Eng. Nicholas Gumbo

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1981 to 1990 of 3504.

• 17 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, it is a common saying that the best things in life are free. That is why, for example, the converse of that is that you cannot attach value to the best things in life. That is why you cannot buy the air we breathe; you cannot buy love; you cannot buy the best things in life. My concern and the clarification I want to get is: Are we really not in danger of over-commercializing public institutions if we go this way? Most importantly, how do we know that as a people of Kenya we are getting value for ... view
• 17 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, like my colleague, hon. Kajwang’ has said, I want to thank the Leader of Majority Party for laying the business that is coming before the House. view
• 17 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I am saying that I want to follow from where hon. Kajwang’ left by commending the Leader of Majority Party for putting before the House the programme that we are to follow. However, there is a matter really that I think this House needs to pronounce itself on. We are all aware that the largest single employer of public servants is the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) and it is a fact that any Kenyan of note, including yours truly the Speaker of this House, has passed through the hands of a teacher and yet as we speak now, ... view
• 17 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you hon. Speaker. I thank you, indeed, for giving me an opportunity to contribute to this Bill. A lot has been said about protection to the victims of crime, but I have just been having a word with hon. (Ms.) Odhiambo-Mabona. In my view, if we are to talk about victim protection law, it needs to be wider than this. I am saying this becaue we live in a society which has real issues. A lot of times people become victims not necessarily of crime, but because of the way we go about our societal issues. I think, perhaps, ... view
• 17 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: I would want, as we go to the Committee Stage, to look at and expand the idea of victim protection beyond protection of victims of crime; we need to look at all the other victims. Of course, we live in a country which has reality. The truth of the matter is that ethnicity in Kenya today is a problem. There are people who cannot even enjoy career progression because the communities from where they come are considered not to be worthy of note; they remain stuck in a particular job group just for the simple reason that they were born ... view
• 17 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: If we leave it as it is now, or confine it to victims of crime--- Hon. Angwenyi who is sitting over there, knows where I went to school was near his home. Some of us used to be called names which were indescribable just because we happened to come from 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
• 17 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: communities which were different from theirs. These things cause pain of a different kind; pains which are long lasting; I think for us to have a really all-encompassing victim protection law, we need to look at all societal prejudices, all forms of victimization which may be latent in form, but which have a long lasting effect on individuals. view
• 17 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I thank you but I also give an indication that I will be proposing amendments, so that the whole issue of victims--- Of course, you cannot cover all aspects of victimization, but with regard to our contemporary times--- With regard to things that we experience as a society, we need to bring in all issues that affect us daily as the people of Kenya: All those issues that make us victims even when we ought not to be victims. view
• 16 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker. A while back, I had requested for a Statement and I was given an answer regarding the killing of a Kenyan by an American citizen who quickly left the country. But the Chairman of the Committee on Defence and Foreign Relations, who is here, hon. Ndungu Gethenji and the Leader of the Majority Party, while answering--- I wanted to know - because that Kenyan was killed and left an expectant mother with children, what is the Government doing to try and provide some relief to that family. They gave an undertaking several months ago, that they ... view
• 16 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker. A while back, I had requested for a Statement and I was given an answer regarding the killing of a Kenyan by an American citizen who quickly left the country. But the Chairman of the Committee on Defence and Foreign Relations, who is here, hon. Ndungu Gethenji and the Leader of the Majority Party, while answering--- I wanted to know - because that Kenyan was killed and left an expectant mother with children, what is the Government doing to try and provide some relief to that family. They gave an undertaking several months ago, that they ... view