George Peter Opondo Kaluma

All parliamentary appearances

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• 17 Sep 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, in retrospection, I now gather that a business person is a business person, whether he is a leader or not. When we passed the VAT Bill, we did exempt unprocessed milk but immediately we left the House, the radios announced that the consumption of unprocessed milk is not permitted. About 80 per cent of the milk firms in this country are owned by the family of the President. If we have increased the milk prices from Kshs50 to Kshs80, it means the family of the President is getting Kshs30 per litre of milk in this country. ... view
• 6 Aug 2013 in National Assembly: On a point of order, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I need to contribute to the Motion but I rise on a point of order to draw the attention of the House, as hon. Shebesh distributes the letters mentioned, to the fact that the “President” the majority of us voted for on 4th March is in the House. I was going to ask whether we could really adjourn briefly to meet Jakom outside and say hi. view
• 6 Aug 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady, if you look at the amendment that hon. Tim Wanyonyi proposed, you will see that it was targeting vehicles designed for persons with disabilities, and not ordinary vehicles. Those are vehicles which waste away within a year or two. So, when we take the years to four, we will kill the intention and the benefit that was targeted. view
• 6 Aug 2013 in National Assembly: No, not motor vehicles. Please, let us consider the amendment, which reads:- “---materials, articles and equipment, including motor vehicles which are specially designed for the sole use by the disabled---” view
• 6 Aug 2013 in National Assembly: So, the vehicles targeted here are those for use by physically handicapped persons and not ordinary vehicles. That is why I believe that hon. Wanyonyi was saying, for purposes of those vehicles, two years would be the period within which they waste away and, therefore, they can acquire replacement. So, I was going to plead with hon. Members to allow me to bring an amendment to reinstate the period stipulated by hon. Tim Wanyonyi’s amendment. view
• 6 Aug 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. I want to thank all the Members for contributing to the Motion on the proposed amendment. What we are bringing back is the provision in the CDF Act as it has been before the 2013 legislation. We are proposing this to remove the fear of hon. Chachu Ganya while alive to the fact that there is the Equalisation Fund dealing with all those issues. What we are saying is that this being a CDF thing, the constituency should get nearly a similar amount in terms of allocations and, indeed, this will easily deal with ... view
• 6 Aug 2013 in National Assembly: Number two, there is a point which has been raised here. The issue of delimitation of population and boundaries is dealt with consistently under the population quota prescribed. I thank all the Members and I request that we support this amendment. view
• 1 Aug 2013 in National Assembly: But you can take your Statements there as well. view
• 1 Aug 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I would like to raise a point of information. view
• 30 Jul 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, this Motion came to the House late last week and, of course, there was a walk-out from the Minority side. May I add my voice to that of those who have stated that, indeed, there are times when we must realize as a House that we need to be bipartisan. We need to consider each other as leaders. We need to know that there are many issues over which we can stand together or fall together. This is one of those issues. On my part, I came with a personal decision that I will be supporting this Motion ... view