George Peter Opondo Kaluma

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 6001 to 6010 of 6087.

• 25 Sep 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, the Chair ruled on the constitutionality of the Motion, and not whether the matters being sought for the KPRs are, indeed, matters permitted by the Act. I have just mentioned that things like allowances are expressly prohibited, under Section 115 of the Act. So, I am saying that the Motion is illegal even if it is not unconstitutional. view
• 25 Sep 2013 in National Assembly: The ruling was on unconstitutionality. view
• 25 Sep 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I am being interrupted by hon. Members who cannot distinguish between constitutionality and legality. That is the problem we have here. A Motion could be constitutional but illegal, under an Act of Parliament. I am saying that if you look at this Motion, you will see that it is constitutional but it is illegal to the extent that we are seeking to give facilities to police reservists. view
• 25 Sep 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I highly respect hon. Lentoimaga. In fact, he was a District Commissioner in my district before he became a politician. So, I respect him highly. There is no doubt about that, but I do not think we should be curtailing debate when we have a clear issue to raise. What I would propose is that, instead of us passing a Motion calling for the entrenchment of the KPRs, we do the following: One, the recruitment of members of our disciplined forces should be as fair as possible. There are parts of this country which do not ... view
• 25 Sep 2013 in National Assembly: who have to be recognised by the Inspector-General of Police in order for them to act when substantive police officers, who should be securing us, have no houses to live in; have no sufficient firearms to enable them to do their work effectively; and have no allowances? We are dealing with a situation where soldiers and police officers have been killed. What--- view
• 17 Sep 2013 in National Assembly: On a point of order, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. view
• 17 Sep 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, we should stop this idea of debating what other hon. Members are doing. We should debate the Bill before the House. We had a reason for walking out. view
• 17 Sep 2013 in National Assembly: On a point of order, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. view
• 17 Sep 2013 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I am rising to question why the hon. Member, without a substantive Motion is discussing the conduct of other Members of Parliament. He cannot do that without a substantive Motion. view
• 17 Sep 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise under Standing Order No.34 to move that our time for purposes of this debate be extended beyond 6.30 p.m. I note the time now and the importance of the issue before us. A number of hon. Members are coming into the Chamber to contribute to the Motion. Therefore, I beg for an extension of our sitting time. view