George Peter Opondo Kaluma

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 5711 to 5720 of 6087.

• 29 Apr 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, so, I am saying this is not just about the legal practitioners. It is also about reducing the cost of business and for that reason, I really support the Cross Border Legal Practice Bill and the Report by the Committee. I remember my firm also did the concessioning agreement for the Kenya Railways Corporation and just before the agreement was to be put in action between the Member States, particularly Kenya and Uganda, there were issues of pre-concessioning agreement litigation. That is that though we did the agreement as a law firm and we would defend ... view
• 29 Apr 2014 in National Assembly: I want to say lastly that in this Cross Border Legal Practice Bill, if you look at the composition of our Judges and Magistrates Vetting Board across here, I think the nation needs to know that the former Chief Justice of Tanzania is really sitting as a member of the Board. The former Deputy Chief Justice of Uganda is sitting as a member of the Board and this is because we have a lot to share. I wrote a book before I came to The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of ... view
• 29 Apr 2014 in National Assembly: Parliament whose greatest sales are in Uganda and, indeed, in Tanzania. This confirms how integrated - even in terms of legal practice by dint of our colonial history - we are. view
• 29 Apr 2014 in National Assembly: So, I support this Motion but hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I would not have supported this Motion if it were about a political federation. That is because, as you know, Tanzania is a social democracy, Kenya is a presidential democracy and Uganda is something between a military dictatorship and a military democracy. I do not know what to call it. I think for political federations, we need time to co-gel as a people and to be confident that we can move together. view
• 29 Apr 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I would have spoken more. But because of limited time--- I do not know whether my time could be added because I wanted to--- view
• 24 Apr 2014 in National Assembly: On a point of order, hon. Speaker. view
• 24 Apr 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I am waiting to contribute. I was begging to draw your attention to the fact that by the numbers I have observed from the point I am sitting, there appears to be a bit of injustice to the right side of your hand. The CORD side has been fewer than 20 Members of Parliament since we started and you can see the entire leadership row is empty. I was going to request that we do two this side and one that side so that we can contribute. I beg for an opportunity to contribute in that balancing. Even ... view
• 3 Apr 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, during the years you used to lecture at the university, we used to be students. Students who applied for loans knew before they returned to college after the recess that they were going to get specific amounts of money. Indeed, whenever there was to be a delay, HELB communicated with the universities. Currently, we have a situation where, one, there is no communication going to the students. Is there a problem? Two, what can we do as Parliament to ensure that students get those loans on time? This is the main issue. Over 95 per cent of ... view
• 3 Apr 2014 in National Assembly: On a point of order, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. The Member is saying some very serious things here when an issue was raised on a matter that should concern our national cohesion and equality. We had people from the Luo community evicted from across the country, including Central. Which single Luo has got any resettlement money in the country? Even Kisiis, who were evicted--- We do not want to trivialize issues. Let us use this report to guide the President and help him rule the country well. These things have been skewed. view
• 3 Apr 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, it is out of order for the Member to mislead the House and, indeed, the people of Kenya, to whom he is speaking on television, that the resettlement of IDPs in the country has been equal. view