George Peter Opondo Kaluma

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 5981 to 5990 of 6087.

• 25 Sep 2013 in National Assembly: duty-bound under Article 2 and 3 of the Constitution to always respect and uphold the Constitution. I think in as much as we want to accommodate one another for the nation to be seen to be operating smoothly, we must do it in principle and within the Constitution. The Leader of Majority Party has indicated that the time is too short. It is not the mistake of hon. Members that this Motion is coming today. We had all the time to bring it in good time to interrogate it. We should avoid this tendency of bringing things in the last ... view
• 25 Sep 2013 in National Assembly: The Majority Leader, in bringing the Motion before the House, has indicated that we have several nations in the Pan-African Parliament (PAP) which are currently bicameral in nature and have Senators and Members of the National Assembly participating in PAP. May I indicate as I make my presentations that, that is the tradition of those countries. We have our own Constitution and it says in Article 2 that it is the supreme law and nothing else supersedes it. view
• 25 Sep 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, Sir, in our context, the functions of the National Assembly and the functions of the Senate are clearly stipulated under Articles 95 and 96. I want to make emphasis that the National Assembly represents the interests of the people or constituencies or wherever that representation may be. view
• 25 Sep 2013 in National Assembly: The functions of the Senate are stipulated under Article 96. The Article says that the Senate shall represent the interest of the counties, debate and legislate on Bills affecting and concerning counties. view
• 25 Sep 2013 in National Assembly: Strictly on an issue of principle, we must, in protecting the Constitution, be asking what the membership of the Committee to the PAP proposed from the Senate will do. What is the interest of Homa Bay County in PAP? Unless we are just sending people there to--- Which is this Bill concerning Homa Bay County or any county in Kenya that is capable of being legislated and debated--- I am confirming that we will be wasting an opportunity to properly serve this nation. view
• 25 Sep 2013 in National Assembly: If, in the appearance that we want to be collegial or good we leave opportunities duly given to a particular institution and refer them to other institutions whose mandate does not allow them to deal with that--- view
• 25 Sep 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, Sir, may I confirm that I have no problem with the persons coming from the National Assembly, particularly the nominee from CORD coalition, hon. Millie Grace Odhiambo. I believe she can represent us there. view
• 25 Sep 2013 in National Assembly: We have a problem with this Motion to some extent. When you are a nominated Member of the Assembly, whether in the Senate or in the National Assembly, is that the body we send you to? view
• 25 Sep 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, Sir, I am worried. We have the interest of the nation and our people. Nomination requires you to represent the specific interests of the nation within the Senate or the National Assembly. We have enough people elected 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
• 25 Sep 2013 in National Assembly: properly by Kenyans sitting in the National Assembly or in the Senate to make representation. view