Martha Karua

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 2531 to 2540 of 2953.

• 13 Sep 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I adopt the arguments by the Attorney-General but I want to correct one thing. During the IPPG, I was the sole representative of the Democratic Party which was my party then, in the committee that did the constitutional and legal amendments. It is not true or correct to state that DP moved the amendment because it feared that its Members would be poached. DP had no such fears. The reason why we brought that amendment, not as DP, but as IPPG, is that we were September 13, 2007 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 3957 envisaging the creation of ... view
• 13 Sep 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Bill that has just gone through the Committee Stage has some very good provisions relating to various Acts. But it has terrible provisions, or lack of them, deletions of important clauses in the Anti-Corruption and Economic Crimes Act and the Public Officer Ethics Act. I just wish to re-emphasise my disagreement with those. I beg to oppose! view
• 12 Sep 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I think, like it has been pointed out by hon. Maore, either there is a deliberate intention to mislead the House or to be mischievous. If you look at the wording of the proposed amendment, which I support, it says, "The Minister responsible for matters relating to human rights." It could be any Ministry, but it depends on the organisation of Government. I want to state that although the Act was passed in 2003 stating that the Commission will be under the Attorney-General, since the inception of this Government, matters of human rights have been ... view
• 12 Sep 2007 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. view
• 12 Sep 2007 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. Is the hon. Member in order to claim that the Government is refusing to correct the anomaly, while we know that he is now laying basis for the ODM campaign agenda which is based on hate against the Kikuyu community? view
• 12 Sep 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I oppose the amendment. If you look at the Section which is being proposed to be amended - which is on page 1349 - and then look at the tabulation of what is in the law now - which is on page 1407, you will see that nothing offends Section 77. We know that when we passed this law, the abuse of court process by suspects had not gained ground like it has now. The people who were charged with economic crimes are holding the courts at ransom, and then claiming that the Government is ... view
• 12 Sep 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, this is a very strange proposal. The reason why the KACC was formed was mainly because past economic crimes have never been satisfactorily investigated. Since its inception, it has been investigating not only the Goldenberg scandal, but also the Anglo Leasing scandal which started in 1997. Now, when we propose an amendment like this one, do we intend to nullify all the investigations that the KACC has done since 2004 and all the prosecutions that are pending in court? Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, let this Parliament move forward knowing that by supporting a section ... view
• 12 Sep 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I want to state the following: Hon. Muite is the Chairman of the Committee. Unless minutes are shown here to show that when the discussion was put before the Committee, he declared his interest and withdrew from the discussion, I am bound like many other Kenyans, to believe that there is personal interest in this matter. Standing Order No.76 clearly states--- view
• 12 Sep 2007 in National Assembly: I am replying to a point of order! view
• 12 Sep 2007 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. 3894 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES September 12, 2007 Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir. I was saying that the Standing Orders provide that an hon. Member shall declare his interest, unless if that interest is obvious. I am not asking the honourable Chairman to declare his interest, because his interest is obvious. So, unless if there are minutes to clearly show that he abstained from the debate, one is bound to believe this proposed amendment is motivated by self- interest. But the greatest reason for opposing this amendment, so that I may conclude, is that we shall make nonsense of--- view