Eng. Nicholas Gumbo

All parliamentary appearances

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• 22 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker, for giving me the opportunity to contribute to this Bill. As the Memorandum to this Bill says, this Bill is just to make minor amendments. However, if you look at this Bill closely, you will realize that some of the proposed amendments, in my view, would have been taken elsewhere. I am aware that there is the Jakoyo Midiwo Bill on betting. I was just wondering why proposed amendments on betting could not be accommodated there. But I guess there has to be a good reason for that. I just want to make a few comments. ... view
• 22 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: I support. view
• 22 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me an opportunity. view
• 22 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: What about people with particular interests like me? Give me 10 minutes. view
• 22 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, but you have taken my one minute and a half. I hope you take note of that. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 22 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for the opportunity to contribute to the National Building Maintenance Policy. I think it is long overdue and very important. It is known all over the world that maintenance improves safety for owners and neighbours. view
• 22 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: Maintenance enhances habitability. It is very important that we maintain buildings because in almost every economy, they represent a very high level of investment in terms of capital, materials, labour and time. Indeed, owners and users ought to be required, by law, to maintain their properties in a good and substantial state of repair because not only will maintenance allow us to achieve our quest, but it will provide adequate housing to all Kenyans. It also improves optical dimensions of buildings and its appearances. As you will recall, there is a famous saying that a stitch in time saves nine. ... view
• 22 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: I want to congratulate my good friend, Hon. Maina Kamanda and his Committee, for bringing this policy. In the last Parliament, we had spoken, not just about making a housing The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 22 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: policy in this country contemporary, but alongside also making a maintenance policy which ensures that we at all times have infrastructure, buildings and houses that are habitable and conducive to the environment, not just to those of us who inhabit them, but also to our neighbours. view
• 22 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: I thank the Committee and support it as I encourage Members to make maintenance a way of life. Let us make maintenance a Kenyan way of life, so that we can achieve our aspirations in so far as the provisions of the Constitution and, Vision 2030 are concerned. view