Martha Karua

All parliamentary appearances

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• 3 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I beg to move that the Constitution of Kenya (Amendment) Bill, 2009, be now read a Second Time. view
• 3 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, this Bill is the work of this House, together with the Mediation Team. We sat together unusually. This is the first time that Parliament, through its Committee, and through an informal meeting of the entire House, has scrutinised a Bill before it is published. view
• 3 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: Therefore, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, this Bill is as a result of intense consultations among hon. Members of Parliament and hon. Members of the Government. view
• 3 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, this Bill seeks to amend the Constitution and pave way for Parliament to enact, by a statute of Parliament, and notwithstanding any other provisions of our Constitution, to establish a Special Tribunal with the exclusive jurisdiction, in accordance with that statute that Parliament will establish, to investigate, prosecute and determine cases against persons responsible, in one word, for the post election violence. view
• 3 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, that is people responsible for genocide, gross violations of human rights, crimes against humanity or any other crime as may be specified in the statute, and which were committed in connection with the elections of December, 2007. Fe bruary 3, 2009 PARLIAMENTAR Y DEBATES view
• 3 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. Under Section 26 of our Constitution, prosecutorial powers are given to the Attorney-General and he alone has the mandate to commence and terminate criminal prosecution. Under Section 60, our High Court has unlimited original jurisdiction. view
• 3 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, under the areas in other sections, our other national institutions are given different mandates. It is, therefore, necessary that we introduce this amendment of the Constitution to enable us to set up a Special Tribunal that, for purposes of post election violence, we will be able to investigate, prosecute and also determine cases. view
• 3 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the details of how that will occur will be set up in the Special Statute that will be tabled for debate after the passing of this amendment. It will also set out how the separation of the three functions will occur. But it is necessary that we agree to pass this Bill to enable us to establish that tribunal to completely rid off the country the ghost of election violence which started in the year 1992. It was repeated in 1997 and, finally, came to haunt us in 2007. If we do not act, it ... view
• 3 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, there are, maybe, people who may worry about how much we can amend our Constitution. I wish to remind hon. Members that we have already passed the necessary laws for an overhaul of the Constitution. We have already accepted, as a nation, that we need to overhaul all our institutions and hence the urgency for a comprehensive constitutional review. But while awaiting that comprehensive review, it is necessary that we make this amendment to pave view
• 3 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: 4626 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES February 3, 2009 view