George Peter Opondo Kaluma

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 5111 to 5120 of 6196.

• 3 Apr 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, with the greatest respect to the Leader of the Majority Party, the President of the Republic of Kenya is the Commander-In-Chief of the Defence Forces but not the NPS, which is under the National Police Service Commission. It is a service. It is no longer a force. I do not think that should come from the Leader of the Majority Party. We should not leave it on record. It should be corrected and expunged. view
• 3 Apr 2019 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Hon. Speaker. view
• 3 Apr 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I thank you. I desired to seek your intervention to give us direction on a matter affecting the operations of Members of Parliament, and more so those Members proposing pieces of legislation. view
• 3 Apr 2019 in National Assembly: Under our procedures, if you had a Bill, that Bill goes before a committee for pre- publication scrutiny. Parliament must have noted that there is no timeline for the committees to treat the process of pre-publication scrutiny. We have very good ideas. A number of colleagues came to Parliament and have taken time to develop Bills. Many of those proposals are stuck in various departmental committees and select committees without timelines. We do not know what to do. view
• 3 Apr 2019 in National Assembly: The other issue I have seen deals with legislative proposals relates to the parameters of a committee when undertaking the task. I have seen cases where when colleagues appear before departmental committees to find out what the legislative proposals are about, it is not clear how far a committee goes in terms of interrogating such matters with a particular Member. I was seeking direction. If, indeed, a legislative proposal does not conflict with any law and it is not against public policy, committees should avoid discussing the merit of such draft Bill as if we are debating in this Assembly. ... view
• 3 Apr 2019 in National Assembly: Thirdly, is a matter of conflict in terms of a committee’s position on a legislative proposal. We have had legislative proposals which had to pass through the Budget and Appropriations Committee for them to find out whether they are money Bills or not but you find that by the time that draft Bill gets to, for instance, the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs, the Budget and Appropriations Committee has recommended deletion of clauses 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 Apr 2019 in National Assembly: which have nothing to do with money. These are clauses which, in the judgement of the relevant departmental committee are at the core of the legislative proposal. view
• 3 Apr 2019 in National Assembly: I have in mind a proposal which was brought before the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs by the Member for Tharaka Nithi regarding reconstitution and reorganisation of the Government Printing Press. In this specific case, the Budget and Appropriations Committee went ahead to specify what the new corporation proposed in the Bill cannot publish. That is going beyond their role. I am seeking your direction now that we do not have it in the Standing Orders. Maybe, in future, we will propose to the Procedure and House Rules Committee to consider including it in the Standing Orders. As ... view
• 3 Apr 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. view
• 3 Apr 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I sit in the Departmental Committee on Administration and National Security and we signified our approval to the appointment of this nominee. Allow me to, therefore, register my gratitude and signify my accolades to His Excellency the President for making this nomination. This confirms to us, honourable colleagues, that his Excellency the President is, indeed, keen to integrate all Kenyan communities. You remember in the last Parliament if this appointment were coming it would have come from sections other than lower eastern. So, let me assure the President of our support on matters inclusivity and the ... view