George Peter Opondo Kaluma

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 5061 to 5070 of 6196.

• 23 Jul 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I want to thank you because under your leadership since we started this Parliament under the new Constitution, I have never seen this House on any single occasion other than in giving the approvals contemplated under the Constitution, seek to transact the matter of the County Allocation of Revenue Bill. When this House exercises its legislative mandate, the Constitution says the National Assembly enacts legislation in accordance with the Constitution. The Senate participates in the lawmaking function relating to Bills concerning counties. So far, we do not have a statute defining this participation whether by the Senate or ... view
• 23 Jul 2019 in National Assembly: Are we redoing the Division of Revenue Bill because the Supreme Court another time said on an advisory opinion that this can be transacted between the two Houses against the clear stipulation of the Constitution? In my view we would be ceding much of the authority. I do not think the people of Kenya were fools. There is a reason as to why the Division of Revenue is the only law mentioned by name under Article 95 of the Constitution. My thinking is that this is such a serious Bill to expose to the possibility of disagreement between the two ... view
• 23 Jul 2019 in National Assembly: because we will not be able to do much. I request for directions at that opportune moment when that second Bill is moved. Thank you. view
• 4 Jul 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, although this matter has been raised by the Member for Funyula, it is a matter concerning Lake Victoria. So, I want to request, through you, that the response that is to come should be alive to the fact that the Question is affecting so many people beyond Funyula. In fact, we know there is a ban and it is affecting everybody. The nature of the Lake is that it is a frontier for many constituencies, including mine. So, could the response be alive to that reality when it comes? view
• 3 Jul 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I thank you for giving me the opportunity to add my voice to this important Motion. This Motion is taking our time this morning because the baby whom the people of Kenya created in 2010 in our Constitution and named the Senate has refused to grow. So, we are now forced to push the growth of this baby and bring some understanding to the reason we have it. view
• 3 Jul 2019 in National Assembly: Kenya is a representative democracy. We are a Republic. That is the reason we are talking about the sovereign power belonging to the people under Article 1 of the Constitution. If you look at Article 93 of the Constitution after you have looked at Article 1(2) of the Constitution which says that the people can exercise that power directly or through their elected representatives, you will know where Parliament comes in as the elected representatives of the people. Article 93 of the Constitution establishes the Parliament of Kenya. Article 93(1) of the Constitution says that there is one Parliament of ... view
• 3 Jul 2019 in National Assembly: Article 146(2)(b) provides that when there is a vacancy in both Office of the President and the Office of the Deputy President - God forbid - the Speaker of the National Assembly shall take over as the President of the Republic. So, the debate we have been having about which is the upper House and which is the lower House is moot. view
• 3 Jul 2019 in National Assembly: As a House of Representatives, the law, as common sense, requires that there must be some number to begin business in either House of Parliament and to transact business particularly when voting takes place. That is why we have Article 121 of the Constitution. You would not question why we put it there. We need a particular number of representatives to make a decision to begin business and to transact business that binds the people of Kenya. That is why under Article 94(5) of the Constitution – which is the supreme law of the land - says that no body ... view
• 3 Jul 2019 in National Assembly: Article 121 of the Constitution clearly states that for us to transact business, quorum must be 50 Members of the National Assembly seated and 15 Members of the Senate seated. Just this morning, the whole nation noted that when we came in, due to our other representation roles and the numbers were not sufficient, the Quorum Bell was rung. The Bell was rung to remind all The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 3 Jul 2019 in National Assembly: Members of Parliament that despite the other roles that they could be engaged in on behalf of their people, they should come to the Assembly because there are decisions to be made here which would bind the people of Kenya. Standing Order No.34 says that the Quorum Bell will be rung for ten minutes and if the quorum is not realised, it will be rung again for five minutes. There is a reason for that. That number has to be present for Parliament to be convened. view