Eng. Nicholas Gumbo

All parliamentary appearances

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• 16 Jun 2015 in National Assembly: that committees of the House are not doing enough when, in fact, we have so many good reports that are here. If those reports are implemented, they could go a long way in improving the lives of the people of Kenya. With those remarks, I wish to support and urge those responsible for execution to take the recommendations in this Report seriously so that, at long last, we can turn the final bend to show that we are willing to change our attitude with regard to the way we apply public resources. I support. view
• 10 Jun 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I wish to thank my good friend, Hon. Irungu Kang’ata, for giving me one minute to make a contribution. This country will be on its way to attaining a middle class status the moment we make education affordable for all. Like the great nationalist Mandela once said, “Education is an equaliser”. We must make it available to all of us. Like I have stated here before, countries which want to live in luxury forever grow their people. The only way to grow our own people is to provide education for them. I want to ... view
• 3 Jun 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I also wish to support the proposed amendment by the Leader of the Majority Party. As we speak now, there are a lot of very needy cases that need urgent and immediate funding and I think it is important that we include that amendment so that this funding can be effected immediately to make essential services run in our country. I support. view
• 3 Jun 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker for giving me the opportunity to contribute to the mediated version of the Division of Revenue Bill. Even as I contribute, the matter of the misunderstandings between the Senate and the National Assembly is of concern. It is a matter that we really must sort out. The Constitution is clear. I do not think there is any ambiguity. The Division of Revenue Bill has to be a National Assembly function. Having said that, I have no problem with more funds going to the counties. Indeed, as CORD, we want more funds taken to the counties. Even ... view
• 3 Jun 2015 in National Assembly: be a neutral arbiter in a matter that is of public concern, they have opted to be a player. Even the stalemate that we have on the two-third gender rule came about because the Judiciary opted to be a player in a matter where they ought to be a neutral arbiter. The same applies to the Division of Revenue Bill. It is very disheartening because this is the Supreme organ for judicial functions in our country. However, when we see it dispensing their decisions with a lot of activism, then that is a cause for concern. So, even as we ... view
• 27 May 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I want to thank you for the opportunity to allow me also to weigh in on this important matter. I want to thank both Hon. Jakoyo Midiwo and Hon. Chepkong’a for bringing the issue. I also want to plead with my good friend, Hon. Mutava Musyimi to understand the concerns of Members. In the morning, he spoke about the culture of suspicion and mistrust among Members, but I think that would not happen if we observed the first principle of public finance which requires openness and accountability. The provisions that we make here should have a relation with ... view
• 27 May 2015 in National Assembly: Again, as the Public Accounts Committee, we have been concerned about the development allocations that are going to the Treasury. If you look at what is going on today, in the table that we were given the Treasury, which in my view is mainly a policy formulating and view
• 27 May 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you for giving me the opportunity to contribute to the Report of the Budget and Appropriations Committee on the Estimates of Revenue and Expenditure for the Financial Year 2015 / 2016. As I contribute, I would like to comment on the remark by my good friend Rev. Mutava Musyimi, who bemoaned the culture of suspicion and mistrust in the House. Even though he is not in the House, I would advise him that if he adhered to the principles of public finance which require openness and accountability, perhaps nobody would be suspicious nor would there be mistrust. I have ... view
• 27 May 2015 in National Assembly: It is also my hope that the nearly Kshs12 billion Development Vote for policing services will go towards addressing the deploring condition of police housing which still remains pathetically inadequate. The issue of police housing has been a major concern and I do not think there has ever been a session in this house that we have not expressed our concern on the same. But even as I say that, it would be interesting to know how the development allocation of nearly view
• 26 May 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Deputy Speaker for giving me the opportunity to contribute to the Senate Amendments to the Public Procurement and Asset Disposal Bill (National Assembly Bill No. 40 of 2014). As you are aware, in engaging with the Departmental Committee on Finance, Planning and Trade, we had proposed with my good friend Hon. Johnson Sakaja quite a number of amendments to this Bill. I am happy to say that, looking at the amendments proposed by the Senate, I have not seen any material dilution of the amendments that we had proposed. I want to largely agree with the proposals ... view