Martha Karua

All parliamentary appearances

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• 15 May 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am just concerned about an issue raised by m colleague, hon. Shebesh, that when a person is a Member of a Committee, he or she cannot come before the House and seek to explore the matter further. I am seeking that, that matter ought to be left to a time when Members can canvass the point. Otherwise, we will start having positions which are not well canvassed and which have not been well thought out. The House is superior to any Committee. Therefore, we cannot be told that since I am a Member of the ... view
• 9 May 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am aware of the court ruling and also that a ruling of the court does not stop us from thinking. Therefore, as a thinking Kenyan, I disagree with it totally. Mr. Speaker, Sir, having said that and the Prime Minister having acknowledged that constitutions without constitutionalism do not help, and the Constitution says that elections will be held every fifth year, this being the fifth year, why would the Government not, if at all it believes in constitutionalism, instruct the Attorney General to concede the appeal that is before the court, so that we hold the ... view
• 8 May 2012 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, the Assistant Minister goes on to deny extra-judicial killings ostensibly with the advice of the Attorney-General. “Extra- judicial” just means “outside a judicial order”. Any killing by police even in the course of arrest is extra-judicial. The Assistant Minister answered a question which I had asked last year and he admitted to 60 killings in Nairobi. It was an understatement. In the course of arrests, those were extra-judicial killings. Is it in order for the Assistant Minister to take this House for a ride by denying extra-judicial killings while he, himself, tabled an answer here admitting, ... view
• 8 May 2012 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker. The Minister is giving contradictory information. In the answer, on the front, he says they are prioritizing, but at the back, he says that because of the Constitution that we have passed, it is no longer a priority to work on the rules because there is the Office of the Attorney- General, COTU, FKE and other stakeholders who have embarked on a review process to enable the laws to conform to the Constitution. So, could he tell us which is which? Is it in order for him to mislead the House ... view
• 8 May 2012 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker. You have heard the Assistant Minister say that there is a draft policy without giving any timeline when the policy is coming to the Floor of the House to be discussed, and without even indicating how much money so far has been received by way of carbon trade. Is he in order to withhold that information from the House? view
• 8 May 2012 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, the Committee is a Committee of this House. The Committee cannot purport to be superior to the House. Therefore, we cannot be told that we cannot ask for a Ministerial Statement because the Committee is on. It is a Committee of this House and the Ministerial Statement can be given because it will shed more light to the work of the Committee. We cannot be gagged merely because the Committee is on. view
• 8 May 2012 in National Assembly: I am also interested, just like Dr. Khalwale, in knowing why the Government, through the Prime Minister is asking that EMU investigates the matter. The last time there was an investigation of a scam under the Prime Minister’s office namely the maize scandal, nothing came out of it. view
• 8 May 2012 in National Assembly: It will be seen as a cover up and I want the Ministerial Statement to address the issue why we cannot have the Auditor-General who is the person mandated by the Constitution to audit all Government funds to audit. Why are we not allowing this constitutional office to audit? You can have a thousand other private firms but we must have the body that the Constitution knows. We are also asking to be told why the Minister cannot step aside to facilitate investigations just like it has been done in the other cases. These are the issues we expect the ... view
• 26 Apr 2012 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. From the records, you will notice that on that day, the Assistant Minister for Finance, Dr. Oburu Odinga, offered severally to substantiate. In order that Parliament does not appear to the public like we are brushing away or covering the matter, even though there may be no order on the HANSARD ordering him to substantiate today or the nearest day, since he was ready, able and willing and people may mistake us for applying the rules mechanically, is it possible for him to be allowed to substantiate? This matter is serious and ... view
• 26 Apr 2012 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I am just concerned that it has been said that action will be taken against anyone who has talked about corruption in the House. I cannot disclose names because I will be going outside--- I will be imputing improper motive on an hon. Member. But relating to events of last week and the interest rates, I am aware that - I have been told by at least two hon. Members - the PNU wing of Government was being paid at Pan Afric Hotel while the ODM wing was being paid at the ... view