Martha Karua

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 961 to 970 of 2953.

• 2 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, we are aware that, in order to protect their nationals, other countries have agreements on salaries, standards, policies on the treatment of their workers and ratified contracts. Could the Assistant Minister give a timeframe as to when Kenya will conclude negotiations in order to protect our nationals, and state when he will repatriate the girls he has been told are now in a camp in Riyadh? view
• 2 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: On a point of information, Mr. Speaker, Sir. view
• 2 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I would just let the Assistant Minister know that apart from The Counter-Trafficking in Persons Act, there are United Nations (UN) Conventions which have provisions against slavery. Those UN Conventions can guide on the agreements that the Government may make. So, there should be no excuse for not expediting the matter. view
• 2 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Following your timely advice to the Assistant Minister, would it be in order for me to request you to order him to report to the House on the action taken within 90 days? view
• 2 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, thank you for noticing all that. Could the Assistant Minister tell us, now that he says that the monies have not been utilized and are being held to develop the Lamu Port, what was the expense of the Government in selling this hotel in terms of valuation fees, legal fees and any other expenses? What fund was utilized to pay these expenses? view
• 2 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: On a point of information, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. view
• 2 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would like to inform the hon. Minister that NARC Kenya is not yet a beneficiary. It is a beneficiary of a ruling, but the Registrar stubbornly continues to refuse to disburse the funds to us. view
• 2 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to congratulate the Minister for moving this Bill, which is in line with the new Constitution and attempts – a very poor attempt – to implement the new Constitution. I want to call this Bill a very poor copy of the current Political Parties Act. You know that if a used carbon paper is used to make a copy, it gives a very poor copy. This is a very poor copy, but I laud the attempt because the Bill is now in our hands. We must make something out of it. view
• 2 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: What does the Constitution say in Article 91? One of the things it asks parties to observe is gender equity and equality. This poor carbon copy removes the safeguards in the existing Political Parties Act on issues of gender, where funding is tied to parties complying with the gender quota of one third. We had The Political Parties Act in place before we passed the new Constitution. To have a Bill passed after the promulgation of the new Constitution removing those safeguards is an atrocity, and this House must rise to the occasion. We must restore those provisions and move ... view
• 2 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, Article 97, in relation to the election of County Members, provides that no more than two thirds of one gender shall be in the County Assembly. This Bill, moving forward, must provide for the mechanism through which this provision for gender balance will be achieved by requiring political parties, in the nominations list they take to the Registrar, to ensure that no more than two thirds of the candidates nominated to fight for political office are of the same gender. How the parties will arrive at such a mechanism is an issue they can debate ... view