Eng. Nicholas Gumbo

All parliamentary appearances

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• 27 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: My view is that we have obvious heroes but this country has a knack for identifying the wrong people –people who have stolen public property – and bestow national honours on them. Even though the Bill has come, I think we could have done much more. view
• 27 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: I have looked at the Bill. In my view, Clause 25 is a bit timid, and I would ask the Committee in charge to look at it and be a little bit more definite on the kind of awards that we want to give our heroes. For example, why would somebody who is a national hero queue when he goes to pay bills at a public place? These things should be obvious and, therefore, we should bring them out clearly in this Bill. Alternatively, we can capture them in regulations. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, having said so, I think the ... view
• 27 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: a hero, who can be? Look at what happened when Temu died; he died in a general ward at Kenyatta National Hospital. Before he died, he had been diagnosed with cancer of the prostrate and he needed less than Kshs100,000 to be treated. When this poor man died, he was buried as a faceless Kenyan. Perhaps, the only dignitary who attended his burial was the chief of the area he came from. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, let us compare that with our neighbours in Uganda, up to the time the Kenyan defector called Steven Kiprotich won Uganda an Olympic gold ... view
• 27 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, with all due respect to the Chair and my good friend, hon. A.B. Duale, hon. Members of this House, we have big concerns about this Bill. We would request you to give us guidance before we proceed. I will just take one example. In this Bill there is a proposal to amend the National Police Service Act, which is already before this House. The import of that amendment is to remove gender parity which, in my opinion, is an affront to the Constitution. What we are concerned about is that it should not be seen ... view
• 27 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I agree with you entirely. You know this is a House of rules. It is a House of traditions and customs. In my view, some of the things that we are doing here appear to be an affront to the traditions, customs and the way we conduct business in this House. I have raised a particular issue. view
• 27 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I have given an example of the National Police Service (Amendment) Bill. We already have before this House comprehensive amendments in the National Police Service (Amendment) Bill. We are asking: Why sneak in another amendment in the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill when we already have a comprehensive amendment of the Bill? view
• 27 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me the opportunity to contribute to this Bill. From the outset, I stand to oppose strongly the provisions of this Bill. In the Memorandum of Objects and Reasons, line two states that:- “This statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill, 2013 is in keeping with the practice of effecting minor amendments which do not merit the publication of a separate Bill and consolidating them into one Bill”. view
• 27 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: “Minor”, in my view, does not reside in word count. If your memory serves you well, in 1992 elections were postponed in this country because of a single mischief where somebody opted to change the words “not less than” to the words “not more than”. This is the mischief that we are talking about here. This Bill has so much mischief, and as has been spoken to by those before me, many of these things which are being called minor, require comprehensive reviews under the respective statutes. I will give you an example. The Air Passenger Service Charge Act, Cap.475, ... view
• 21 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me the opportunity to support this Bill. As I support the Bill, I want to say that conservation is good and it has to be supported. view
• 21 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: As has been spoken to by my able colleagues, animals at no time should they be valued higher than human beings. That is a mistake that has happened in this country for a long time and it is a mistake that I hope this Bill will correct. view