Eng. Nicholas Gumbo

All parliamentary appearances

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• 19 Feb 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, from the outset, I want to thank you. I want to declare very loudly that I belong to a party which believes, wholeheartedly, in devolution. I belong to a coalition which believes, wholeheartedly, in devolution and will defend, to the death, the principles of devolution. Hon. Speaker, the purpose of devolution is not to create 47 mini-presidents and demi-gods. I also think that when we debate in this House as Members, let us not try to look like we can mislead people and get away with it. One of us said that the Public Finance Management Act only ... view
• 19 Feb 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I have said it before here and I will say it again, we are the representatives of the people. I campaigned for this Constitution, but even as we did so, we did it with the knowledge and acceptance that there was about 20 per cent which was not entirely correct. We said: “Let us pass it and we look at those matters after we pass it.” I think it is time for a sober, non-partisan national dialogue, so that we look at the issues that affect this country. If it goes on like this, we will not go ... view
• 18 Feb 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I thank you for giving me the opportunity to contribute to this Motion. As I do so, I want to agree with the sentiments expressed by colleagues who spoke before me. Both the Senate and the National Assembly derive their legislative authority from the people of Kenya. It is important that when it comes to the interest of our people, we rise above petty partisan considerations and unnecessary supremacy wars. I think that the amendments that have been proposed by the Senate, in my view, do not materially or structurally alter the purpose of this Fund. It will ... view
• 12 Feb 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker, for giving me the opportunity to contribute to the Procedural Motion. I do not wish to repeat most of what has been said by my colleagues, but what I would like to request is that, a lot of times, as you are aware, research capacity that we have in Parliament is not that much and most times hon. Members do research on their own. We have requested before that when Bills are listed on the Order Paper, or when the Leader of the Majority Party gives programmes for the week, we try as much as possible ... view
• 12 Feb 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker, for giving me the opportunity to contribute to this amendment Bill. I have to say that I oppose the proposed amendment with reasons. Since the convening of the Eleventh Parliament of this country, nothing has captured the attention of this House more than security. A week hardly passes before we raise issues concerning the security of our people. We have had occasion to give clear examples to show that insecurity in Kenya is now totally rampant. It happens everywhere. Carjackers are all over the place. I am not convinced that the amendments, as proposed, are not ... view
• 12 Feb 2014 in National Assembly: pathetic. Even as we look at the issue of security, let us look at the situation of junior police officers. Recently, the Officer Commanding Police Division (OCPD) in my constituency told me that his house allowance is only Kshs5,000 per month. If you are paying an OCPD Kshs5,000 as house allowance, how do you expect him to make ends meet? Do you want him to go and live in a 10 feet by 10 feet room, yet he is an OCPD of a whole sub-county? We need to look at this matter soberly. Insecurity does not discriminate. We have had ... view
• 12 Feb 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, we are asking our colleagues to do things which might even be illegal. They may have been mistakes. Why do we not accept that the time has come for us to review the so-called “20 per cent” of the Constitution that we are agreed is not right? If we adopt a piecemeal way of doing things we will not be addressing the real issues. The reason as to why we think we need this amendment is the apparent differences between the Chairperson of the National Police Service Commission (NPSC) and the IG. We have to accept it. Why ... view
• 12 Feb 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, first, I would like to thank you for giving me the opportunity to second the Motion. As it has been espoused by my friend, the Leader of the Majority Party, the Motion is straightforward. It deals with issues of adjournment. However, we have had occasions in this House when it was not possible to dispose of a matter within the three hours allocated. When sometimes we adjourn, there are issues that need to be canvassed. So, maybe, as we go forward, it will be important that when a Motion for Adjournment is put, we try as much as ... view
• 12 Feb 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to support this very important Bill. view
• 12 Feb 2014 in National Assembly: As has been said by the Mover of the Bill, the current procurement law is actually a major impediment to progress in our country. Although the amendment we are proposing today is only looking at the youth, I think as Parliament, we must put pressure that we comprehensively look at the procurement laws in this country because they are taking our country back. In a way, I want to think that that law is not domesticated enough to be able to apply to the issues that affect Kenyans on a daily basis. Having said that, I do not want to ... view