Eng. Nicholas Gumbo

All parliamentary appearances

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• 23 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: Therefore, this must serve as the beginning. We should look at the entire spectrum of how public officials live. We have seen many cases. We would go for meetings in Mombasa with Cabinet Ministers, in those days. You would find two cars that would have travelled all the way from Nairobi, waiting at the airport for the Minister. Is it not cheaper for them to hire local transport? Are there no Government vehicles in Mombasa, which could carry those people to destinations? Why take a driver, two bodyguards, a car or two cars, from Nairobi yet we were talking about ... view
• 22 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, one of the highlights of my stay in the Tenth Parliament is when I visited this Ngomeni Centre, the satellite launching centre. The saddest thing about this facility is that much as the University of Rome and the Italian Government have drawn a lot of money from it, the poverty around Ngomeni is unbelievable. I had the privilege to join the Committee which visited this facility during the Tenth Parliament. It is a lost opportunity for our country if such an important facility can be here with us and yet we are not drawing as much benefit as ... view
• 16 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker, Sir. The one laptop a child aspiration is something that has been pursued by many countries and Kenya is not the first country. However, most times, it tends to be bogged down by the realities of rolling out the programme. The impression that is being given is that the President is the national champion but I do not think he is. Could the Leader of Majority Party clarify who the national champion for this project is? view
• 16 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: Just to emphasize on the other bit about the Committees involved, in the last Parliament we had a programme which was trying to take ICT or mobile computer lab to schools. I remember that time the Departmental Committee on Information and Technology was the enabling Committee while the Departmental Committee on Education was the implementing Committee. I am just concerned that this programme is being rolled out and I do not see the involvement of the Departmental Committee on Energy, Communication and Information at all. I do not know whether it is deliberate or it is an omission and something ... view
• 16 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: Finally, would it not have been a good idea for a programme of this magnitude to have a distinctive kind of face before we roll it out? view
• 16 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: On a point of order, hon. Speaker. view
• 16 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I wish the Leader of Majority Party could take this matter very seriously. If you look at areas where the One Laptop per Child project failed, you will appreciate that it was because of lack of a national champion. You cannot have a whole Government being a champion. Let us be serious. Who is the champion in this project? Is it the Cabinet Secretary? It should be one person, and not the whole Government. It cannot be. view
• 16 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: On a point of order, hon. Speaker, Sir. view
• 16 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, the manner of presentation might make the matter look hilarious, but there is a point which hon. Oyoo made, which has to be taken very seriously. It is that someone was actually killed as the OCS watched. view
• 16 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: Yes, hon. Speaker. view