George Peter Opondo Kaluma

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 5851 to 5860 of 6087.

• 5 Dec 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker, Sir, for the opportunity to speak to this Motion. I stand to support the Motion because it seeks to amend our Standing Orders in the manner proposed. A look through our Standing Orders may not just require the minimal amendments proposed by the Committee. Indeed, we need to have a serious appraisal and perusal of the Standing Orders. To a larger extent, the Standing Orders, as they stand, sometimes, may stiffle debate. Sometimes looking through them, a Member would easily get confused as to what Standing Orders to proceed under. The electronic version of the Official ... view
• 5 Dec 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, Sir, I mentioned my reliance on Standing Order No.96, for instance. If you read it on the surface, you may think I was right. If you read it keenly with Standing Order No.134, you again question under which Standing Order you were to proceed properly. The one under which I proceeded indicated you could seek adjournment of debate on a question already put either before the House, by a substantive speaker, or the Committee of the whole House. When you look at Standing Order No. 134, it is talking of requesting a report on progress to be made ... view
• 5 Dec 2013 in National Assembly: There is another area which needs to be looked at and I am going to make very specific proposals to the Committee because I have been keen about the Standing orders. Indeed, when we were re-arraigning the Committees, we proposed that hon. John Mbadi joins the Procedure and House Rules Committee. He appears also to know a bit of traditions and how they operate. However, the current Standing Orders vest too much power in the Chair; too much power that we want to look at the extent to which we can attenuate the powers. The powers are so enormous you ... view
• 5 Dec 2013 in National Assembly: ( Laughter) view
• 5 Dec 2013 in National Assembly: We need to balance the powers of the House, if we are to have a flexible House that is capable of debating with the flexibility leadership requires. There are several other things such as the rules relating to discipline also that need to be looked into. When hon. Jakoyo Midiwo fell under the wrath of the Speaker last time, I was looking at the Standing Orders keenly and it appeared to me that the Serjeant-At-Arms would not be directed to get him out of the House, unless he declined to leave on his own volition, but this has been happening. view
• 5 Dec 2013 in National Assembly: I will agree with the Committee and support this Motion that requests this very important Committee to really address the entire body of the Standing Orders, so that we can have rooms which enable us to debate as leaders. view
• 5 Dec 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker, Sir. view
• 5 Dec 2013 in National Assembly: We are legislators as we are indeed leaders. This matter puts us under a very difficult corner in terms of our legislative mandate. In the sense that, we debate the memorandum presented by the President. If you are going to approve, then you do not require the two-thirds majority as indeed the Speaker has ruled. If you were to reject, then you require two-thirds. Two things are evident in the House; one, the number in the House is not at the level that will allow us to make amendments or vary the Memorandum of the President. In fact, we are ... view
• 5 Dec 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, Sir, I seek your directions. 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
• 5 Dec 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, mine will be on Clause 3(e), when we get there. view