George Peter Opondo Kaluma

All parliamentary appearances

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• 17 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: There is a sub-committee which was created with the understanding of the Committee for efficacy to be in charge of petitions, questions and Bills. That is where even the statement request by my brother falls. I am in that sub-committee with my brother, Hon. Didmus Barasa, who is the Vice-Chair in that internal committee arrangement. view
• 17 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 17 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: How can he be crying to the House over a matter he should be dealing with even in my absence as the Vice-Chair? I do not think we are proceeding in the right direction. He is the Vice-Chair of that sub-committee which deals with questions, Bills and Statements. view
• 17 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, there are other Members of this Committee including Hon. Mbai. We met as a Committee and that was the first item we transacted, not informally, but on the HANSARD. We are saying that Members of Parliament are claiming that the Departmental Committee on Administration and National Security are delaying. Hon. Didmus Barasa will confirm to you that following the division of the Committee into sub-committees, all Bills which were pending before the Committee were transacted in one retreat. Today, we are dealing with Questions. The problem with our brother is that he comes technically and leaves, but this ... view
• 8 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I am grateful they are taking the issues in that Statement seriously. I have been told that, so far, about three of the interdicted teachers have passed on. I think there are associated challenges, but this is something to investigate. I would be grateful if a timeline was given. So, we do not let the TSC to sit on the matter for eternity. If you could indulge them maybe two weeks maximum, I would be grateful. This is a matter that is causing a lot of anxiety within the education sector. view
• 1 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: On a point of information. view
• 1 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Hon. Speaker. view
• 1 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: I thank you, Hon. Speaker and Members. For the short time we have deliberated on the Motion, the issue of KRA came up. I am only bringing to the attention of our colleagues a decision which was made recently by a bench of the High Court. You remember a short while ago we had elections for the Judicial Service Commission (JSC). Mr. Tom Ojienda was being blocked from contesting to be a member of the JSC and the reason was that KRA had not cleared him. He did not have a tax compliance certificate. I draw this matter to the ... view
• 1 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: the certificate of good conduct are administrative requirements. They are not set out in any law as disqualifying factors when you are seeking appointment to serve in any body. view
• 1 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: Two, the High Court in that matter stated that because they are mere administrative requirements but not in law, they are also open to a lot of abuse. I beg Members to listen because this matter is important to me. I want to draw this matter to your attention to just remind you that these people who are seeking elective or appointive offices to serve in the public bodies are like you tomorrow. You will be approaching nomination and on the last nomination day which is Friday, you will be told by KRA that you should pay Kshs100 million. You ... view