Martha Karua

All parliamentary appearances

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• 17 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, if I understand this amendment, the word “four” is being deleted and the word “eight” is being substituted. We need to be very careful. We reduced the Government to 24 Ministries and we then cannot have a burden on the Ex-chequer by not only increasing the number of Commissions, but also putting the heavy burden of many Commissioners. This Commission having been split from the Kenya National Human Rights Commission, we ought to really limit the Commissioners to four instead of eight. I want to really persuade the Minister so that we later can accommodate ... view
• 17 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: I oppose the amendment. view
• 17 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I rise to support the amendment. It is fairly straightforward and I think for a Secretary, what we need more is public administration. I support. view
• 17 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman Sir, I would like to plead with the hon. Minister to drop this amendment. I want to associate myself with the remarks of hon. Shebesh. It may worry the Minister that a human rights organization or a gender commission cannot, on its own, enter the premises. However, those are people who know their limits. You would expect that they would be in a partnership with law enforcement agencies. The Clause is a reserve power for situations that are really critical, and one such situation has been demonstrated. I would urge the amendment to be withdrawn. I ... view
• 17 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I want to once again persuade the Minister to withdraw this amendment. I actually oppose it on the ground that even in a matter that has been dealt with in court, if human rights of a person are at issue, the Commission can go in and investigate and check what is going on. You will recall that this Commission was together with the Human Rights Commission. Let us not forget that this is human rights work. It is not talking of restoring that old case; it is talking of a situation where even though the ... view
• 17 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I can see here five Ministers of Government. I am just wondering because this matter has been on the Order Paper for long, is it possible under the rules for the House to be extended, so that we dispose of this Bill also? The Government is fully represented by very able Ministers. view
• 16 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I support the amendment. view
• 16 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Chairperson, I think we are all talking about the same thing, but some Members are missing the point. The freedom of association is there and we must really stand for it. However, what is a political party? The Constitution does not define it and this proposed Bill, does not define it. However, in the current Political Parties Act, it is an association of like-minded people for purposes of capturing political power. If such an association then comes together in an alliance before the elections, they have lost the will to capture political power long before elections. The ... view
• 16 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I urge Members of this House not to look just for short-term solutions. If we are looking for a short-term solution in order to probe certain groupings, then we will go for the Minister’s amendment, but if we are looking for something to stand us in good stead, we will then take the Committee’s amendment. I want to remind this House that in 2007, in order to probe the PNU Coalition, because NARC-(K) had refused to go into joint nominations, we actually had to arrange to bring the political parties back here so as to put ... view
• 16 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I beg to support the amendment. view