Martha Karua

All parliamentary appearances

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• 15 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. You have heard the Minister allude to security. Nobody is faulting the Government on enhancing our security. But, at the same time, this is a Question by Private Notice. By our Standing Orders, it should be answered within 24 hours. This is the third week and the Minister is asking for two more days and, at the same time, making certain allegations. I think that Parliament is being made to watch helplessly as demolitions that create a humanitarian crisis go on. Would I be in order, in the circumstances, to ask the ... view
• 15 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I rise in support of this very important Motion, and I want to say from the outset that the Government has violated the Constitution by carrying out all these demolitions and has forgotten the principle of social justice, which is rooted in our Constitution. It does not matter whether the land is in Mavoko or Nairobi. These are Kenyans who had title deeds to this land. What if the title deeds were double allocations? They were issued by Government officials; therefore, it was the GoK, through its officials, that misled Kenyans, if at all there ... view
• 15 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am saying that those Kenyans, somebody or a non-governmental organization (NGO) somewhere must go to court and compel the Government to pay for their misery, pain and trauma, and not just for the houses they had constructed. It actually made me sick. It reminded me of Muoroto during the infamous KANU days. To imagine that this particular Government, which is full of people who were champions of human rights, and who have now forgotten anything to do with human rights, can actually do to people what was done in the early 1990s during those ... view
• 15 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, we are saying that this Parliament has to rise up to the occasion and compel the Government not only to pay compensation urgently, but also to have a policy on evictions. A serious Government would not cause a humanitarian crisis in the name of a security operation. If the Government and members of Government were all in tears when there was a humanitarian crisis after the Sinai fire, how come this has not touched them? To see families and children running away with mattresses, to see life savings and work of fellow Kenyans being destroyed ... view
• 15 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, with those remarks, I beg to second this Motion. view
• 15 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker. The Minister has referred to a court order stopping the residents from development of their land in Syokimau. Can he table it? view
• 10 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: asked the Minister for Medical Services:- (a) whether he is aware of the congestion in Kerugoya District Hospital, especially in the male and female surgical wards, and also of the number of patients in the said wards who are unable to raise money for metal plates and other surgical accessories required to fix fractures; (b) what percentage of the inpatients at the facility are victims of road accidents involving motorcycles (boda boda ); and, (c) what he is doing to ensure that patients who cannot afford surgical accessories get support from the Government. view
• 10 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to thank the Assistant Minister for the answer and ask him to clarify whether the percentage of boda boda victims is 50 per cent or 60 per cent, and whether this relates only to Kerugoya or is the case countrywide. Secondly, the Assistant Minister admits that patients on traction who have no ability to buy the metal plates can stay in hospital for up to six months. The cost of feeding and keeping such patients in hospital per day is in excess of Kshs1,000. Does it make economic sense to keep a patient in ... view
• 10 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, now that the Assistant Minister has admitted that the cost of keeping a patient for a long period is almost five times more than the cost of some of those metal plates, could he consider having a policy of bulk- buying these implants to not only alleviate the suffering of these accident victims but also free the many hospital beds countrywide – not just in Kerugoya District Hospital but in every district hospital in this country – to be used by other patients? view
• 10 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. The public may think that we are trivializing a criminal and serious incident. There is nowhere in Kenya where people are generally thuggish and stone people. I was there recently and I was received well, but I also know that I have gone to other places where colleagues, or politicians, incited people to shout me down at a funeral. Is it in order for any Member to trivialize a criminal incident against a politician instead of leaving it to investigations? We then seem to legitimize the violence! view