Eng. Nicholas Gumbo

All parliamentary appearances

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• 10 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me the opportunity to contribute to this Bill. I want to thank the Chairperson of the Committee on Finance, Planning and Trade for bringing it. Those of us who subscribe to the Christian faith know that people like Zaccheaus in the Bible were much hated because, for a long time taxpayers saw them as a loss to them, and they had no recourse even when they felt aggrieved. Most of us in this House have a business background, we have been doing one thing or another and we know how difficult sometimes ... view
• 10 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: right direction. I would urge my good friend, hon. Benjamin Langat, and his Committee to relook at the whole issue of taxation in Kenya. There is still a big percentage of our people who ought to pay taxes and are not being taxed, either because the tax regimes we have in place are not friendly or lack of understanding on what tax can do for them. When you go to some countries and see what people achieve through taxation, you see absolutely no reason; it has become almost a voluntary affair to pay tax. If the culture of this redress ... view
• 10 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I thank you so much for giving me the opportunity to add my voice to this important matter of security. As has been said by all Members and I do not want to repeat, virtually every part of Kenya has now become a death and torture chamber. I think it is important as the hon. Member for Wajir County said that as a House we must take decisions and we must take firm and tough decisions. When it comes to this matter, let us not care whether it is your brother or sister. If an institution ... view
• 10 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: It is very sad to see what is happening in our country today. Security is failing, but what are we seeing are squabbles between those who have been appointed to head the security institutions in the country. We are only hearing of the squabbles between the Chairman of the National Police Service Commission and the Inspector General; I think governance has killed security in Kenya. It is time we relooked at our laws to see quite clearly whether what we have is really what we need. I dare say that much as we had hope with this new Constitution, to ... view
• 10 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, if we try something and it does not work; let us accept that it is not working. We have for instance, Independent Police Oversight Authority, how many of us can tell us what it has done to improve security in the 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
• 10 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: country? When we take a former teacher and put him in charge of matters relating to security, what are we trying to tell our country? view
• 10 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: The Mover of the Motion has talked about Samburu District; but I have here with me information about every county in this country; right from the capital of Kenya, Nairobi. Someone is shot dead at midday, the killers are captured on CCTV; three or four months later, nobody is arrested. What are we telling the people of Kenya? Even in this House, very soon, we will be unable to convene because this thing is affecting hon. Members. view
• 10 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: The other day the hon. Member for Fafi, the hon. Bare Shill, escaped death by the skin of his teeth and the hon. Member for Wajir has just spoken about it. The other day it was the hon. Member for Trans-Nzoia County and it is everywhere you go. What are we doing? view
• 9 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Deputy Speaker. In consultation with the Chair, Departmental Committee on Energy, Communications and Information and in the spirit of working together, I have a response to the Statement request, which was made by the Member for Nairobi County, hon. Rachael Shebesh. view
• 9 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: In the Statement, she had wanted a clarification from the Government on whether it had lifted or maintained its suspension of the increased connection cost for domestic electrical power. She also wanted the Government to clearly state the connection fees payable by customers to the Kenya Power Company for connection to the national grid. view