Eng. Nicholas Gumbo

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 2421 to 2430 of 3504.

• 16 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, what is out of order is that if that is what happened, then it means that there is a complete breakdown of law and order in Kenya. view
• 16 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: Yes. If somebody can be killed--- view
• 16 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: No, it is not out of order, hon. Speaker. I am just--- view
• 16 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, what is out of order is that I just wanted to understand if the Chairman of the Committee understood that--- view
• 16 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: Yes, hon. Speaker. view
• 15 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: On a point of order, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. view
• 15 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I have no intention whatsoever of interrupting debate on this Bill, but Parliament is a House of rules and traditions. I notice that the Bill that we are just about to debate is the Kenya Information and Communications (Amendment) Bill, 2013. I am a Member of the Departmental Committee on Energy, Information and Communications. We have discussed this Bill at length. We have engaged the stakeholders. We have just discussed the Tax Appeals Tribunal Bill, which falls under the Departmental Committee on Finance, and which was moved by the Chairman of that Committee. I ... view
• 15 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, this constitutional provision is for a good reason. We are fully seized of this Bill. Even Standing Order 114, on introduction of Bills, talks about legislative proposal for which a member of a committee is in charge. Standing Order 117 provides that every Bill shall be accompanied by a memorandum and a statement of the objects and reasons of the Bill. With utmost respect to the Leader of the Majority Party, if the person who is best placed to really own and explain the objects and reasons of the Bill is not the Chairman of the ... view
• 15 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: Communications, why our Chairman, who is right here in the House, is not the one to do so? Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I beg your direction. view
• 15 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I thank you for giving me the opportunity to contribute to this important Bill. The communications industry in Kenya has walked a very long path. Those of us who grew up in the rural areas will remember the days when we used to walk as long as 20 to 30 kilometres in search of a telephone booth only to reach there and find that the booth was in operational. We also remember the many long queues that used to be here in Nairobi as people waited to make calls in telephone booths; these have now become ... view