George Peter Opondo Kaluma

All parliamentary appearances

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• 31 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: I notice it, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. Essentially, the Constitution anchors one among the fundamental rights and freedoms. It anchors the rights of the citizens of this country and any individual within the territory of this country to privacy and personal liberty. The provision says that prior to taking any action under this Act, one should obtain a warrant under Part V. It means the Director, NIS and his team will enter your house, your bedroom and meet you anywhere and you will be investigated. We are making very dangerous proposals. This is the kind of thing we should give ... view
• 30 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, we found ourselves in a unique position where we had to constitute this commission; I wanted to begin by telling hon. Members that it is very necessary now, more so in the current time. People are talking about dialogue and there are various sorts of tensions, religious, ethnic and everything. Possibly, this is the most important commission. Therefore, there was need to have it constituted. I will take the House through the considerations we went through in coming to the 15 names. We were concerned to ensure there is institutional memory in the commission. The commissioners who have ... view
• 30 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: these individuals can have an opportunity to serve as an aide memoire to the other members of the commission who will be going there. view
• 30 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: We were keen to deal with the issue of special interest. This is now a constitutional principle. Persons with disability in this country are required progressively constitute about 5 per cent membership of public office. We have minorities. We have people from various backgrounds which are considered marginalized. Hon. Members, if you look at this list, you will see a person like Mr. Eric Oluoch Ogwang. He is a lecturer of law but he is a person with disability; he walks on two crutches. We never considered the fact that he suffers a disability because he is a person who ... view
• 30 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: Some issues may worry hon. Members; I hear some issues coming up. For a lady like Rose Macharia Mghoi, Kenya has become very ethnic, which is not a good thing. We need to consider the ethnic aspect in these issues. When you look at Macharia you may think that this is a person from central Kenya. She is not! This is a Taita and we were concerned to see that if a Taita applied, a Taita is there. She is the only Taita who applied. She is not just a Taita but she is very competent. She has a background ... view
• 30 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: We do not have enough positions to ensure there is at least a commissioner from each constituency in this country. We considered counties. The President is required to appoint the chair and eight commissioners. We do not have positions for all 47 counties. We considered vaguely the issue of regions and provinces. Save for cases where we have difficulties, you look at a region and go to the shortlist of 32 names. Even if you look at the original applications you will identify some tribes, whether minority or otherwise, and note that nobody applied from some regions. We had such ... view
• 30 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: So, comes in there and you know the tribe he comes from. Then you see Irene Masit from the Kalenjin nation down there. It was a very steady balancing act. Somebody would ask: “Where is Mzalendo Kibunja?” Remember we took care of institutional 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
• 30 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: memory but we have a situation where we already have Prof. Gitile Naituli, and so we do not want to lump together people from one region. Let me indicate that there are sections of this country where something called a commissioner is unheard of. In fact, they see somebody called a commissioner and seek the definition of the word “commissioner”. One of them is Homa Bay County and the Luo part of Migori County. We do not know anything called a commissioner. We just see their cars and say: “This is a commissioner, a provincial commissioner.” So, we did a ... view
• 30 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, we considered the issue of age and an understanding of the issues that are values under the Act. If you look at this, you see us going for the wise counsel of Francis ole Kaparo - we are giving the President that option; we are not saying the President must appoint him,; we also have a Kenyan as young as Belinda Akoth Ochiel, a very young lady. In fact, I think she is 36 years old. I can tell you that Hon. Cheboi would do it, if given a chance to confirm that when this young Kenyan spoke ... view
• 30 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Ochieng is saying she was the best. In fact, it was amazing how young Kenyans understand issues of cohesion, integration and want this country to move forward. So we were not just doing this for the sake of it; most importantly, there was the issue of gender balance. You know when there is tension or conflict in a country; where there is lack of unity; when there is lack of cohesion; when there is lack if integration; when there is war among our people, the people who suffer most are women. The passion and neutrality with which women talk ... view