George Peter Opondo Kaluma

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 6021 to 6030 of 6087.

• 25 Jul 2013 in National Assembly: On a point of order, hon. Deputy Speaker. I am a bit confused on the procedure we are adopting particularly in relation (inaudible) view
• 25 Jul 2013 in National Assembly: As I was saying, we need directions from the Chair in terms of how we are approaching this request for Statement and clarification. It does appear to me that truly we are debating as if we are in the context of a Motion. I request that we either ask questions or move to the more important Motions which brought some of us here. view
• 23 Jul 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, there is a good reason in law and in practice as to why we have the publication period of 14 days. In my imagination, it is to enable the House and the concerned people to thoroughly understand what the Bills intended to be brought to the House for legislation would mean. view
• 23 Jul 2013 in National Assembly: No good reason is being given as to why the period for the Kenyan people to consider the merits and demerits of the intended Bill is to be reduced from 14 to seven days. Without anticipating debate, I do not see how the issue of giving additional powers to the Inspector-General and taking powers from the National Police Service becomes an emergency that necessitates our reducing the period for proper consideration. In any event, without contemplating debate, if you look at our Order No.11, we have the Freedom of the Media Bill, which is a very critical Bill. We are ... view
• 23 Jul 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Deputy Speaker. I will withdraw the remarks with the indication that the State security machinery in this country is tribalised right from the top to the bottom, with two tribes taking up senior positions. By the way, this is just compounding the matter. Therefore, I withdraw the remarks. view
• 23 Jul 2013 in National Assembly: In conclusion, I beg to indicate that there is already the perception in this House that there is the possibility of these Bills clashing with the Constitution. Therefore, we need to have the 14 days publication period retained in order for them to be considered by the relevant Departmental Committees. view
• 23 Jul 2013 in National Assembly: With those few remarks, I oppose the Motion. view
• 17 Jul 2013 in National Assembly: Yes, hon. Speaker, Sir, not on teachers strike. view
• 17 Jul 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, this is a very tricky situation. If we consider the number of Bills that will be coming to the House, with financial implications, they are many. If we are going to send all of them to the Budget and Appropriations Committee, there is a problem there. There are also constitutional and other statutory requirements to be complied with. So, there is need for relevant committees to deal with these matters. view
• 17 Jul 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, Sir, I wish to suggest a way forward. We have the Procedure and House Rules Committee. This matter should be referred to that Committee. The hon. Members who are interested in the issue should hold a sitting and then report back to the House. I believe all of us will be interested. The report needs to be debated by the House and we conclude the matter, instead of leaving the entire burden to the Speaker. That is my suggestion. We refer this matter to the Procedure and Rules Committee and we get a report. view