George Peter Opondo Kaluma

All parliamentary appearances

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• 9 Nov 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I stand to second the Bill. This Bill comes from the Constitution Implementation Oversight Committee (CIOC). All we are seeking is to reduce unnecessary expenditure around commissions. Article 59 creates the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights. Article 59 (4) states that Parliament is empowered to create other commissions, and not to split the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights. People may ask why we are seeking to remerge commissions or collapse the National Gender and Equality Commission back to Kenya National Human Rights and Equality Commission. One, we currently have the Kenya National Commission on ... view
• 9 Nov 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, if you look at the various provisions of the Constitution singling out the various segments or sections of our society which require specific protection, you will realise that we have the youth, persons with disabilities and older persons. The rights of these people are now rights specifically provided for. By creating a commission specific to gender, there is now legitimate clamour from these other segments of the society singled out as beneficiaries of critical rights to have their own commission, so that it will be legitimate if you have the National Gender and Equality Commission, then the group ... view
• 9 Nov 2021 in National Assembly: Commission. It is legitimate. If we continue that way, we will have the youth clamouring for a commission independent of Kenya National Commission on Human Rights and Equality Commission. You remember a short while ago when we were debating the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) Bill, there was a proposal that independent of Article 59 (4), we have a youth commission created. The danger we are running into is that we will have a youth commission, a national gender and equality commission, a persons with disabilities commission, a commission dealing with minorities and marginalised groups, a separate commission dealing with older ... view
• 9 Nov 2021 in National Assembly: I thank you, Hon. Speaker. For Hon. Janet’s’ favour, I read the provisions of Article 59 (1). The commission it establishes is the Kenya National Human Rights and Equality Commission. Hon. Janet, as a senior lawyer to me, understands that what we have is not so named. It is called the Kenya National Human Rights Commission. That is why I am saying the first intent of the Bill is indeed to correct the error in that nomenclature because Kenya National Commission on Human Rights is not what the Constitution establishes. This is not a commission being established by an Act ... view
• 9 Nov 2021 in National Assembly: 56. You have older members of society under Article 57. People have been asking why we have people like Dr. Oburu Odinga in EALA and not a youth. They do not know that, that is also a special category protected by the Constitution. The point I was making is that the way to approach it better is to have Kenya National Human Rights and Equality Commission as rightly established under the Constitution and then you have departments under the commission dealing with these specialised sections of the society. If you do not, calling it the National Gender and Equality Commission ... view
• 9 Nov 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I do not want to water down the good arguments advanced by the Chairman of the Committee, Hon. Kioni, while moving. I beg to second and I urge Members to support the Bill. view
• 21 Oct 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, I beg to withdraw this Question for the reason that I am a Member of the Justice and Legal Affairs Committee (JLAC). While the Question was pending, I engaged the Commission together with the Committee and the subject matter is already being addressed. view
• 21 Oct 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, I beg to withdraw this Question for the reason that I am a Member of the Justice and Legal Affairs Committee (JLAC). While the Question was pending, I engaged the Commission together with the Committee and the subject matter is already being addressed. view
• 13 Oct 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I beg to give notice of the following Motion: 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
• 13 Oct 2021 in National Assembly: THAT, this House adopts the Report of the Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning on the Public Petition No. 39 of 2021 regarding review of abnormal increments in prices of petroleum and petroleum products in the country and public petition No. 40 of 2021 regarding amendments to the Finance Act, 2018 in order to address the drastic increase in prices of petroleum and petroleum products, laid on the Table of the House on Tuesday, 12th October 2021. I thank you. view