George Peter Opondo Kaluma

All parliamentary appearances

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• 18 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, a number of proposals contained in this Bill are very good. There is a provision requiring an insurer to maintain 100 per cent capital adequacy ratio. I personally acquired my legal skills while practising insurance law. I represented insurance firms like the United Insurance Company, Stallion and Lakestar, not knowing that they would collapse within a month. I had hundreds of files of clients who were seeking settlement of their claims. That proposal is good. In terms of determining the capital base, there are good criteria for determining the level of capital in terms of the risk involved. ... view
• 18 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: . The idea in law is that we should come up with a designated lawful group doing lawful activities. You should also create a regime for those groups to benefit under law. Our languages are English and Kiswahili. My brothers who understand the word “ Takaful” should find an English description for it so that all sections of the Kenyan communities engaged in activities akin to it can benefit from the legislation. Clauses 2 and 3--- view
• 18 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, it is true that the word “ Takaful” is not known to the House. That is why I am asking: what will stop the Luo community from asking us to amend the insurance law to include “ guony ng’e wadu” ? In Dholuo, the phrase “guony ng’e wadu” means “scratch your back”. I am a legal professional from Luo Nyanza. There was a time when we were concerned about the number of lawyers from that region being struck off the Advocates Roll because they could not pay some fee to the Law Society of Kenya (LSK) disciplinary committee. ... view
• 18 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I am the best debater. Hon. Ng’eno is worried about what I am saying. view
• 18 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, the word “ Takaful” is not in the interpretation and general provisions of the law. In Dholuo, it means “useless fool”. Dholuo and English are very close. When you say “ Takaful” in Dholuo, you mean “a useless fool”. We are discussing sectoral issues and yet we are dealing with a national legislation. We should just say that when one is in such a category of our society, whatever activities one is engaging in, he is capable of insurance. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can ... view
• 18 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: We do not want a situation where any segment of our society will say that they have a special treatment in a particular area. The provisions we create should be available for everybody. With those concerns, I support the Bill. This is not our language in terms of legislative communication. The word “ Takaful” is neither English nor Kiswahili. I practise Islam in some ways. Members of the Luo community practise polygamy without limit. I love Muslim food. If “ Takaful” is not translated into English, I will bring amendments to translate it in the concept so that it can ... view
• 12 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, this amendment, together with the proposed substantive amendment, are superfluous and should not be anywhere in law. I oppose this amendment and what my brother, Hon. Pkosing has read out. It is not tenable that a CS or anybody can delegate power to the military. It cannot happen because the military works by command. I have been seeing the CS for Internal Security and Co-ordination of Government purporting to direct the Inspector- General to arrest people and do all sorts of things. It is all superfluous. So, I will personally oppose this amendment and further oppose ... view
• 12 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 12 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, before I make my comment, when provisions like these are moved, the idea of moving them is that you get fellow Members to be properly informed about the purpose of the amendment. You know Hon. Wamalwa said this. Eng. Kiragu is also moving for the sake of moving. People do not get the gist of the public concern being raised by the amendment. However, having listened to Members and being a quick learner, these are provisions we call superfluous. This is because for internal research, there are some matters we cannot speak in public in connection ... view
• 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