Martha Karua

All parliamentary appearances

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• 20 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: 4256 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES January 20, 2009 view
• 20 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for allowing me to contribute to this very important Motion which I support. The simple question is: What lesson do we draw from Barrack Obama's inauguration today? It is that we should not just sit and mourn about the situation in our country. We should rise up and act. view
• 20 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: While we may lament about the top leadership, what are we, as Members of Parliament and national leaders, doing? We are supposed to be the watchdog on behalf of the people. Is Parliament playing its role today as a watchdog? And if it is, why is it taking us so long to discover when things are going wrong? We have a situation like no other, that is, a Grand Coalition Government that has effectively robbed Parliament of an official opposition. view
• 20 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: However, we can still work as we are to make sure that things come to light. We can only do so if parliamentarians, and especially the Back Bench are themselves like Ceaser's wife, that is, above reproach. If Members of Parliament and those in Government collude to do things that are wrong, for example, a scam, then, obviously, there is nobody left as a watchdog. The test of this Tenth Parliament, whether we perform or not, is not to have a Motion for Adjournment to laud the inauguration of Obama. The test is to rise up and do what we ... view
• 20 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: The reason Mr. Barack Obama is President of the USA today is because they have a system that works. Our system does not work or it is choking - we know that. That is why we have a Grand Coalition Government to fix it. Are we fixing it? That is the question each one of us must ask. Mr. Obama could have lamented about slavery in America and racial discrimination which is still there. He could have listened to those who were saying that a one time Senator and a black American cannot win the presidency, but he chose not ... view
• 20 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: Let us not just throw the challenge. Parliament has the key to doing many things. I want to invite us, I included, to first fix it by ensuring that the constitutional review, which can bring in the new order that we want, is in place. We need to have good electoral systems which will show patriotism in our leadership. Why would you want to get several millions of shillings from maize when you have a comfortable salary which translates to hunger for millions of people? view
• 20 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: Why would we allow somebody to run billions of shillings in credit in the oil industry and yet we know that before the goods leave the Kenya Pipeline Company (KPC) bonded warehouses, one's bank must confirm that it will pay. The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) must collect the revenue before the goods leave. In what circumstances are we being told that the Kshs2 billion is uncollected? What are we doing as Parliament? The challenge is to us in the Government and Parliament as well. I do not think that Government and Parliament have acquitted themselves before the eyes of Kenyans ... view
• 20 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: We laud Mr. Obama and there are lessons to learn. The first lesson is believing in ourselves. We do not have to bend rules to get there. We can walk the whole and torturous journey. Yes, it is difficult, but short-cuts cannot get us anywhere. view
• 20 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: I beg to support. view
• 17 Dec 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I rise in support of the Motion and also, to applaud the fact that, Parliament has been able to audit and cause a more representative list to be tabled. I also wish to remind hon. Members who have found their way into the Committee, including myself, that the Act that we are supposed to use to guide the review will become operational in another one week, having been assented to on 11th December, 2008. That means that within a week, we will have to convene and do our work. I have great faith that, in spite of ... view