George Peter Opondo Kaluma

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 5531 to 5540 of 6087.

• 29 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. It is very difficult to debate such a big matter in three minutes. I will say three things. This Bill is a big indictment of our Departmental Committee on Education, Research and Technology, which is in charge of education within Parliament. I hope that Committee is concerned that an ordinary Member of the House has thought through this. We are in a country where the President and the Executive says that certificates ought to be released to all students, yet nothing happens and it does not bother anybody. We are in a country where ... view
• 29 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: because he is dealing with an issue of concern to the country. May we have more Members doing this, so that we can move our country forward. I thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. We will be proposing further amendments, so that we can streamline the education sector. view
• 22 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker. I also thank hon. Maanzo for according me the honour of seconding this particular amendment. As hon. Maanzo has explained, this is a Petition under Article 251 of the Constitution. If we look at Article 251(3) the mandate of the National Assembly in relation to this Petition is very clearly stated. At the risk of repetition I beg to read it: “The National Assembly shall consider the petition, and if it is satisfied that it discloses a ground under clause (1), shall send the petition to the President.” view
• 22 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: That is our mandate, to get the Petition, look at it and if it discloses grounds for removal, we send it to the President. It does not fall upon the National Assembly to determine for the President what to do. In fact, under Article 251(4) of the Constitution on receiving a Petition under clause (3) – that is if we are to uphold the Committee’s recommendation and deliver the Petition to the President in the manner that the Committee has already recommended – the President has only two things. One, the President may suspend the Member or office holder, pending ... view
• 22 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: The word ‘may’ is very critical. It may be argued in the context of my amendment. I will not go into the details of it. It is not for this Parliament to tell the President to appoint a tribunal. Ours is to transmit the resolution of the House. When the Petition lands on the desk of the President, the Constitution imposes a mandatory obligation on him to proceed and appoint a tribunal. In terms of recommendations 1, 2 and 3, essentially, the argument is that they are surplusage, superfluous and tautological. As I conclude, let me address this House on ... view
• 22 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: Yes, I will limit myself to it. Hon. Speaker, the property on which Integrity Centre, which houses the EACC, stands--- The Commissioners told us that it was their investigation into that matter which was partly attributable to this Petition. It was owned by a company called “Rivack Limited”. The documents were placed before us. That property was charged to the Trust Finance Bank Limited on 5th November, 1999. The House knows that Trust Finance Bank Limited collapsed. When it collapsed because of the Central Bank of Kenya Act, the documents were not there. view
• 22 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: I will stick to the amendment, hon. Speaker. The amendment is that hon. Maanzo is seeking a resolution of this House, so that the matter of ownership of Integrity Centre, which we came upon during these investigations, is also resolved. I am giving the reasons as to why it is necessary that we effect the amendment. Due to the collapse of Trust Finance Bank Limited, the Deposit Protection Fund took charge of that property to protect the interests of the depositors in the bank. On 23rd March, 2010, the lease of the property was surrendered to the Commissioner of Lands ... view
• 22 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: We are not told how the interests of the depositors were secured, but the letter of allotment was issued and the property was given to Rivack Limited. The most important thing is that on 2nd May, 2013, a new title deed was issued to Rivack Limited. A month later, Rivack Limited transferred the property to a company known as “Tegus Limited”. Who is Tegus Limited? Investigation reports were put before us confirming the ownership of Tegus Limited. It is a conglomerate of companies called Watu Watu Limited, Sunnex Enterprises Limited, Rachel Wanjugu and other individuals. Who are the shareholders of ... view
• 22 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: Yes. view
• 22 Apr 2015 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