George Peter Opondo Kaluma

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 5181 to 5190 of 6196.

• 7 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you. view
• 11 Oct 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker, for giving me the opportunity to address the House on the Petition. Let me start by thanking the young ambassadors for presenting this timely and important Petition. Let me also thank you on behalf of the National Assembly for permitting this important Petition and more so the petitioners to be allowed to step into the House to present it in person. The National Assembly takes this day very seriously. This is not something which is in the tradition of Parliament under the Constitution 2010. view
• 11 Oct 2018 in National Assembly: The Constitution 2010 places the family at the centre of society. When we legislated the Constitution 2010, Article 53 of the Constitution was dedicated to the rights of a child. Attempts have been made to amend the Children Act and the laws which are relevant to the protection of the children, and particularly the girl-child. Those efforts have not succeeded and have not placed the girl-child where she rightly belongs. Hon. Millie Odhiambo, Hon. Soipan Tuya and I made efforts in the 11th Parliament to put Article 53 of the Constitution under the Children Act. We lost it because of ... view
• 11 Oct 2018 in National Assembly: fathers can only take care of them if they sign a parental responsibility agreement with their mothers or have court orders. I ask Hon. Members to think about this properly. We have many mentally ill mothers, but who conceive children and give birth to them. Where do they get the mental faculty to sit with the fathers of these children to do the things we call parental responsibility or agreements or go to court against their fathers? I am saying this to remind the House that this Petition is timely because it calls on the House to reflect deeply on ... view
• 11 Oct 2018 in National Assembly: Today if you go to court, because of lapses in the sexual offences law, a person who deserves to be convicted for defiling a girl-child is excused on the ground that the girl-child looks mature and big anyway. Those are the things we need to look at. So, I request the Committee to which you have remitted this important Petition to look at the entire gamut of laws and secure it. Members who could have ideas on how to better the protection of the girl-child beyond just mere legislative interventions should also attend Committee meetings. view
• 11 Oct 2018 in National Assembly: There are some other things we need to think in the context of that Committee beyond just necessary legal amendments. Free primary education is a policy of this Government but we have not questioned how the girl-child will in particular realise that right. You will talk about free primary education for the boy-child and the girl-child. Because we have girls who are maturing or moving towards adulthood, there are issues that face them that if we do not give the necessary facilities something that moves them to maturity – I am being careful in terms of my language because of ... view
• 11 Oct 2018 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I thank the presenters of this Petition. I assure them that at my level, because you have given the assurance on behalf of the House, I will be in the Committee to do the work that the Petition calls upon the National Assembly to undertake. view
• 11 Oct 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. view
• 4 Oct 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker, for allowing me to make a rejoinder to the Petition by the Kenyan citizen. The Citizen Newspaper is scandalising everybody across Kenya. I am aware, as an advocate, that there are so many awards against the newspaper which are not capable of execution. 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
• 4 Oct 2018 in National Assembly: As a Kenyan and Member of Parliament, I have been scandalised by the newspaper. For them to serve summons is a problem. I want to request that this matter be remitted to that Committee jointly with the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs. This is because it concerns enforcement of court judgments against a party which continues to interfere with other people’s reputation. Therefore, I urge that for this matter, you should also consider involving the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs. view