George Peter Opondo Kaluma

All parliamentary appearances

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• 12 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: Yes. The only research you see when you move towards Moi’s Bridge. There are some issues happening there that can only be sustained through research. The kind of research we do not want to legitimise here is this research where they come and say, “if you are short, you are not fit to join them”. In the last recruitment in my constituency, they decided that you cannot be a military man if you had one tooth off. These are things they are already doing. In as much as we do not want them to unduly restrict people, I want to ... view
• 12 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: Yes, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. The idea that the term of a serving Chief of Defence Forces can be extended by law in times of war is very dangerous, if we do not define war as when KDF is engaged actively with the enemy of the State. Remember, this is the person who commands his team to go to war. We must encourage a situation like what happened with the immediate former Chief Justice, Mutunga. You can leave office in good time. On the idea that you can create some emergency, it is worse when you say emergency without defining ... view
• 12 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: For those purposes unless the Chair is making those clarifications and specifications, it is not good to have a situation where people think that even those wars we are fighting as a country cannot be fought without them. The Chief of Defence Forces is just one person. We have a whole chain of command down there. Let them go home when their time comes. This mentality we are borrowing from other African nations has to stop. I oppose view
• 12 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you very much for the opportunity, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. We know what war is and we may also understand the parameters of emergency. However, what is “during extraneous security circumstances”? What is it in legislation? Is it in the Kenya Defence Forces Act or in the Constitution? I beg the Mover to listen. We do not want to leave the operations of KDF at any level, to the thinking or determinations of an individual somewhere. Remember, the KDF is one organ that operates under a command. We have the Commander-in-Chief, the Chief of Defence Forces and the commanders ... view
• 12 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I support the amendment save I believe that the former Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Kimaiyo is one of the best this nation has ever had. The Leader of the Majority Party should not be worried about Mr. Kimaiyo simply because Hon. Senator Murkomen is under siege somewhere. view
• 12 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: He is not under siege at all. He is taking Elgeyo Marakwet and we wish him well. view
• 12 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. The idea that we want to give the President a voice on the mandate that falls under the NSC is very good, but has the Mover also thought about the composition of the NSC? In my view, the President or his voice is already there. Two, when we are saying NSC or the President, what it means is that you can literally by interpreting that provision, shift the entire function which legally is under the NSC to the President. It would have been acceptable if we said “and the President” not “or the President”. ... view
• 12 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, during the Westgate terrorist attack, I lost a cousin by the name Jackton Puodi. I am saying this in support of this provision and in seeking more. Jackton Puodi was an orphan from a rural town adjacent to Homa Bay Town. He got the 21 Gun Salute but the family was left without anything. The woman who was married only the other day is languishing in poverty since nobody cares about how her children will be educated. I have been unfortunate in Homa Bay Town Constituency because I also lost an orphan by the name Solomon ... view
• 12 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: a widow who was barely one year old in marriage and a child who was barely a month old. Nobody cares about how that family survives. Let me tell the Chair of the Departmental Committee on Defence and Foreign Relations that this provision requiring compensation is already in the Kenya Defence Forces Act. There is nothing we are adding here. My amendment sought to go further and quantify the benefits these men and women should get. I was proposing very simple things, which due to our technical requirements, we are not able to process now. However, I request that my ... view
• 4 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I have yearned for the opportunity to have the matter concerning KQ brought to the House. I thank the Leader of the Majority Party, Hon. Aden Duale, who is standing, for ensuring that this matter comes to this level. I have addressed the nation so many times on the matter of the KQ at our Media Centre. In my last address, I indicated that I will be revealing to the country all the political leaders involved in the death of KQ. The Departmental Committee on Transport, Public Works and Housing will confirm to you ... view