George Peter Opondo Kaluma

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• 30 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. This is a very serious matter. I would have wished for a shorter time than two weeks. Some of us still go to court. The administration of justice, particularly in those courts being presided over by persons sitting as judges within this group, is so badly affected. Just a short while ago, I was before one of those judges and a person who did not want to proceed just shot up and said: “I want you to recuse yourself. No ground. The President did not appoint you”. It gets that embarrassing. It is unjustly denying the ... view
• 30 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: We will see when it gets there. view
• 30 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. I beg to move: THAT, the Bill be amended in Clause 22(1) by inserting the following paragraph immediately after paragraph (j)— (ja) ensure there is public participation on a project; This is just to add a clause, so that one of the duties of a contracting authority is to ensure that public participation is conducted on a project. I beg to move. view
• 30 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. I am just recognising what Hon. Makali is saying, which you have also alluded to. Somebody must have responsibility, so that if it is not done, there is a place you can go to. Like in this case, we are saying the contracting authority will have the responsibility to conduct public participation. Everybody will assume that the other person will conduct public participation and then it ends up not being done. That should be part of the clarity to Hon. Makali. view
• 30 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. I beg to move: view
• 30 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: THAT, the Bill be amended in Clause 25— (a) by deleting subsection (2) and substituting therefor the following new subsection— (2) A contracting authority shall not submit a project list unless the projects are part of the national development agenda. (b) in subsection (4) by deleting the word “periodically” and substituting therefor the words “bi-annually”. This regards submission of projects lists to ensure that projects that are listed are part of the national development agenda so that if right now we are talking about the Big Four Agenda, and we have the national development priorities, we should not come up ... view
• 30 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: completely outside the national priorities and put it in the projects list. This is to ensure that the national Government is in line. We also seek to amend the Bill in Clause 25 as follows: (b) in subsection (4) by deleting the word “periodically” and substituting therefore the words “bi-annually”. “Periodically” is not a period. Therefore, we have decided to say “bi-annually” to specify the period. I beg to move. view
• 19 May 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. This is the happiest day of my life. The drug dealers in this country have only the assent of the President between them and the law. We have had cases where drug dealers easily pay the fine even if you put it at three times the value of the drugs they are caught with. Now, in addition to paying three times the value, they will be imprisoned for life. There will be peace now for our children around here. I am so pleased. I will say more at the Third Reading. I second. view
• 11 May 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise to support this report by the Committee. I want to thank the Chair, Hon. Kizito; the Vice-Chair, Hon. Jerusha; and members of this Committee. The matter they have brought is long overdue. One of the most misunderstood institutions is Parliament. The public feels we are overpaid and underworking. This is because the work that each Member does and the work that we do collectively do not get to be seen by the public. What the public sees is what the The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. ... view
• 11 May 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. The idea is that public collections will be licensed, whether online or physical. The idea is that we are introducing some form of authorization for them to happen so that the facility of public collections is not abused. Whether you will have a notice to gather people online or physically, you must get prior authority. view