Eng. Nicholas Gumbo

All parliamentary appearances

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• 14 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, arising from that Article 125(1), Article 125(2) gives Parliament and any of its committees the same powers as the High Court of Kenya for purposes of implementing Article 125. view
• 14 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I say this because I know the governors, just like anyone else in Kenya, have a duty to appear before any committee. But I think those summons and invitations to appear should not be reduced to what we think are becoming like ego fights between the governors and the senators. view
• 14 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, it is important for the House and everybody to understand that it is wrong in my view to reduce the county governments to governors. When the Senate writes to the Controller of Budget and the Cabinet Secretary for Treasury to freeze funding to counties merely because a governor has failed to appear before it, what are saying? Are we not equating counties to governors and is it not wrong? 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
• 14 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I see a fundamental flaw in this kind of approach because are we saying that today if, for instance, we as a House are convinced that one Ministry of the Central Government is misappropriating funds, that as a House we can freeze funding to the entire Government? I do not think so. view
• 14 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, the ills of one person called the governor should not equate to condemning everybody. That is because by denying counties money, we are not being development-minded. If the problem is with the health sector, why do you deny the roads sector? If the problem is with the education sector, why do you deny for instance the public health sector? view
• 14 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: So, really, I am urging - and I think other Members before me have said so - the Controller of Budget - and her office is independent by the way--- I think that independence includes refusing to be directed un-procedurally by anybody else, including even this House. I would urge the Controller of Budget that when that Motion reaches her desk, let us look at it objectively. But it would be fundamentally wrong that whatever one thinks of a Governor in any county, to deny county money that is going to help children in schools; money that is going to ... view
• 13 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Chairlady, I also stand to strongly support this proposed amendment. If anybody read The East African last week they will actually get to know that this so called “foreign investment” is actually a myth. Foreigners take more money from Africa than Africa receives from foreigners, and it is time we had faith in our own people. When will we start having faith in our own people? The fact that we have got it wrong in the past does not mean that we will not get it right in the future. view
• 13 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: So, hon. Chairlady, this retirement, as hon. Shakeel has said is for the people of Kenya. Why do we want to put our retirement benefits in the hands of a foreigner? I strongly support this proposed amendment. view
• 13 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, my interest is in the one on the Air Passenger Service Charge Act. view
• 13 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I want to support but at the same time plead with hon. Pkosing that he further amends this proposed amendment. It is only in our jurisdiction where the KAA is actually bigger than the KCAA. The KCAA is actually the industry regulator. There is always a problem when you have an industry regulator which is smaller than the operators. In fact, the truth of the matter is that KAA is nothing more than a facilities manager. Even if you look at the aspect of landing, it is not just when the airplane lands on the tarmac. ... view