Martha Karua

All parliamentary appearances

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• 1 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the answer the Minister has given displays inefficiency in the Ministry. If it takes 17 days to get an identity card in Nairobi and we know these days the same Ministry is issuing a passport in one day, could the Minister tell the House what is so difficult about an identity card? Why does it take close to three weeks instead of one day to get an identity card? How is he going to accelerate the issuance of identity cards to the millions of youths who are not yet registered and who will need to exercise their ... view
• 1 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I beg to ask for a Ministerial Statement from the Minister of State for Provincial Administration and Internal Security regarding an incident on 24th October this year at Sai Rock Hotel, Mombasa, where the Prime Minister was having a stakeholders’ forum. As a lady known as Farida Rashid was leaving the forum, acid was thrown at her by some youths. I would like the Minister to tell this House why arrests of those known youths have not taken place. Two, he should tell us why these people who assaulted and harmed this ... view
• 1 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, Thursday this week will be appropriate. These people are still at large. The lady is living under threat and so are the other residents. The matter is serious and I plead for Thursday this week. The Minister may be away but he has an Assistant Minister. The Government does not cease to work. view
• 1 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: I am most obliged, Mr. Speaker, Sir. view
• 26 Oct 2011 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. Thank you my learned senior for giving way. I rise in support of this Motion and without having to repeat what my colleagues have said - and which I endorse - I want to say that this is the story of every local authority in Kenya. Every local authority and by extension, the Government, are the main people who flout our labour laws. Many people are called casuals and work for local authorities for years on end. When they are classified as casuals, they go without a lot of amenities from medical, leave ... view
• 25 Oct 2011 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. While fully agreeing with your sentiments, I am just wondering because this Question is directed to the Ministry of Agriculture. The SGR are under the Ministry of State for Special Programmes. Would it be in order to ask the Speaker to consider having the Question answered by the Prime Minister who is the coordinator of Government business, so that the answer to policy, which the Assistant Minister has been unable to give, can be addressed sufficiently? That way, the issue of buying every available food from our farmers will be sufficiently answered. view
• 25 Oct 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, we are all aware that the Ekuru led team provided the names to the Prime Minister and the President for the setting up of IEBC. To date, Parliament has not received the names from the two principals. Being the Ministry concerned, is he aware of the reasons for the delay or are they waiting for time to elapse so as to justify the amendment of the Constitution? view
• 25 Oct 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I have heard the Assistant Minister trying to say why there are disparities; I think he very well knows that there are two issues. One is the husbandry which goes to quality and the other is governance. Poor governance leads to heavy recurrent expenditure. Could he inform the House what he is doing to ensure that governance is improved, not just at the factories but also at the KTDA which is the agency that manages all the farms, and that they support services to the farmers to reduce the costs, the same way the Government does for ... view
• 25 Oct 2011 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Is the Assistant Minister in order to discourage sub-division of land in tea growing areas while knowing very well that small-scale tea growing is a success story in this country beyond the large farms? Is he in order to mislead the House? view
• 25 Oct 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, while thanking the Assistant Minister for the answer, he has said that Ngarimara lies in Igembe. I want him to confirm to the House whether this has been the case since the Boundaries Review Commission which took place a year ago. He should also confirm that councilors from Ngarimara are councilors of Isiolo Municipality and not of Igembe or Maua. He should also state whether the Government is unable to keep security in Isiolo, noting that as of the time I asked for the Ministerial Statement, 39 people had died and since I asked for the Statement, ... view