George Peter Opondo Kaluma

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 5171 to 5180 of 6196.

• 15 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. I oppose the amendments by the Leader of the Majority Party. These offices we are mentioning are either commissions with clear mandate under the Constitution or independent offices like the Office of the DPP. The DPP’s office has a limited range of functions and they do not include law making which is the mandate of law reform or law reporting. The DPP prosecutes people for matters crime. view
• 15 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: That is why I think we should not only drop the DPP but also the Judicial Service Commission. If you look at the Constitution in terms of the JSC’s mandate you will question what it would be doing in the Law Reform Commission. Even if it is the one representing the Judiciary, as the Leader of the Majority Party purports the Law Reform Commission proposes amendments of laws which are effected by this Parliament. The Judiciary generally interprets and implements those laws. The JSC deals with recruitment, discipline and transfer of judicial officers. What would it be doing there surely? ... view
• 13 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: I found it at the place I am sitting. I apologise. I want to speak as myself. view
• 13 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for the judicious exercise of discretion. I come from a constituency which is deeply associated with fish. We may be forgetting but we have the capacity as a country to be the nation exporting fish to other countries. People think we are only talking about fish from our lakes and internal water bodies, which are several, but we are forgetting that our exclusive economic zone in the country is over 200 nautical miles into the sea. I joined the team of Kenyans, as a lawyer on law of the sea, which delimited the maritime ... view
• 7 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. How we dress in this House is not a light matter. My concern is that each time this matter has come up, the House treats it lightly. I have seen MPs coming into this House in black jeans trousers. If we continue this way, I fear that we will not be distinguished from people who transact businesses other than what we transact here. This is why the Standing Orders prescribe The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard ... view
• 7 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: how we should dress. I fear that we are lowering our standards and soon will be mistaken for an institution other than Parliament when we transact business. In as much as we say that Hon. Sankok is now properly dressed, there is a good reason as to why the Standing Orders define our dressing. I am not talking about colours. You can wear any colour. The clothes or the attire you put on in this House must be defined by what is in the Standing Orders. I fear we may take it lightly. The Leader of the Majority Party said ... view
• 7 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. Two weeks ago, we had a meeting with your Petitioner as Members of the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs. Maybe, in another Petition, which also sought to reduce the age for the membership of the Law Society of Kenya in the Judicial Service Commission, this Petition was also attached. So, I bring it to the attention of the House that this is a matter we dealt with substantially. I take it that it is a matter we will be re-doing because it was not separately put forth. There is a way in which ... view
• 7 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: Allow me to say that the Law Society of Kenya is just one of the organisations we have established under the statute. Unlike others, the Law Society of Kenya has some public obligations like to protect the administration of justice and others. In as much as there is huge clamour nationally that we should open up qualifications to anybody who wants anything, the Law Society of Kenya needs to begin thinking whether they would be wise to have the president of the Law Society of Kenya, who, for instance, has practised law for one year or less. There is good ... view
• 7 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: The president of the Law Society of Kenya appoints many arbitrators, if you remember. Many arbitration clauses will say that if there is a dispute, the president should appoint an arbitrator. How do you entrust the position of the president to a person who has practised for less 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
• 7 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: than15 years? There is wisdom in the stipulated experience. The Petitioner needs to talk to members of the Society to see the wisdom in the amendment we proffered last time. view