Martha Karua

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 871 to 880 of 2953.

• 25 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I oppose this particular amendment. If you look at it in the Anti-Corruption and Economic Crimes Act, it is about protection of public property and revenue. Why would we want to delete a clause that protects public property and revenue during investigations? To that extent, I oppose this particular amendment. I totally oppose the deletion of that clause. view
• 25 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I beg to support and reiterate Article 76 (2) of the Constitution which is in force right now. It says: “A State officer shall not maintain a bank account outside Kenya, except in accordance with this Act.” This Act is, therefore, an Act of Parliament which we are now enacting. Those who are saying they are waiting for legislation, this is such legislation. I want to say this--- view
• 25 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Chairlady, would you protect me from hecklers! view
• 25 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I will withdraw and apologize because I want to finish my contribution. It will be noted that almost all State officers or a majority of those who have bank accounts abroad have come by their money through abuse of their offices. Most of the scandals in this country are by State officers who are in positions of authority. Whether it is Goldenberg, Anglo-leasing; any scandal is by State officers. This is meant to protect Kenyans from those who are fiddling. Those who are having money abroad, especially State officers, it is not about their children. It ... view
• 25 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: I beg to support. view
• 25 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Chairlady, unless hon. Kimunya is not in a position to fully appreciate the English language, I said “almost all” and I said that all scandals in Kenya have State officers as their chief architects. This is how money has been siphoned. If that is how he is challenging, then I can tell him that even the cases pending for extradition are about State officers. Ango Leasing and Goldenberg are cases about State officers. There is nothing to withdraw. I said “almost all”. Anybody with better statistics than mine can lay them on the Table and I will ... view
• 25 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Chairlady, he seems to suggest that he has, because I had not named any names. I hope there will be a further suggestion in the case of Triton. view
• 25 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I would want you to go to the HANSARD to see clearly that I said “almost all”. I did not name any name. There is an English saying that “the guilty are afraid”. I have not named a single soul because I actually do not know who has an account and who does not have. So, I have said that in almost all scandals, actually all, State officers are involved. If there is a State officer who knows something about it, we are happy to know. view
• 25 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. While congratulating the Minister, I want to lament that the House has passed a much weaker statute than the one we had before. This Constitution is supposed to improve governance and the capacity of this country to fight corruption and impunity. This House has fallen short of the threshold in the Constitution. We have even failed to adequately provide for the transition and to ensure that the investigation files and all records are intact and passed on to the next Commission. It is sad that sometimes we are doing legislation and we are ... view
• 24 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, we will take one hour and we should try to share the time. view