Martha Karua

All parliamentary appearances

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• 4 Sep 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, it is clear to everybody who is playing to the Gallery. I have said here that the Attorney-General received communication from the committee. He raised some very fundamental issues about the constitutionality of the proposals. As far as I know, those September 4, 2007 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 3635 issues have not been dealt with by the committee, yet the committee expects action to be taken. Let us ask Questions genuinely and not play to the Gallery. The commitment of the Government to constitutional review was exemplified by my tabling a Bill for the comprehensive review because minimum ... view
• 4 Sep 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) I am aware that there are land cases piling up, not only in the Kakamega Law Courts, but in many other courts in the Republic which cases have accumulated over the years. (b) It is a countrywide problem. (c) The following steps are being taken: 1. Review of the land laws is under progress. 2. The Expeditious Disposal of Cases Committee was established by the Chief Justice on 25th May, last year, with a mandate to develop techniques, measures and rules to achieve the expeditious determination of cases before the courts. ... view
• 4 Sep 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I cannot give the exact time. As the Judiciary tries its best to expedite cases, the litigants, through their lawyers, are also part of the problem for applying for adjournments and delaying cases. To this end, the Judiciary has also established a pilot scheme on a court user's committee where all the parties to the dispute, from the prosecutors, the litigants through their advocates, the probation officers and all the people in the court system process are meeting to find out exactly where the bottlenecks are. We are, therefore, urging Kenyans to participate in this process ... view
• 4 Sep 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, under GJLOS, there is training for the land disputes committee members. Issues of payments are also being streamlined. We have a procedure where the payments are being made by the lands office. There is a proposal to try and see whether their payments could come under the ambit of the courts. These are quasi-judicial tribunals, so that we can streamline the operations of these tribunals. However, I want to agree that there are bottlenecks and we are looking at them. view
• 4 Sep 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, at the moment, the law does not allow that to be done at that level. There is nothing to stop warring parties from discussing and recording that consent in courts. However, there is also a proposal to look for a small claims court where certain disputes can be discussed and settled out of the courts. However, land disputes mainly are also coming from succession causes which ought to go through the court process before they are settled. I think that these are all ideas which merit consideration as we look for a solution to this very ... view
• 23 Aug 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, If I may continue, this Bill also proposes amendments to the National Assembly and Presidential Elections Act, Cap.7, which seeks to remove the requirements of personal service of election petitions on the respondents. Conscious that we had fully discussed this Bill during the last Session, I will move very quickly. There are proposed amendments to the Judicature Act, Cap.8, which the Bill proposes to amend to increase the number of Puisne Judges of the High Court; from 50 to 70 and the Judges of the Court of Appeal; from 11 to 14, so as to address the ... view
• 23 Aug 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Bill also proposes amendments to the Criminal Procedure Code, Cap.75, so as to abolish the system of trial with aid of assessors in the High Court to ensure speedy, more efficient, cost-effective and fair trials in accordance with the present day conditions in Kenya. It is noteworthy that whatever the verdict of assessors is, it is not binding on judges. So, this is a cumbersome procedure which is not helpful at all. Also, it just increases the backlog and delays the finalisation of hearing of cases. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Bill also provides that ... view
• 23 Aug 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we all know of very many cases where the NHC has problems with the local authorities where they are view
• 23 Aug 2007 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I think the hon. Member on the Floor is personalising debate. The KACC is not Justice Ringera. He is the head and he is just one of the officers. Is it in order for an hon. Member to personalise debate against an officer, instead of the office or the institution? view
• 23 Aug 2007 in National Assembly: Yeah! view