only for things to be done in the proper manner. view
• 25 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I beg to oppose. Since it is being read for the Second Time, allow me time to ventilate. No Bill can be published before it is discussed in this House. The Memorandum of Objects and Reasons in the Statutes Law (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill--- view
• 25 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, allow me to read the Standing Orders. It is important that those dissenting be allowed to ventilate without challenging your ruling. I am bound by your ruling but I have my views which will not become different. Therefore, I am saying that the proposals moved are illegal as they are and these are my reasons: I will rely on Standing Order 107 which states:- view
• 25 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I am not able to understand the point of order; so, I will proceed. It needs interpretation. view
• 25 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: What I am saying is that a Clause would refer to a Clause of a Bill already published. There is nothing wrong with the Government regularizing allowances that are already being received but there is something very sneaky and wrong with trying to circumscribe procedure and without notice, bring those matters before the House. This is how the advice in Anglo Leasing and Goldenberg was given. That is fraudulent legal advice that then becomes a scandal. I am urging hon. Members that whatever good proposals are before us today, let the steps be retraced and let them be brought in ... view
• 25 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, finally, we have been told that nothing new is coming in. It is not true. We are regularizing and going beyond. If you look at Section 9 where a severance allowance equals to 12.5 per cent, which translates to Kshs6 million per Member and which is four times above the 1.5 per cent that was already accepted in the last Parliament, why on earth did the House and the Speaker promulgate the Akiwuni Tribunal to check on our remuneration and taxation? Why do we sneak in to give ourselves money at a time that we ... view