Eng. Nicholas Gumbo

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• 28 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: “We the people of Kenya acknowledging the supremacy of the Almighty God of all creation, honouring those who heroically struggled to bring freedom and justice to our 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
• 28 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: land and proud of our ethnic, cultural and religious diversity and determined to live in peace and unity as one indivisible sovereign nation---” view
• 28 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, the same words are repeated in the first stanza of our National Anthem, which says:- “Oh God of all creation Bless this our land and nation Justice be our shield and defender May we dwell in unity Peace and liberty Plenty be found within our borders.” I want to believe that if we embrace the spirit of these three lines of our preamble and the first stanza of our National Anthem, Kenya will move forward, Kenya will be a paradise and every Kenyan will feel accommodated. Hon. Speaker, with those remarks, I support the Motion FOR Adjournment. view
• 27 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I also wish to join the hon. Member for Kipipiri in strenuously opposing this amendment. This amendment is very unfair, especially to those of us who represent rural constituencies. I will plead with the Chair of the Departmental Committee on Finance, Planning and Trade to drop this amendment, because in most cases even the compensation that people are given during compulsory acquisition is too low. Why would the Government, which is supposed to protect enterprise, take your money, then tax it and you are left with money that cannot help you get a parcel land of ... view
• 27 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: wananchi need a remedy, shows that we have a Government which is heartless, and which does not care for the enterprises of its people. Therefore, I oppose. view
• 27 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I have no problem with imposition of capital gains tax, although you understand that this is an issue which has elicited a lot of debate, particularly with regard to securities, and especially trading at the Nairobi Stock Exchange. There have been a lot of fears. I hope the Chairman of the Committee is listening to me. There have been a bit of fears that by introduction of capital gains tax, you are going to reverse the gains that have been made particularly in the capital markets. I think the imposition of 5 per cent is okay, ... view
• 27 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: on a point of order, hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. I am pleading through the Chair of the Finance Committee. This VAT law has been there even before the Withholding Tax, but it was very punitive. Would I be in order to ask the Chairman to explain? There is a lacuna in this proposed amendment. We have, for example, Government Ministries. What does he mean by Government agencies? This is where the problem has been. It is not explained anywhere in the proposed amendment. The problem with this is that even people who do business private to private, can be described ... view
• 27 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I think I want to take up from where hon. Chepkong’a has left off. This amendment is trying to remove abuse of--- This amendment is so important because, as hon. Chepkong’a has just said, dominant players normally abuse their dominant positions. The problem with dominant players is that more often than not, they have no problem setting the rules, the same way they have no problem abusing the rules. An example is Safaricom Limited, which sets the rules and abuses them. It is so important that the Chairman of the Committee should explain to us why ... view
• 27 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, the amendment as proposed is good and I support. view
• 27 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I just wanted to actually, in my view, emphasize what the Member for Suba has said. view