Martha Karua

All parliamentary appearances

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• 5 Jun 2012 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, on the KNCHR, I want to laud this amendment which says the procedure for appointing the new commissioners should commence four months before the end of the term. This should be an omnibus clause; it should not just be for the KNHCR. The process for recruiting new people for any commission should commence four months before, so that we do not have the kind of situation we have with the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC), where we have stayed without people in office for the longest time possible, thus giving a field day to corruption and ... view
• 5 Jun 2012 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, with the Tea Board Act, we are now giving another blank cheque to the President to extend the time of the current board up to the end of this year. I think we did not pass a new Constitution so that we retain the old habits of concentrating power in the hands of the Executive. I say so, as a person seeking to be the next CEO of this large corporation called Kenya. view
• 5 Jun 2012 in National Assembly: Let us not extend this. If we need to appoint new board members, let them be appointed in the manner prescribed in the Act. Let us not have an amendment giving the President, in an election year, the will to extend the term of the board members. One may start wondering; have they been given the mandate to campaign for a certain shade of opinion? Or why is their term being extended? What is the difficulty in June, 2012, of appointing new board members for the Kenya Tea Board? These are the questions that must be answered, otherwise this clause ... view
• 5 Jun 2012 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, on the Constitutional Offices Remuneration Act which is sought to be amended, so that the former Commissioners of the Interim Independent Boundaries Commission (IIBC) may be paid salaries and allowances, we know that they were receiving salaries and allowances and, at that time, there were no requirements that they be paid in a certain way. Salaries were being set by the Ministry of Justice, National Cohesion and Constitutional Affairs, including those for the IIEC. Why are we singling out the IIBC here, that they be paid in a certain way? Unless it is explained to us ... view
• 5 Jun 2012 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I also want to comment on the Sugar Act. I am amazed that amendments are being brought to the Sugar Act by an Attorney-General who answered my Question in this very House when I raised the issue that judgments of the Sugar Tribunal cannot be enforced because there is no provision allowing them to be executed as judgments of a court of law. It is good that he has brought whatever amendment he has brought; but how come he forgot to include that one of the tribunal? I am asking him now to remember and to ... view
• 5 Jun 2012 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, on the Copyright Act, it is very good to bring amendments. But we want amendments that also help the industry from infringement of copyright and also that help them to receive the money that is taken by the Music Copyright Society, because it does receive payments and royalties, but those royalties do not always reach the artists who have performed. I would urge that a composite amendment does come at this stage, so that we can have the percentage of royalties that must be remitted to the owner of the copyright, just like we did for ... view
• 5 Jun 2012 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, finally, on the Energy Act, I am seeking an amendment relating to the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC), which in my view, is a commission to support cartels and those “big fish” in the energy sector, but not to protect the consumer. I would want an amendment – and I am asking the hon. Members to support because I doubt whether the Government will support – to make the work of this regulatory tribunal transparent. It must give the formula and parameters which help them arrive at increasing the cost of energy; whether electricity, diesel or whatever ... view
• 5 Jun 2012 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, the House will look at the Acts that I have not looked at. view
• 5 Jun 2012 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I beg to support, subject to those conditions. view
• 31 May 2012 in National Assembly: On a point of information, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. view