Martha Karua

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 2461 to 2470 of 2953.

• 17 Oct 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to move that the House doth agree with the Committee in the said Report. view
• 16 Oct 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to move:- THAT, notwithstanding the provisions of Standing Order No.17, this House resolves to sit until it concludes its consideration of the business of the Employment Bill today. view
• 16 Oct 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I want to support this Part V11A very strongly. Already, there is a Presidential directive to give one-third consideration to women in all public service employment. This Part is very well crafted. In Section 65A, it gives the Minister who is in charge of Public Service the power to exempt any public authority. So, if there are any worries that all public service authorities will employ in that manner, the Minister will be able to exempt. What this whole Section is doing is to enable the Minister to have legal powers to ensure that affirmative ... view
• 16 Oct 2007 in National Assembly: I do not--- Recommendation of a Board--- Matters relating to finance--- view
• 16 Oct 2007 in National Assembly: Yeah! I can then rise again. view
• 16 Oct 2007 in National Assembly: On a point of information, Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir. I want to refer the hon. Member to the definition of the word "Board" in this Bill. Under Clause 2, "Board" means:- "The National Labour Board established by Section 5 of the Labour Institutions October 16, 2007 PARLIAENTARY DEBATES 4517 Act." Actually the Board does exist! view
• 16 Oct 2007 in National Assembly: Are you contributing? view
• 16 Oct 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I think we are giving flimsy excuses here. If we look at Clause 65C(a), it clearly reads:- 4520 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES October 16, 2007 "promote recognition and acceptance of the right of men and women to equality of opportunity in public service employment." So, clearly, this Bill is balancing between men and women. Clause 65C(b), which my colleague is complaining about, reads:- "ensure that not less than thirty per cent of all new employees recruited or appointed by the public service authority are women." This clause is not discriminative. As a matter of fact today, unless ... view
• 16 Oct 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, whereas I congratulate the Minister on the passing of the Bill, I want to regret that he led troupes to oppose crucial amendments which would have seen us go towards gender parity. It is indeed a happy and very sad occasion at the same time. The Minister would go down in history as having brought progressive labour laws but on the other hand brought some retrogression in rejecting the gender sensitive amendments. I support. view
• 11 Oct 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I was just going to--- view