Hon Martha Wangari

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 5701 to 5710 of 6328.

• 7 Oct 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I rise to second this Motion that has been ably moved by our Chairman. Despite knowing that KQ has had numerous issues in terms of profitability, our mandate as a Committee is limited in terms of what to look at. We were to ensure that this legal notice conforms to the law, that is, the Income Tax Act, the Statutory Instruments Act and the Constitution. Having gone through the legal notice and having listened to the Cabinet Secretary, we know that by law this is not strictly classified as a statutory instrument. But the Notice in ... view
• 7 Oct 2021 in National Assembly: Government parastatals can look at it with a view of ensuring that they encourage or offer good packages when it comes to retrenchment of staff so that people can start life afresh. With those few remarks, I beg to second. view
• 29 Sep 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I know we have been waiting to contribute to this very important Bill. But, noting that it may not come on the Order Paper any other time and there is concurrence on debate, I rise on Standing Order No. 95 to ask the Mover to reply. view
• 29 Sep 2021 in National Assembly: The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 29 Sep 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I also rise to add my voice to this very important Bill. I am actually very proud that Hon. Keter comes from Nakuru County. We are proud of you because you are one of the people who have come to this House to represent the youth and you have done exactly that. If you want to know how big this problem is, look at this scenario: Recently, the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) announced recruitment of clerks for registration. We had young people who are holders of master’s degrees applying for this position ... view
• 28 Sep 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I also rise to join my colleagues in supporting this Petition. The education sector in this country has been having very serious issues. I think the impact would be felt several years to come. I join my colleagues to say that this programme needs to be well thought out. On one side is the issue of teachers having to commit the already overcommitted salary. They have loans they are servicing and they cannot spare any more money. Already they are asking us to support them with bursaries while we cannot even support the population of our ... view
• 23 Sep 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I rise to second this Report without adding much to what my Chairman has moved. I want to give a background on these regulations. I think this is the problem because the IEBC started with pure mischief to label this House as incompetent or not willing to do its work. We were able to unearth the issues we have raised here and our role in this was very clear. We were to check if there is conformity with the Statutory Instruments Act and the Constitution; to know if they infringed on any fundamental rights and freedoms ... view
• 23 Sep 2021 in National Assembly: When we held a meeting with the IEBC, it is good to go on record that the first time they wrote to Parliament was 25th July. This was received in Parliament by the Clerk on 28th July and they did not attach the Regulations at all. They had attached the proposed Bill which they sent to the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs. The Clerk wrote back and requested the IEBC to submit the actual Regulations. It is on 5th August that they submitted the Regulations that were published in 2016. We followed them and I remember in the ... view
• 23 Sep 2021 in National Assembly: They had a legal team and came with a whole battalion of lawyers who were asked by the Committee why they did so. This is because they had five years to submit these Regulations. So, why did they wait to come running the last minute? These Regulations are very unique. Normally, if regulations are passed at the Committee level, we do not bring them to the House. In fact, we do not need to bring them to the House before publishing. But these ones by their very unique nature have to be brought to the House before publishing. Even if ... view
• 23 Sep 2021 in National Assembly: However, from the IEBC end, I think it was clear that either they did not want these Regulations or they actually wanted to just play mischief with the Regulations to paint Parliament in bad light to look like we are the ones who are not agreeing with the Regulations. That being said, what it meant then is that by 9th August 2021, the IEBC should have already conformed to all the legalities. It should have brought those Regulations here before publishing them. It should have done proper public participation. The public participation record that was brought to the Committee was ... view