Eng. Nicholas Gumbo

All parliamentary appearances

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• 13 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you. view
• 13 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: Yes, hon. Speaker. Being somebody who is directly interested, I am aware that these rules have been proposed and Eng. Mahamud can bear me witness. They have been proposed for over one year now and even stakeholder participation has been invited beginning as early as last year, but it is taking too long to bring them here. We are requesting if they could be expedited so that they come here and we can debate and adopt them. view
• 12 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: Hon Temporary Deputy Speaker, I want to follow from where hon. Namwamba has left and reiterate that the Statement by the Chairman is extremely dangerous. You know they say that genius is one per cent inspiration and 99 per cent perspiration and people work hard to get exams. view
• 12 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: Yes, concentrate! Hon Temporary Deputy Speaker, the grading system of the KNEC considers seven subjects; the compulsory subjects are English, Kiswahili and Mathematics. Students are required to take any two science subjects from Physics, Chemistry and Biology and one Humanity; CRE, History or Geography. Then there is the category of elective optional subjects which include Agriculture, French, Computer Studies and Business Studies. Just indulge me for one minute so that we see the enormity of what the Chairman has just said. We are talking about a center of excellence and for the record, I want to table here the certified ... view
• 12 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: 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
• 12 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: If you look at the results of Maranda High School, you will find that in English which is a compulsory subject, six students got plain A while 73 students got A- (minus). In Kiswahili which is also a compulsory subject, 247 students got plain A while 101 got A- (minus). In Mathematics, a compulsory subject, 150 students got plain A while 34 students got A- (minus). Biology which is one of the sciences, 286 students got plain A while 65 students got A- (minus). In Physics another one of the sciences, 221 students got plain A while two got A- ... view
• 12 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, the Computer Studies which he is talking about is an elective or optional subject. Even if it was assumed that they colluded, which he has not proved and they all got plain A, it will account to less than 1 per cent of the total number of plain A and A- (minus). view
• 12 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, some of us went to schools where excellence was the norm. I would like to tell the Vice-Chairman that Maranda High School has students from all the 47 counties of Kenya. view
• 12 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, with all due respect, I think the Vice-Chairman of this Committee is not the right person to address this matter. For example, where were the invigilators when the 23 students were colluding in computer studies? view
• 12 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I am requesting through you that we interrogate the Cabinet Secretary and the Chief Executive of the Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC). This is because in my heart, I believe that the top school in Kenya was not ranked for reasons different from what the Vice-Chairman has said. This is based on what I have just given you. view