Martha Karua

All parliamentary appearances

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• 26 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: I, therefore, beg to oppose. view
• 26 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Chairlady, that is not the correct position. The practice all over the world where there are party lists is that each party gives an exact number of seats, the reason being that no political party ever won elections 100 per cent in the history of this country. These seats are going to be shared maybe half or three- quarters. Therefore, what will happen is that, although you gave 12 seats and got six, you still have a bank. In the totally unlikely event that you deplete the number of people on your list, there is a mechanism ... view
• 26 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Where? view
• 26 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Chairlady, there is a procedure for replacing if the list is exhausted or somebody dies, resigns from the party or joins another political party. The procedure of replacing a list, just like in the case of a Member of Parliament, you are given 21 days. For the party list, you are given 21 days, and we went clause by clause, after elections. If you are already serving and the list is exhausted, assuming that you have replaced twice and your number is finished, you have 21 days when the Speaker calls you and you can replace the ... view
• 26 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, we are splitting hairs. That is because the Commission is obliged by the Constitution to hire its own staff. But this clause, which is a standard clause in all commissions, is to obligate the Government. view
• 26 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I want to plead with the hon. Member who has just moved the amendment to carefully look at the entire Clause. Thirty-per cent is only the threshold to make the petition accepted. Before the petition is accepted, someone will have to go to court to obtain an order from a court of law that the Member has been guilty of the violations set out. They will then have to get 30 per cent of the voters in the constituency. Once that petition is validated, a vote will be called in that constituency – sort of a ... view
• 26 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Therefore, I beg to oppose the amendment by hon. Koech and plead with him to withdraw it and leave the Committee’s amendment. view
• 26 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I oppose the amendment because we have raised the threshold of recall to a half of the registered voters. If we then allow a person recalled through such a rigorous means to run for elections, we are actually negating the right of recall. It would have been better if we allowed the recall to be 30 per cent and then you allow the person to contest. I urge hon. Members to also consider the feelings of the voters. If 50 per cent of the voters concur that you be recalled, I think in a just and ... view
• 26 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am just wondering whether there is any need of extending time, especially to pass unconstitutional legislation that does not recognize that “not more than two-thirds of an elected Chamber should be of the same gender”. It appears that we are moving in circles and the court will strike this legislation out and we will have to come back here to continue with the same thing. For those considerations, I do not think that this Motion is well considered. view
• 26 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: I oppose it. view