George Peter Opondo Kaluma

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 4431 to 4440 of 6196.

• 5 Apr 2022 in National Assembly: We have provisions being suggested, for example, IBEC is to establish systems for live transmission of election results. Does the IEBC run the media? We already have provisions on freedom of the Press and freedom of access to information. My view is that whenever media houses want any results, they can approach the IEBC and the results will be relayed, or the IEBC can be recorded when they are releasing the results. When we obligate the IEBC to establish mechanisms for live transmission, are we saying that IEBC is going to establish some media to do that, or how do ... view
• 5 Apr 2022 in National Assembly: In the same provision we are being told that various courts had come up with some judgements. We do not sit as Parliament to legislate court decisions. Their judgements are already in place! We cannot be sitting as a Parliament to say: in Maina Kiai, this-and-that was said and put in law. There is the realm of law called judgement-law. In terms of electoral processes, those judgements we say are good form part of the laws in terms of case judgement-law. We cannot say that we are sieving judgement and picking out phrases to legislate so that we are in ... view
• 5 Apr 2022 in National Assembly: There is a provision which bars persons running as political party candidates from jumping to vie as Independent candidates. I have no problem with that provision. We in political parties do not want to allow people to waste our time then they jump ship. But, is it implementable? It is already done. So, in as much as we are thinking about it being a good law, it is not opportune to bother about it now because it can only apply in the future elections. By the time we are done with The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is ... view
• 5 Apr 2022 in National Assembly: this business, and the Senate be done with it, pray we do not go into Mediation Committee, people who want to jump having wasted our time in political parties would have jumped. So, some of these issues maybe good but they can wait. I am saying this to avoid a situation where we cause anxiety or suspicion about legislative processes at this critical election time. view
• 5 Apr 2022 in National Assembly: Save for a few who have read this Bill, people are asking what could be Parliament up to, and why now? Unless the Mover explains with greater substance and solidity, the legislative gap we are sealing, it is not justifiable we move the way we are doing. We are being told that we should be dealing with transfer of voters. Even that to me is a very good provision and I would want to support it the way it is. Look at it this way: the voter registration and transfer closed on 28th of last month. None of it is ... view
• 5 Apr 2022 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, with those few comments, I support. view
• 9 Feb 2022 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I rise to ask the Cabinet Secretary for Education the following Question: (i) Could the Cabinet Secretary explain the reasons behind the decision by the Kenya National Examinations Council to merge examination centres for purposes of hosting of primary and secondary schools national examinations? (ii) Did the Council take into account factors such as the long distances the candidates will have to travel, their safety and welfare of those with physical disabilities prior to making the said decision, particularly for candidates in day secondary schools and primary schools? (iii) What measures has the Ministry instituted ... view
• 5 Jan 2022 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady. Hon. Members, in the last election we had the NASA Coalition. I am using it as an example. Parties came together and agreed on a candidate but, by law, the candidate was sponsored 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
• 5 Jan 2022 in National Assembly: by ODM because the coalition could not field him as its own candidate. Despite the coalition bringing together many parties, the candidate vied as an ODM candidate. The same was the case for the Jubilee Party in 2013 where they had TNA and URP. Ultimately, President Kenyatta was on the ballot papers as The National Alliance (TNA) candidate yet there was convergence in mind with United Republic Party (URP). What we are doing is to ensure that when parties agree to form a coalition, they should field a candidate without subduing him/her under the mother political party. There is no ... view
• 5 Jan 2022 in National Assembly: Lastly, we have been blackmailed unnecessarily for far too long about what the High Court will do. The High Court does not exercise supervisory jurisdiction over Parliament. It only looks at the constitutional provisions to ascertain whether contested provisions of a statute are constitutional or otherwise. Parliament is equal to the High Court in rank. So, the threat that we should be looking at what the High Court is doing should not suffice. We should not suffer this blackmail. view