Martha Karua

All parliamentary appearances

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• 26 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, while I support the amendment, I wish to propose a further amendment to it. view
• 26 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, thank you for your permission. I would like to propose a further amendment to this clause:- I beg to move: THAT, we substitute the word “shall” after the word “Commission” with the word “may”. view
• 26 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: The reason is that the Commission can be rendered in-operable due to procedures. So, if we put the word “may”, we still have directed it to co-operate, but we have left some flexibility to move. I truly hope that Dr. Nuh who proposed this amendment will agree with that flexibility. view
• 26 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I am persuaded by my colleague, hon. M. Kilonzo, that nobody registers twice by mistake. Even where you are totally illiterate, it does not equal to being not knowledgeable or intelligent. Therefore, we should be obliging the clerks to put the question to anybody coming to register: Have you registered anywhere else again? We cannot cure this by allowing people to pretend that they registered because they did not know. The onus is on the members who want seats. Those of us who campaign for people to register, the onus is ours to educate them. However, ... view
• 26 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: No! No! view
• 26 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir. view
• 26 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, we are just pleading with you because this issue has generated a lot of interest. We are pleading with you to let the House ventilate and that the time we have utilized was utilized, first, in passing the first two amendments which you separated. The actual time on this has not been much. I want to plead with the Chair that let the majority eventually have their way but allow the minority to have their say. view
• 26 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I want Members to know that a mischievous opponent can print as though you are the one printing and dirty your name all over. Why we are asking the printer to have his name and address is because he is the one who will be able to tell us that this material was brought by hon. M. Kilonzo and not by hon. Karua. So, we are protecting ourselves as well as the printer. We are not criminalizing it, but we want to trace where the material came from. I beg to support. view
• 26 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I think that we need sobriety in this debate. We need to remember that the Constitution has its guiding principles in the electoral process. One of the guiding principles in the electoral process is the issue of gender equality. There is also the principle that not more than two-thirds of any gender should occupy elective positions. It should, therefore, be the duty of this House in crafting laws to come up with a law that will help us to reach there. What this clause is intended to do is to put an obligation on political ... view
• 26 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I would like to ask those who are shouting to be patient. This is a House of debate, a market-place of ideas and one should wait to hear the idea and not just to pre-empt the idea. view