George Peter Opondo Kaluma

All parliamentary appearances

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• 4 Dec 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for the opportunity to address the matter of this Bill. It has been said by so many Members that a miscellaneous amendments Bill deals with small clean up issues relating to legislation. Looking at the Bill before us as a Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill, first you reckon that we are seeking to have amended a whole 49 Acts of Parliament or statutes. The number, for one, is too big. Again, if you look at it, we are dealing with very substantive issues even in respect of those statutes in which we are amending ... view
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• 4 Dec 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you. There is a proposed amendment to the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions Act. The extradition regime is being removed from the Office of Director of Public Prosecutions and is not being given anywhere. Now, you extradite people because they have committed a criminal offence. Issues of criminal law are under the docket of the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions. Whether you want to give them to the Attorney General or any other person, it is an amendment which goes against the Constitution and I would ask that we leave it. view
• 28 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker. I stand to support this Motion. I think everything I needed to say has been said by the Leader of Majority Party. I only needed to clarify that, indeed, we had a problem at the beginning in terms of the placing of the Members of the National Assembly in the various committees. Within CORD, we did sit in a parliamentary group and I was honoured to be requested by our colleague to see that there was a balance in the number of hon. Members in committees. I wanted to confirm to the Speaker and to the ... view
• 28 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker, Sir, for giving me the opportunity to debate this important Bill in the House. Our country has been living in a lot of difficulties to the extent that some people have suggested that, as a country, we are living a lie, hence the reason why the Commission was established to deal with issues of truth, justice and reconciliation in our country. view
• 28 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: We have heard in the past cases of high profile deaths which remain unresolved to date. We have had perennial land disputes, save in the last election. I think since multipartism was brought to the country, we have had cases of post-election violence. This was in 1992, 2002, 2007 and 2008. view
• 28 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, Sir, in 2008, we went overboard as a nation. I think it is something that all Kenyans still remember. I personally watched it and to date I fear taking the road where it happened. On 28th February, 2008, I saw a pregnant Kenyan being hacked to death and the foetus also being hacked. This was simply because the foetus was confirmed to be male. view
• 28 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: I want to really dig into our history, so that we can know where we are coming from as a nation and where we are going. We have heard of cases of detention without trial. I can state before this House that the person who inspired me into politics greatly was one Kenneth Njindo Matiba. I knew Matiba when I was in Standard Seven in 1989 when he and hon. Charles Rubia fought for multipartism. That was up to 1990. I remember they were detained in 1990. As young boys, we would stand in our debating clubs and I would ... view
• 28 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, Sir, we have had deaths across the country. You knew the late Bishop Alexander Muge. We know the circumstances under which he died; we read newspapers and heard rumours but we do not know what happened. We know several other gallant sons and daughters of this country who died mysteriously. view