Eng. Nicholas Gumbo

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• 24 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: Equally, the institution of Parliament manifests the diversity of the nation. In this House, billionaires have sat side by side with paupers; people who have got very poor upbringing have sat side by side with nobility; and grandfathers have sat side by side with people who are barely out of their teens. Indeed, that is the diversity of this House. view
• 24 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: It is no wonder then that since Independence, nobody has succeeded in being President of Kenya without passing through this House. I believe that in 10, 20 or 30 years from now or even earlier, the next Chief Executive of this country may as well 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
• 24 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: come from these Members assembled here today. It is a dignified House. Therefore, it would be very naïve for such an Assembly to be a gathering of angels. Neither does it happen here nor anywhere else in the world. Transgressions do occur and will occur. Sometimes we perform below expectations. That is expected. After all, we are human beings. However, by and large, my belief is that many of the hon. Members seated here today go out of their way to make our great county a better place to live in. view
• 24 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: Those of us who were in the Tenth Parliament remember the 15th January, 2008, when we were electing hon. Kenneth Marende as the Speaker. Invariably, we have to compare Speaker Muturi with those who were before him. I have never seen this House cross swords like it did on 15th January, 2008. Even on that day, how did Speaker Marende acquit himself? I will quote one of the people who opposed the election of hon. Marende as the Speaker. This was none other than the ‘iron lady’, Martha Wangari Karua, who is my friend and relative. As soon as Speaker ... view
• 24 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: Yes, he was compared to King Solomon of Israel! view
• 24 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: Hon Deputy Speaker, in times when the political situation in our country seemed so precarious, it is the rulings made by hon. Marende which provided the glue to hold this country together. Of course, some of us in the Orange Democratic Party (ODM) sometimes thought that hon. Marende was moving too far to the left of the centre. If I was asked to name the difference between hon. Marende and Speaker Muturi, I would say authoritatively that hon. Marende was a great listener. I would say without thinking that hon. Marende was a great listener. If the Speaker needed some ... view
• 19 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker. I also wish to add my voice in sending condolences to the family of the late Grace Ogot. As has been said by hon. Jakoyo Midiwo and hon. (Dr.) Christine Ombaka, the late Grace Ogot was born in Rarieda and her father, the late Nyanduga, was one of the pioneer educationists in our constituency. More importantly, at one point - and most people do not remember - the late Grace Ogot sat in this Parliament with her younger brother, Bob Jalang’o, who was the first Member of Parliament for Rarieda. Those of us who grew up ... view
• 19 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: On a point of order, hon. Speaker. I have no intention whatsoever of anticipating debate, but you will recall that last week when the Leader of the Majority Party gave a programme for this week, he had indicated that the Public Audit Bill would come for Third Reading. Indeed, it has. At that point, I rose on a point of order to notify him and the Committee Chair, that I had put down quite a number of amendments and I would prefer to have an opportunity to discuss those amendments with the Committee Chair. Subsequently, I have reached out to ... view
• 19 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: wonder then what that does to Article 94(5) of the Constitution. It appears then that there are other bodies, other than the National Assembly, that can make decisions. More importantly, looking at the amendments that have been attributed to me, many of them have been re-arranged, not just for the purposes of editing, but for the purposes of substantially changing the intention of the amendments. Therefore, this puts me at a loss. I have been in this House and I know that when you place an amendment, it is the duty of the relevant Committee or the Legal Office to ... view
• 19 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: Yes, amendments to the Public Audit Bill. view