Hon. Fred Gumo

All parliamentary appearances

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• 24 Apr 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, thank you very much for giving me a chance to contribute on this Motion. I will begin by congratulating the Minister. Since he took over, he has done his best. He has tried. When you walk around the country, you can see that there is some tangible development going on. He has tried to put money everywhere and that is very good. The only thing that he has not done is that he has not included other people from other communities, so that he is not blamed for--- Today, even if you wanted a Phd ... view
• 27 Mar 2007 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me a chance also to contribute to this Motion. Before I say anything else, I beg to support. For the few years that we have been around, we have seen the number of districts being increased every now and then. The reason for this, we are normally told, is that administration is being brought closer to wananchi . However, in most cases, administration is taken away from view
• 27 Mar 2007 in National Assembly: . There are many districts that have now been created, but you will find that the former districts were even closer to the people before than the new ones. You cannot say that you are bringing administration closer to people when you are asking them to go further than they are doing at the moment. In most cases, you will find that the district headquarters has been relocated to another area. For some people to get there, they have to use three or four matatus while before they only used one. In fact, that is one thing that should be ... view
• 27 Mar 2007 in National Assembly: , even those who do not have them will have to suffer because their homes will have to be raided and everybody must be ready to co-operate. That is the only way we can withdraw these guns from wananchi . However, if we do not do that, then we are cheating ourselves. Sometimes when the Government intends to take action, some people start complaining that their people are being victimised. Why do we cry that they are being victimised and yet they are criminals? If somebody is a criminal, then he is one. It does not matter whether he is ... view
• 27 Mar 2007 in National Assembly: Unfortunately, because some people want to capitalise on that, they think it is such an expensive vehicle. Let people from slums, who have never seen a hummer vehicle, go round and see it. You guys have travelled and seen these vehicles. In the United States of America, they cost about US$48,000. view
• 27 Mar 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I did not say they have never seen the vehicle. I said they have seen it. view
• 27 Mar 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I do not think it is very rough to call somebody a guy. Anyway, I apologise. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I do not understand how the Constituencies Development Fund (CDF) money is distributed in this country. The constituency I represent contributes the highest tax in this country. All rich people, including the President himself, live in my constituency. However, I get only Kshs30 million. Some small constituencies get over Kshs40 million or Kshs50 million. How is this money distributed? Kshs30 million is not even enough to patch a single road. Mr. N. Nyagah will ... view
• 27 Mar 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, this money should be distributed evenly. Areas that contribute a lot of money, like Westlands Constituency, should get the most. Some constituencies get more money and yet, there are no roads to be repaired. My constituency is suffering here. Please, let whoever sits in that committee consider us. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, there has been a lot of talk about improvement of people's life and that prices of coffee and maize have gone up. Maybe the price of coffee has gone up, but not for the maize. view
• 27 Mar 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, with those few remarks, I beg to support. view
• 3 Aug 2006 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. We are now going on recess. We are going to have an opportunity to visit our constituents, supporters and also supervise development projects in our constituencies. Of late, we have heard quite a number of hon. Members attacking the Electoral Commission of Kenya (ECK). I do not think it is fair for us, as hon. Members, to attack the ECK. In 2002, the Chairman of the ECK, Mr. Kivuitu, was supported and applauded because the NARC Government took over power. Today, the same people who were saying that he was the best Chairman ... view