Eng. Nicholas Gumbo

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1681 to 1690 of 3504.

• 4 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, let me say from the outset that, like hon. Mwaura, I stand to oppose the amendment. My sense of the whole thing is that the amendment tends to make the Council rather whimsical by not giving it any functions or powers. I would have been happier if you had indulged the Chair of the Departmental Committee to tell us the actual import of the deletion. What does it mean to the operation of the Council? It has to operate in some way. If it has to operate in some way, it has to discharge some functions. ... view
• 4 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: I have no problem but I just--- Maybe it is my little understanding of the English, but when I look at sub-clause (3) it is says that: “A person shall be appointed under subsection (2) (f) (g) and (h), if the person has expertise and experience in matters of climate change, economy, finance, law, environment and public administration” first, I do not know what the Chair thinks, but my impression is that the Council as will be constituted will be top heavy with civil servants and bureaucracy. But that is neither here and no there., I look at (8) (3) ... view
• 4 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: Yes. Is there a profession called climate change? I am just wondering what it means. Maybe she could guide us. She is, probably, brighter than I am. view
• 4 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: I rise to support this amendment. As I had said earlier, I have a feeling that some of the provisions that have been proposed in this new clause could easily have been accommodated by regulations but being as it is, it probably only makes the Bill bigger. However, I support. view
• 4 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: ( Question, that the words to be inserted in place view
• 4 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: It is not really a problem. I support the proposed amendment. The only thing that should be running through these proposed amendments, which I think should be brought at some point later, is that climate change issues are actually global issues. So, even if you take domestic interventions without tying it to global interventions, I am hoping that as we go a long we do what we want to do here in the country. However, if we do not have linkages and global partnerships it may not count much. view
• 4 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: On a point of order, yes. It is just good that the Chairperson of the Committee has brought up the issue. view
• 4 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: What I find out of order is the tacit ambition that we can do without subsidiary legislation which is required to enforce--- view
• 4 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: To some extent, she is misleading the House because we have a Committee in this House which is supposed to track subsidiary legislation. That for me will really not be the reason for us to overload a statute. We are saying that we have not been able to bring the necessary changes. Is she really in order? view
• 4 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, while I have no problem with the proposed amendment per se, I wish the Chairperson of the Committee would gather courage and deal with the lethargy at the National Environment Management Authority (NEMA). We are giving NEMA additional functions and yet most Kenyans, including myself, believe that the environmental mess we have in our country is because of the extreme lethargy at NEMA. Now you are giving them additional functions to monitor, investigate and report private entities. Is this a wish list or are we just making laws which we cannot implement? NEMA is a problem ... view