George Peter Opondo Kaluma

All parliamentary appearances

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• 13 Oct 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. As the House is aware, I engaged the leadership of the PIC on how best to address the amendments. In the course of those discussions, we realised that the Public Procurement and Asset Disposal Regulations, 2020 which the Committee recommends to be promulgated under their recommendation No.1, had been gazetted and came into force. That necessitates that recommendation No.1 be deleted. I agree with the Committee to that extent. view
• 13 Oct 2020 in National Assembly: That acknowledgement by the Committee has some ramifications on recommendation No.2. There are Regulations 21 and 22 of Public Procurement and Asset Disposal Regulations, 2020, which deal with the matter of debarment, how it is initiated and proceeded with. I discussed this with the leadership of the Committee. Essentially, I have no problem with the manner in which they drafted or re-did recommendation No.2. I only take solace in the fact that a look at those regulations entitle whatever entity to be disbarred to some formalised hearing. There are a lot both in the Act from Section 115 to those ... view
• 13 Oct 2020 in National Assembly: The amendment I had preferred to recommendation No.5 before I met the Committee is not adequate to cure what the House is now dealing with. If you look at my amendment, you will note that I still mention the Director of Criminal Investigations. We had agreed that we should single out a body which should investigate appropriately. When you look at the end of my proposed amendment, I also fall short in the same manner. I propose that the Report of the Committee should come back to the National Assembly. In our subsequent discussions with the Chair of the Committee, ... view
• 13 Oct 2020 in National Assembly: We should give the Committee time. I do know where Hon. Kajwang’, who is now raising these matters, was when the Committee came up with these recommendations. I now know that he is a Member of the Committee. I am doing this when we are anxious that this matter should end. We should give the Committee time to consider the matter tomorrow. Then, we say that we have to conclude this Motion on Thursday. The Committee will sit and do their technical clean-up. We will come to support them straightaway as an oversight Committee of this House. That is my ... view
• 13 Oct 2020 in National Assembly: I thank you, Hon. Speaker. view
• 13 Oct 2020 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, the position I had given to the House when I committed to engage the Committee was that if we can come to an agreement with the Committee on the substance of the amendments, then there would be no reason on my part to continue with my amendments. In that case, Hon. Speaker, I did not just communicate that fact on the Floor of the House, but I also remember I wrote to your Office saying that if the Committee can carry my thinking forward, then I would have no reason to stand in its way. view
• 13 Oct 2020 in National Assembly: We are in a situation where there are a few challenges. I request that if we are to stand down our amendments, let us have the Committee do its work. If I am accommodated, well and good. If not, I will be moving further amendments to my Report. I am still concerned on the drafting of some drawings and this is something I spoke to the Chairman just to make it more pointed. I request that if you are standing it down, you do that so that everybody who has concerns about the recommendations can harmonise them with Committee. If ... view
• 13 Oct 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. view
• 13 Oct 2020 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, that is why I explained that if you look at my proposal on how to amend Recommendation (v), I said that my version is even worse than that of the Committee because I was still mentioning the DCI. So, that needs to go out so that this can be investigated by a single body that Parliament can properly oversee in doing it. I was just picking with Hon. Abdullswamad and I agreed that if there is any place where the report of the investigations ought to go, then it should be to the DPP for appropriate action. The ... view
• 13 Oct 2020 in National Assembly: I have a problem with Recommendation (iv) as drafted. I was asking, "Is it even a recommendation?” That was my first annoyance with it. We have the first part of the 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