George Peter Opondo Kaluma

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 4521 to 4530 of 6196.

• 8 Jul 2021 in National Assembly: We had a slight change in the Committee secretariat. You remember the head of the secretariat moved. That is the only reason we are not tabling it today, but it will be ready in the next time the House is sitting even if it were to be tomorrow. view
• 8 Jul 2021 in National Assembly: Yes, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I beg to move: THAT, Clause 3 of the Bill be amended — (a) in the proposed new section 29(1) by — (ii) deleting the proposed new subsection (2) and substituting therefor the following new subsections — (2) A person may apply to the court for declaration as a dependant for purposes of this Act if the person— (a) cohabited with the deceased for a period of at least seven years prior to the deceased’s death; The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can ... view
• 8 Jul 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, if I would be allowed to make a further amendment there it is three years prior to the deceased's death. view
• 8 Jul 2021 in National Assembly: Yes, seven to three years. view
• 8 Jul 2021 in National Assembly: In fact it is a family matter we... view
• 8 Jul 2021 in National Assembly: Yes. (i) in the proposed new section 29(1) by — (ii) deleting the proposed new subsection (2) and substituting therefor the following new subsections — (2) A person may apply to the court for declaration as a dependant for purposes of this Act if the person— (b) is reputed by the family of the deceased as having been in such cohabitation; and (c) was being maintained by the deceased prior to his or her death. Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, this amendment is informed by the contributions made on the Floor. I am abandoning the initial amendments because after consultations they ... view
• 8 Jul 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I started by indicating that the amendments indicated on the Order Paper all stand withdrawn. There was a subsequent amendment approved by the Speaker and I am told that it is being circulated. I am sorry, Hon. Millie, this is coming late. This is so that we have only one amendment affecting sub clause (2). view
• 8 Jul 2021 in National Assembly: Do you have it already? view
• 8 Jul 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Members, I know we are in the Committee of the whole House and thank you Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman for the indulgence because this is a very important Bill affecting society and the family. Hon. Millie you will inform me. Just give me a minute I explain to them. Hon. Members, first unlike the position of the law, we have defined “spouse” which has been abused to mean anybody who claims to have been depending on you, to have the meaning assigned to it to the word “husband” and “wife” under the Marriage Act. So, we have made a ... view
• 8 Jul 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, in my case, my mother is wedded in church but we are in a polygamous family. It will necessarily qualify as bigamy but these stepmothers of mine live with my mum in the same compound. Can we wake up because of this law of succession to say they are disentitled completely? This is affecting even Members here. So, we agreed that if cohabitation, what we call marriage by reputation under the Evidence Act, can be established where there is evidence of maintenance and these people were reputed by the families and not friends, that they can ... view