George Peter Opondo Kaluma

Hon. Peter Kaluma (Homa Bay Town, ODM) I want to join the Chairman of the Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning, where I also serve as a member now, in urging the Members of the House that we move expeditiously, and become those African states which can be seen...

Hon. Peter Kaluma (Homa Bay Town, ODM) I thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. The world is operating under a very difficult economic environment and, more so, for the African countries. While this is happening, the bigger States which have been giving donor support are all looking inwards. It is only...

The Temporary Speaker (Hon. George Kaluma) Hon. Robert Basil, before you make your contribution, let me, on behalf of the Hon. Speaker, welcome professionals from Chesumei Constituency who are in the Public Gallery of the National Assembly to observe the debates. Feel welcome, and whatever you learn in terms of...

Hon. Peter Kaluma (Homa Bay Town, ODM) Hon. Speaker, when you decide, look at the provisions of Standing Order178 (2) as read with Standing Order174 (2A) . To what extent does this decision affect the leadership of oversight committees like Public Accounts Committee (PAC) and Public Investments Committee (PIC) ?...

Hon. Peter Kaluma (Homa Bay Town, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. The High Court of Kenya made this decision pursuant to Article 165 of the Constitution that gives it power of original jurisdiction over matters concerning questions of the interpretation of the Constitution. We must be alive to the fact...

Hon. Peter Kaluma (Homa Bay Town, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I join my colleague in supporting the Motion and, therefore, signifying my approval of the nominees for their appointment. Despite the SRC being a Chapter 15 Commission like several others, I do not know what really happens in it....

Hon. Peter Kaluma (Homa Bay Town, ODM) On a point of order, Hon. Temporary Speaker.

Hon. Peter Kaluma (Homa Bay Town, ODM) Hon. Temporary Speaker, Hon. Millie Odhiambo has mentioned you in her Statement which was way out of the Motion that was before you. In fact, I do not know why you did not declare her irrelevant. It was just a Procedural Motion yet...

Hon. Peter Kaluma (Homa Bay Town, ODM) I am not. I am just saying that Hon. Millie has accused some Members of filibustering or delaying a Bill. Am I in order to confirm to the House that it is her who is making it difficult for us to transact this...

Hon. Peter Kaluma (Homa Bay Town, ODM) Do not worry. I never easily fall into emotional blackmail and traps. Hon. Millie, I hope you are not directing your messages at me.

Hon. Peter Kaluma (Homa Bay Town, ODM) Nobody stops you from getting children, even now.

Hon. Peter Kaluma (Homa Bay Town, ODM) Do not allow me to be blackmailed emotionally. Let me address the issue, Hon. Temporary Speaker. 5th December 2024 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES 43 Hon. Peter Kaluma (Homa Bay Town, ODM)Thank you for giving me this opportunity. It has been mentioned that there were...

Hon. Peter Kaluma (Homa Bay Town, ODM) Let me wind up. When we enact laws in this House, we do so for the country. Hon. Millie is my niece. I have said it many times. I will not allow a wrong thing to pass because of emotional blackmail. Let me...

Hon. Peter Kaluma (Homa Bay Town, ODM) Let us avoid a situation where people bring Bills to the House and then they emotionally blackmail Members to pass them. Give us directions. I have been in the House since morning, to transact this Bill. I have even missed a trip I...

Hon. Peter Kaluma (Homa Bay Town, ODM) Hon. Temporary Chairman, I appeared before the Committee. As Hon. Millie has confirmed, I persuaded all of us who were before the Committee during harmonisation on the need not to establish a directorate to deal with matters whose mandates are already given by...

Hon. Peter Kaluma (Homa Bay Town, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Chairman. I have a concern. I can see the Chair of the Committee in charge of Agriculture in the House, but I do not see the Member who recommitted Clause 79. I do not know the problem in the...

Hon. Peter Kaluma (Homa Bay Town, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Chairman. I request the Hon. Chairman to explain to the House in better detail what he seeks to achieve by the recommittal of Clause 8. I did not quite get him and yet, this is a very important Bill....

Hon. Peter Kaluma (Homa Bay Town (ODM) Hon. Temporary Chairman, this was a very contentious provision of the Bill during the consideration yesterday. Qualifications to be the CEO included a PhD. The CEO is not necessarily the researcher. He is in charge of the day-to-day administration of the Institute. For...

Hon. Peter Kaluma (Homa Bay Town, ODM) Hon. Temporary Chairman, I support that amendment as moved by the Chairman because it speaks clearly to the object and heart of the Bill. I hope it becomes an Act of Parliament, if we pass it. I would also like to indicate that...

