Eng. Nicholas Gumbo

All parliamentary appearances

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• 8 Jul 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me the opportunity to contribute. As I contribute, I am not sure if the problem of fighting corruption in Kenya is to be found in the number of commissioner that we have. I agree with the idea of raising the number to five but I just wonder. We are not enacting laws for nothing. Some of us may not know that one of the best run electoral commissions in the world is the Indian Electoral Commission which for a long time had only three commissioners. One commissioner was on full time basis ... view
• 8 Jul 2015 in National Assembly: I think we should be bold not to put these people on a part time basis but reduce their number accordingly. It is time that we conducted a detailed audit to confirm if we are, indeed, getting value for money for all the commissioners we have in these commissions. My view is that we could be over populating commissions with people who are badly under worked but over paid. The idea of introducing Clause 4(10)(1) of filling vacancy may be good to the extent that within 21 days following the occurrence of the event giving rise to the vacancy, the ... view
• 8 Jul 2015 in National Assembly: I just wanted to seek a small clarification from you and my good friend who are here. When this Bill first came, those of us who have taken time to go through it felt that it was too long to be confined within the ten minutes that is normally given to Members. I spoke to my good friend, Hon. Chepkong’a, and he said that based on what we have now done and their Report which I have here, it is probably possible. We had allowed time limit of about 45 minutes for every contributing Member and one hour and five ... view
• 8 Jul 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I would like to request because what some of us have to say on this Bill cannot be said within ten minutes. It is something that we have taken time over. view
• 8 Jul 2015 in National Assembly: I stand guided Hon Temporary Deputy Speaker. view
• 7 Jul 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I beg to lay the following Paper on the Table:- The Report of Public Accounts Committee on the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) and the Judiciary Special Audit Report of May 2014. view
• 7 Jul 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I beg to give notice of the following Motion:- THAT, this House adopts the Report of the Public Accounts Committee on the Judicial Service Commission and the Judiciary Special Audit Report of May 2014. view
• 2 Jul 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I beg to give notice of the following Motion:- THAT, this House adopts the Report of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) on the hire of an aircraft for the Deputy President for a tour of four African nations in May, 2013 laid on the Table of the House on Wednesday 23rd April 2014. This is a Report which is famously called “The Hustler’s Jet Report.”I wish to clarify that the notice of this Motion was given but the time has already elapsed, hence the need for me to re- introduce this Motion. view
• 2 Jul 2015 in National Assembly: I thank you, Hon. Speaker. view
• 2 Jul 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I just wanted to request, through the Leader of the Majority Party, that pursuant to the notice of Motion that I have just given---You realise that this matter was first brought to the House--- view