Martha Karua

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 2501 to 2510 of 2953.

• 4 Oct 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Chairman of the Committee had explained the reasoning by the Committee, but I stand corrected. What is in contention is whether what was proposed by Mr. Marende is actually an amendment. Our Standing Order No.48(2) clearly states that any proposal that negates the original question is not an amendment. Mr. Speaker, Sir, we are aware that you had approved the amendment. But I have been in this House and I have seen Mr. Speaker revisit even a Motion that has been approved, when a Member has raised it! So, we are raising it so that the ... view
• 4 Oct 2007 in National Assembly: Okay! view
• 4 Oct 2007 in National Assembly: I am referring to page 4! view
• 4 Oct 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am on page four - Section 23(4). The following Section which sought to confer the powers, privileges and immunities of police officers on the Director and investigators of Kenya Anti-Corruption Commission (KACC) in the performance of their functions, was deleted. So, clearly, the President's intention is to bring back the Section that seeks to confer powers, privileges and immunities of police officers on the Director and investigators of KACC. He now proposes:- "The provisions of the Criminal Procedure Code, the Evidence Act, the Police Act and any other law conferring on the police the powers, privileges ... view
• 4 Oct 2007 in National Assembly: No! No! An objection! view
• 4 Oct 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I just wanted to state this, the suggested amendments are going to water down the investigation powers of the Commission. Sometimes when an investigator is investigating, if you ask them to state the reasons why they suspect, then you are warning the suspect in advance. When it relates to economic crimes, you are actually giving a signal, so that even the property of money may be spirited away. It is like asking the investigator to share raw information which they have not processed with the suspect. I would want to persuade Mr. Marende to withdraw ... view
• 4 Oct 2007 in National Assembly: October 4, 2007 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 4369 view
• 4 Oct 2007 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir. You proposed but you did not give us a chance to ventilate. We have voted at the stage where we should have been talking. I am asking you to reconsider what has happened. view
• 4 Oct 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary 4370 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES October 4, 2007 Deputy Chairman, Sir, it has been done before in Committee Stage; we voted before we ventilated. It relates to an associate's properties, and looters never register properties in their names. They only register them in the names of associates. view
• 4 Oct 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, one of the cardinal rules of Parliament is that the majority have their way and the minority their say. By deleting the words "of the associates property at the time specified in the notice", we are actually destroying the ability of the KACC to trace looted property. It is very well known that looters hardly register properties in their names. They register in the names of companies, whose shares are held by other companies, or in the names of their children, associates and business friends. What we are saying is that we no longer want ... view