George Peter Opondo Kaluma

All parliamentary appearances

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• 19 Nov 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker for giving me the opportunity to pass my condolences to the family of the late Gerald Otieno Kajwang’, the for Homa Bay County. I also pass my heartfelt condolences to my brother, hon. T. J. Kajwang’, a learned friend like Otieno Kajwang’, who sits in the panel of Chairs. Since the late Tom Mboya died in 1969, we have never lost, as the people of Homa Bay County, a person so huge in leadership abilities. The people of Homa Bay are mourning. By coincidence, I wanted to tell the nation that both of them came from ... view
• 19 Nov 2014 in National Assembly: service. For those who know Mbita Constituency and Homa Bay County, you will find many development initiatives named after Gerald Otieno Kajwang’ and coming after him. I know our party leader has lost a great confidant. As I end, I want to request the CORD Coalition that by the death of Gerald Otieno Kajwang’, knowing the role he played in our Coalition, we need to rearmour ourselves. Let us find those things which unite us more than those things which really divide us. Let us forge together in honour of Otieno Kajwang’ knowing truly and really badomapambano . Let us ... view
• 18 Nov 2014 in National Assembly: On a point of order, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker view
• 18 Nov 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I needed your direction in terms of the way we need to proceed in future. We have been exchanging views with other Parliaments across the world. If I was to draw colleagues’ attention to what we found in Philippines, for Motions such as this, if there is no registered opposition, they are merely read and confirmed passed. We are here waiting to debate several matters: Bills, Motions and others and we are binding ourselves to take a whole one hour-and-a-half confirming that this professor should be appointed. Why are we wasting all that time? In as ... view
• 18 Nov 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I wanted to request that we reduce the time on this matter to 30 minutes or less, or you directly put the Question, so that we can go to more serious matters. view
• 18 Nov 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. This is a very important Bill. I personally stand to support it. I know it is in the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs for due consideration. This Bill for once recognises that when you are deprived of liberty either due to arrest, detention or imprisonment, the only right that you should be denied is your freedom of movement. Other than that, your rights remain with you. This Bill is opportune. As a practising lawyer, I have had to go to so many institutions where we hold persons in remand or in prison. ... view
• 18 Nov 2014 in National Assembly: I am telling you a personal experience. It is a sorry thing. In fact, I do not want to go into the gory details but what will even surprise you--- view
• 18 Nov 2014 in National Assembly: I thought my Deputy Minority Leader would be apologising for attributing nudity to my personality. view
• 18 Nov 2014 in National Assembly: I never go that way but the fact of the matter is that for once we have a Bill saying that people held in custody either as remandees or otherwise are entitled to decency. They are entitled to the dignity and privacy of their person when we are searching them. One thing I have not seen in this Bill is the provision that in as much as searches would be conducted by officers of the same gender, they ought to have necessary facilities. If you remember we have had cases a short while ago where the Member for Taita Taveta ... view
• 18 Nov 2014 in National Assembly: 34 Tuesday 18th November, 2014 particular facilities if he is drained of them? Really, how will the holding institutions, be they remand or prisons, know the type of food this person should be eating in the current case where people are just taken in and you are treated as a nobody outside there? However let me say this: There is too much crowding in our penal institutions. I wanted to request all of us to remember that really we are removing our philosophy on penology or punishment from retribution to reform. When you go to our prisons around, and I ... view