Hon. Peter Kaluma (Homa Bay Town, ODM) Hon. Temporary Chairman, I am grateful for the opportunity. We are doing this for Kenyans in good faith. I want to explain to Hon. Millie that when I say “heterosexual Kenyan couples, divorced, widowed, or single parents,” I am talking of the categories...

Hon. Peter Kaluma (Homa Bay Town, ODM) Hon. Temporary Chairman, please, when we are making a law like this, we are making it for the good of Kenyans who are to be affected. I do not like the idea of constantly bringing people's faith. Hon. Millie, if it were about...

Hon. Peter Kaluma (Homa Bay Town, ODM) Yes, Hon. Temporary Chairman. I am on page 3280 in terms of my amendment. The Temporary Chairman (Hon. Omboko Milemba) : Order, Hon. Kaluma. It is page Hon. Peter Kaluma (Homa Bay Town, ODM) Yes, Hon. Temporary Chairman. I beg to move: THAT,...

Hon. Peter Kaluma (Homa Bay Town, ODM) This is the beauty of the Committee of the whole House. I am grateful because we are learning from the experiences of each other. If you look at my proposals cumulatively, I was breaking the idea of the framework in Clause 4 (a)...

Hon. Peter Kaluma (Homa Bay Town, ODM) Hon. Temporary Chairman, what we have agreed with the Chairman is that we will retain the current 4 (a) (b) (c) , save that in 4 (a) , which I was proposing to amend, we will delete the words “the protection and advancement...

Hon. Peter Kaluma (Homa Bay Town, ODM) Hon. Temporary Chairman, I withdraw my amendments. (Proposed amendment by Hon. Peter Kaluma withdrawn) The Temporary Chairman (Hon. Omboko Milemba) : Very well. That is the order that we needed. Let us now allow the Chairman to proceed.

Hon. Peter Kaluma (Homa Bay Town, ODM) Hon. Temporary Chairman, I beg to move: THAT, the Bill be amended by deleting Clause 5. Clause 5 in the current Bill says: “Subject to Section 8 of the Health Act 2017, the Cabinet Secretary shall form a directorate to be known as...

Hon. Peter Kaluma (Homa Bay Town, ODM) Yes, I want to contribute, my Lady. Not my Lady. It is how we call lady judges. Hon. Temporary Speaker, Hon. Millie is on record saying women, especially women in leadership, do not just bring things between their legs, but on their heads...

Hon. Peter Kaluma (Homa Bay Town, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. Let me join Members in signifying my approval for Hon. Rehema Dida Jaldesa to be the Chairperson of the National Gender and Equality Commission, and Mr Michael Nzomo Mbithuka, as a member. Let me also join the Members...

Hon. Peter Kaluma (Homa Bay Town, ODM) On a point of order.

Hon. Peter Kaluma (Homa Bay Town, ODM) Hon. Temporary Speaker, we just dealt with a Motion in which we passed the nomination of members of the Commission on Administrative Justice, and one of the people we passed is Madam Dorothy Jemator Kimengech. She is calling me, asking why women leaders...

Hon. Peter Kaluma (Homa Bay Town, ODM) On a point of order, Hon. Temporary Speaker.

Hon. Peter Kaluma (Homa Bay Town, ODM) Hon. Temporary Speaker, under the Constitution, regional and ethnic balance of commissions is determined when we look at all the commissions cumulatively. Is Hon. Majimbo Kalasinga in order to determine regional balance as particularly being representation of people of his ethnic community based...

Hon. Peter Kaluma (Homa Bay Town, ODM) On a point of order, Hon. Temporary Speaker. 27th November 2024 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES 23

Hon. Peter Kaluma (Homa Bay Town, ODM) Hon. Temporary Speaker, I stood in my place here and I raised the issue of a misleading statement. While saying nobody from his ethnic community is being appointed in those commissions, that should be looked at cumulatively. But even in terms of the...

Hon. Peter Kaluma (Homa Bay Town, ODM) Hon. Speaker, Hon. Muriu has made a serious claim against an investor seeking opportunity to invest in our constrained economy. It is not a light matter. Under Standing Order No.91, if you cannot duly substantiate the claims you make then that claim must...

Hon. Peter Kaluma (Homa Bay Town, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. Hon. Caroli is a Suba and they are minorities living within Luo Nyanza. They are not Luos and that is the fact of the matter. I want to make that very clear. I thank the President for the appointments...

Hon. Peter Kaluma (Homa Bay Town, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. Before the nomination of the last batch of nominees herein, I spoke very passionately about the need for the appointing authority to always comply with the provisions of Article 232 (1) (g) (h) and (i) of the Constitution. As...

Hon. Peter Kaluma (Homa Bay Town, ODM) I thank you, Hon. Speaker, for allowing me to speak to this Bill. Debate on the Finance Bill is the most important in any democracy. In fact, in the history of Parliament, the main reason why Parliaments were established is that there should...