Eng. Nicholas Gumbo

All parliamentary appearances

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• 9 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you hon. Deputy Speaker. I thank hon. Murungi for the question. If the Chair heard what I said, this was meant to give Electricity Regulatory Commission (ERC) three months to do a study, so that we can establish the actual optimal cost of connection. But as a Committee, we were actually very innovative in this matter. We believe that the best way forward is actually to do away with the connection fee all together. This will make it easier to recover it gradually in the bills to allow more Kenyans to have connections. But from the Cabinet Secretary, we ... view
• 9 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, we engaged the Cabinet Secretary in this matter. You do realize for the laptop per child project to become a reality, electricity has to be as near as possible to schools. One of the areas that they are looking at is Kenya Power and Rural Electrification Authority (REA) working together, so that almost all public institutions are within 600 meters radius. That is the minimum distance required to take power to public institutions. So, it is underway and we have been assured by the Cabinet Secretary that they are working on it. It is unfortunate for hon. ... view
• 9 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, I am not the Cabinet Secretary and I would not want to say how many years. As I explained in the answer I gave to hon. Wambugu, the Government already has a plan, through REA, working together with Kenya Power, to bring the supply to as near as possible. Certainly, the power should be within 600 meters of public institutions. I believe once this is done, it will facilitate connection, so that delays like what has been reported by hon. Lessonet will not happen. We are going to take up the matter with the Cabinet Secretary, so ... view
• 9 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: Most obliged, hon. Deputy Speaker. view
• 9 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: On a point of order, hon. Deputy Speaker. view
• 9 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, that is intimidation and it cannot be allowed to go on. Every Member in this House is here in his or her own right and we are Members of the National Assembly. view
• 9 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Deputy Speaker for giving me the opportunity and I want to start by saying that I fully support this Motion. As I support this Motion, I want to declare that I have only total respect for the Chair of the Departmental Committee on Transport, Public Works and Housing and his able deputy who is my senior colleague in the distinguished profession of engineering. However, I want them and I plead with them to see this effort as being complementary to what they are doing and as adding synergy to their work. view
• 9 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, there is no gain saying it. Carnage on our roads has become a pandemic. When you lose more than ten people per day, it is not a matter to be glossed over and for me it is not because of lack of laws. Laws are simply not being followed. Sometimes when you look at our country, the problem might as well be that we have an oversupply of laws. There are too many laws every time we get into a situation. Instead of getting the willpower to apply the existing laws, we go and start looking for ... view
• 9 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: 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
• 9 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, when the Ntulele accident happened, no lesser person than the Cabinet Secretary in charge of transport called it a murder. What we are shocked of is that in spite of this being called murder and more than 40 people were murdered if that is to be taken as so, nobody has taken personal responsibility for what happened. If truly the Government believes that what happened was a murder of a national scale, then what we would have liked to see by now is the Cabinet Secretary, the Inspector-General of Police, the Police Commandant in charge of ... view