Hon. Fred Gumo

All parliamentary appearances

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• 30 Mar 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) Flood mitigation through construction of dykes in major rivers which are prone to flooding is a project which was initiated and implemented by the Ministry of State for Special Programmes under the Western Community-driven Development and Flood Mitigation Project (WKCDD & FM) funded by the World Bank, which funding was subsequently suspended. view
• 30 Mar 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am fully aware of the Motion. As the Government operates, responsibilities can be removed from one Ministry to another. I have made an undertaking that since all the Lake Basins fall under the Ministry of Regional Development Authorities, from now on, I will make sure that it is included in the next Budget so that the people who are affected by the floods are compensated. view
• 30 Mar 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, it is difficult to confirm the payment per acre. As you are all aware, there are Government rates. The land has to be valued before the people are compensated. There have been floods in this area since time immemorial. This is not a new thing. So, it is difficult for me to tell this House that those people will be compensated this much. I am sure they will be happy as long as they will be compensated. view
• 30 Mar 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I will do my best to ensure that, that is done. view
• 30 Mar 2010 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me an opportunity to also contribute to this Motion. view
• 30 Mar 2010 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me an opportunity to contribute to this important Motion. A constitution is a very important item in any country. There are very few countries which do not have constitutions. In fact, any country that is managed properly must have a constitution. The people out there have always been yearning for a new constitution because they believe that with a new constitution in place, their lives will be better than they were yesterday. Majority of the people today want the Proposed Constitution passed nearly as it is. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, ... view
• 30 Mar 2010 in National Assembly: This idea of devolution is very sensitive and many Members of Parliament here have been fighting for regions. I am sure my party is very keen on having regions. Having regions is not a bad idea, but the problem we have had after last general elections has threatened many people. In fact, I live in the Rift Valley and yesterday I was in Kitale, Trans-Nzoia. Majority of the people in Trans-Nzoia, are so scared about this idea of regions because some of these people had their houses burnt and so they are not even ready to reason. The moment you ... view
• 9 Sep 2009 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I stand to oppose the amendment to this Motion. The Mau Forest issue is one that every one of us should support. I am sure that nearly every hon. Member who lives that side has flown over Mau Forest and has seen how the forest has been cleared. Majority of Kenyans have seen the drying up of rivers around the Mau Forest. You have even seen on television how hippopotamus find it difficult to take cover in the Mara River because of lack of enough water. Even crocodiles are dying because the forest ... view
• 9 Sep 2009 in National Assembly: The majority of people in the Mau Forest do not even have title deeds. They should have left the forest long time ago. view
• 9 Sep 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, we do not need any more time. In fact, the Government should have acted long time ago. Nobody should be talking about this. Majority of these people, even if they were allocated land by the Government should know that it was wrong! Who told them to go to the forest? Who asked them to go there? Where did they buy this land from? Whom did they pay? In fact, if we joke around, it is like we are trying to ask the rest of the people who are not in the forest to move to the nearest ... view