George Peter Opondo Kaluma

All parliamentary appearances

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• 1 Mar 2017 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I am shocked that Hon. Ichung’wah knows the Copyright Law because that is an area that I am passionate about. I support this amendment. I am surprised that he, at times, knows some good things. view
• 1 Mar 2017 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I oppose this provision the reason being that there is a Bill we have negotiated with the Judiciary through the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs. It is called “The Judges Retirement Benefits Bill.” We must understand that the CJ is a judge and the President of the Supreme Court. The Deputy CJ is also a judge. We must avoid a situation where --- I am being interrupted very badly by the leaders of our House--- We must avoid a situation where we are creating retirement benefits laws for various sections instead of dealing with ... view
• 1 Mar 2017 in National Assembly: seconded. view
• 23 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. When we enacted the new Constitution in 2010, the people of Kenya believed that we needed to put down what values and principles govern our society. Those values and principles of governance in Article 10 are not just there out of a need to decorate the Constitution. They have a serious societal purpose, which is to serve. That is why we ensconce in our Constitution the value of patriotism, need for unity, equity, devolution and sharing of power and other values. view
• 23 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: I hope and pray that this is the last time we debate such a report from the Jubilee administration. I pray against all prayers that this current administration goes home come August this year. Paper after paper we are talking about reports coming from His Excellency the President but the opposite is happening across the country. This is the only country in the world whose soldiers are butchered like animals defending it yet the Commander-in-Chief has not even a single day to say pole to them. He is going on with his business as if he never lost his soldiers. ... view
• 23 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: country and fight terrorism. This has now been referred to the United States of America (USA) Congress Committee on Foreign Affairs. What will shock you is the bill of over Kshs.40 billion, which is the cost we purposed to purchase those planes. It is double the amount. In fact, the American Congressmen are saying that those planes ought to have been purchased at Kshs.20 billion. We are spending between Kshs.41 billion to Kshs.43 billion. We are doing this in a nation which badly needs those military artifacts, warplanes and ammunition to secure itself from terrorism. That is the state of ... view
• 23 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: We have to question ourselves why, as a country, knowing the beauty of devolution in securing equity in the governance of our country, we leave to the national Government, which has few functions, a whole Kshs.2 trillion in a budget of Kshs.2.3 trillion. The reason is simple: We have refused to cost our functions so that the Governor of Homa Bay is blamed for not providing water but the Ministry of Water in Nairobi is getting so much money that would have gone to these counties and properly shared to secure water for everyone. That is why Hon. Sakaja said ... view
• 23 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: You saw what happened in the health sector the other day. You know the Kshs.5.2 billion is now a forgotten case and we are talking about other corruption cases. We have to question, if indeed, the national Government only remains with national referral facilities, those mobile containers which were being acquired at Kshs.10 million each, were they national referral facilities or for what purposes was the national Government securing them? I want to tell this House that time has come. I am happy that in the Communication from the substantive Speaker today, there was indication that the Procedure and House ... view
• 23 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: He has talked about sustainable development and the steps the Government is taking to protect the environment. You need to take a helicopter or air tour across this country and go over Mau. The other day I went up to Marakwet. As you go across Naivasha and Kericho you will see what we are doing to our environment by harvesting and cutting trees and planting tea and maize on land which is properly reserved for our forests and water reservoirs. This cannot be. This is a country which is crying year after year because of drought and is busy constructing ... view
• 26 Jan 2017 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I was not in the House when the amendments to the Sexual Offenses Act were being debated by my good brothers and sisters yesterday. You can be sure that I am going to bring amendments to that Bill to delete all those provisions. The idea that I smile or wink at my sister the other side being made a sexual offence is just immoral, not modern and archaic. It is not acceptable. I must smile to my sister. view