Martha Karua

All parliamentary appearances

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• 11 Mar 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to second this Motion. yThe names have been as a result of--- view
• 11 Mar 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, may I now properly second the Motion, which is as a result of consultations. view
• 11 Mar 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I rise to second the Motion. I have no problem with the shortened publication period. However, I need your confirmation that the manner we have moved the Motion is all right. This is a published by a Minister. I do not know whether a private Member can seek a shortened period of publication, or whether it should have been the other way round. Otherwise, just as has been said by hon. Orengo, in line with the accord, there is need to speed up the matter. I only need your confirmation that we have done this in the ... view
• 15 Jan 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Clerk, as the Presiding Officer, you made a ruling. The Constitution only talks of Members before they are sworn- in; participating in the election of Mr. Speaker. The election itself is spelt out in the Standing Orders as read out by you. Dr. Khalwale, Member of Parliament elect for Ikolomani, who is not a lawyer, but who is doing better than lawyers today, read out from the Standing Orders that this Parliament follows the Standing Orders, traditions, usage et cetera . This is the tenth election of a Speaker. It has always been by secret ballot. By what method ... view
• 15 Jan 2008 in National Assembly: It means that people are going to be intimidated, threatened and their properties are going to be burnt. Mr. Clerk, take responsibility as the Returning Officer. In that Ballot Box, are ballots that have been shown publicly. We are calling upon you to invalidate what has gone on now. Let us begin afresh! Take responsibility for this election the way the law mandates you. Period! view
• 15 Jan 2008 in National Assembly: I thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I want to now publicly congratulate you. I had my own misgivings, but you acquainted yourself in your acceptance speech, and we do, indeed, look forward to working with you. view
• 15 Jan 2008 in National Assembly: This Session was summoned by His Excellency the President. I am happy to note that in your acceptance speech, you referred to respect for institutions. I want to underline here the fact that the Presidency is an institution, just like Parliament is. The Presidency is duly constituted upon His Excellency the President having been declared the winner by the Electoral Commission of Kenya and having been subsequently sworn in. We are here so that you administer oath to us. Some of the hon. Members here, it is public knowledge that they are facing petitions, but they are here because they ... view
• 15 Jan 2008 in National Assembly: If, indeed, there is a petition, and I have not heard of any yet, but the time is still there for a petition to be filed, until a court of law rules otherwise, His Excellency the Hon. Mwai Kibaki is the duly elected President of the Republic of Kenya. This institution constitutes one arm of the Government. view
• 15 Jan 2008 in National Assembly: Allow me to bore you by repeating that the three arms of the Government are the Executive, which is headed by the President; the Judiciary, which is independent and thid not win. We all left satisfied. I will not go into that. The notes of that evening will speak for themselves and we can make other pronouncements before people, but before God, we know what transpired. I will not enter into the realm of adjudicating upon election disputes. view
• 15 Jan 2008 in National Assembly: I am not a court of law. We cannot believe in our own elections and queue here to be sworn in, while we want to be the accuser and the judge in respect of the election of His Excellency the President. We either believe in institutions or we do not. We cannot have our cake and eat it. view