Eng. Nicholas Gumbo

All parliamentary appearances

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• 20 Nov 2014 in National Assembly: On a point of order, hon. Speaker. view
• 20 Nov 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker. While it is not my intention to, in any way, attempt to derail the debate on this Bill, I have looked at it and I am sure most of the Members in this House have also done so. I think that even as we debate it, this House really needs to pronounce itself on some aspects of this Bill which personally I feel as we go along, even if it is not on this Bill alone, we should take cognisance of the fact that this is a highly technical Bill. I have had occasion before to ... view
• 20 Nov 2014 in National Assembly: realistic that you can have a President who even though he was elected by the majority of Kenyans has fewer Members represented in this House. view
• 20 Nov 2014 in National Assembly: Even more fundamentally, in my view and with all due respect and I have had occasion to pronounce myself on this matter before, the manner of drafting of this Bill makes even debate on it unnecessarily too academic. This Bill proposes to amend virtually every clause of the 1999 Act. If you have a situation where you have to amend virtually every section of an existing law, would it not be more prudent to redraft the Bill entirely? If you look at the Bill, right from the beginning on page 2859, it starts at Clause 2 by saying: “The Environmental ... view
• 20 Nov 2014 in National Assembly: For Members who are keen on debating this Bill, you would expect that the aspects of that proposed Act to be amended would be listed. But here, you go past the Memorandum and then you meet suddenly that Clause 2 which it proposes to amend. view
• 20 Nov 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, honestly, this House must pronounce itself in the manner in which Bills are being drafted in this House. I have also looked at some of the pages and even the manner of arrangement of sections; there are even a few typographical errors in this Bill. But more fundamentally, I am completely at a loss. This is one Bill where I feel strongly, considering that it is very technical and considering the manner of arrangement, this House should have pronounced itself on the Committee report before we even commence debate on it. However, my concern is the manner of ... view
• 20 Nov 2014 in National Assembly: unnecessarily making the work of the Members difficult. That is not what we are trying to achieve by going through this. I beg to submit. view
• 20 Nov 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, again with utmost respect to the Leader of Majority Party, I wish he spends more time to listen with his ears than with his heart. This is because from what he has said, he listens more with his heart than with his ears. Hon. Speaker, I did not say I have a problem with this Bill. What I said is the manner of the arrangement. When you go through this Bill, you actually find some typographical errors. I want to remind my friend, the Leader of Majority Party that, I might not be the most diligent reader of ... view
• 20 Nov 2014 in National Assembly: back to look at it? Is that necessary? This is not an academic exercise. Please, listen more with your ears than with your heart. We will transact the business here better and faster. I thank you, hon. Speaker. view
• 19 Nov 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker for giving me the opportunity to join my colleagues in expressing my condolences to our departed colleague. On my own behalf and that of the people of Rarieda and my own family, I wish to extend my heartfelt condolences to the family of our brother, the late Gerald Otieno Kajwang’. I am among the last people who shared a platform with him on Friday when we had our discussion as ODM in Homa Bay. He was ebullient as usual and in very high spirits. A lot has been said about him. I do not want to ... view