George Peter Opondo Kaluma

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 5611 to 5620 of 6087.

• 21 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, hon. (Ms.) Wahome is my senior in the legal profession. All that she is recognizing is that I have come out as the best defender of the family as an institution. Thank you; there is nothing more. view
• 21 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, as a family man, it would go without saying that before we even talk about amendments, I would be supporting this Bill. I actually stand to support it. 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
• 21 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, most of the thoughts that we had on the Bill have already been put together by the Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs, in which I sit. I would really not be repeating them but I wanted to make some proposals in terms of how to make this Bill better. There is need to provide for the burden of proof and standard of proof in domestic violence cases. Of course, the current Bill, in its draft format, does not speak to this aspect. Particularly in the county where the Vice-Chairperson of my Committee comes from, women have been ... view
• 21 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, if you require me to go to a court and confirm that I have been beaten, I can confirm here that I will not do so. I would rather suffer in silence. Approaching weekend in the manner we are doing, if you looked at clubs around KENCOM House in Nairobi and elsewhere, you will see very big Mercedes Benz and four-wheel-drive vehicles. Those are men sleeping in vehicles because they are being beaten at home. I have shared on this Bill with several colleagues in Parliament. People are being beaten here but we will never secure conviction because ... view
• 21 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: everybody under the sun to have a benefit of this Bill. We want only a particular section of society in line with the need to protect the family to have a benefit. For example, if you talk about incest outside there, we are not interested in it so long as it is not within the family. But there is need for a further definition here, particularly of some offences. Hon. Speaker, hon. (Ms.) Nyasuna has not defined to this House what widow cleansing is. But in our culture, we believe that when a husband of a woman dies the wife ... view
• 21 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: This is the Secretary-General of our party! view
• 21 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I learned law under hon. Ababu Namwamba. We were together in college. He is a great debater and fluent in language. I do not know what Parliament will do without hon. Ababu. I was just recognizing the good thing his constituent is doing to enable our women be formally inherited; this is an important thing in our tradition. We call him “ ja manyalaja Budalang’i”. He is doing good work. view
• 21 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: Yes, he has been doing that job. But, of course, we want to prohibit that job, although it is a job that has served our constituency very well. This gentleman has done well. view
• 21 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, when hon. Ababu Namwamba came to the House and we needed that facility because of tradition--- Every widow in our constituencies insisted that she needed ja Budalang’i. I think this was because of the exemplary talent hon. Ababu has been demonstrating in the House. Therefore, all the widows say they know this gentleman as ja Budalang’i. ” We only know this gentleman as “ ja Budalangi, unfortunately. He has been doing a good work, but it is something we are prohibiting from today. The last point was, of course, about marital rape. By the very fact of marriage, ... view
• 20 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker. This is a Statement request to the Chairperson, Departmental Committee on Education, Research and Technology regarding staffing levels in public schools in Homa Bay Town Constituency, which I represent. view