Eng. Nicholas Gumbo

All parliamentary appearances

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• 26 Sep 2013 in National Assembly: On a point of order, hon. Deputy Speaker. 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
• 26 Sep 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, but is it wrong to seek supplementary clarification? view
• 26 Sep 2013 in National Assembly: Yes, but it is like we are being stopped from seeking supplementary clarification. view
• 26 Sep 2013 in National Assembly: My button has been on. view
• 26 Sep 2013 in National Assembly: Yes, but I had a supplementary question on the second Statement. view
• 26 Sep 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, this is to the Chairman of the Committee. Of late, there have been very worrying crime trends in Nairobi. Sometimes in July, it was reported that in Dandora Estate - and I think even the Member for Nairobi raised this matter here - gangs of young boys, sometimes as young as 14, rape girls and women in broad daylight. The other crime trend being reported in Nairobi is where thugs on motorcycles attack people stranded in traffic jams and even fatalities have been reported. There was a case on Enterprise Road. The other crime trend being reported ... view
• 26 Sep 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, I thought this is important because those crime trends concern all of us. We all work in Nairobi and none of us is immune to them. Could the Chairman inform the House whether these matters have come to his Committee and if they have not, when does he intend to engage the people responsible for our security? Those crime trends which are very worrying can affect all of us? view
• 26 Sep 2013 in National Assembly: On a point of order, hon. Deputy Speaker. I do not want to go back to what has been discussed by the Members, but I think there is a very worrying trend that is growing in the House. Either the Committee Chairs are not taking their work seriously or I dare say that some Committee Chairs are simply incompetent. We cannot keep on coming to this House preparing. You know that we have very limited research capacity in this Parliament. A lot of the research, we do on our own. You spend a whole night researching on your own, coming ... view
• 25 Sep 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, I thank you. I just want to make a brief comment. The issues that have been raised by my colleagues about amendments to Bills involving taxation – amendments just appearing on the Floor of the House without Members being prepared should be taken seriously. Issues of taxation are very delicate and they touch on the poorest of the poor in Kenya. I want to remind my colleagues that we may be thinking that we are doing service to ourselves but we are not. Some of the most acknowledged leaders in the world include Dr. Manmohan Singh, the ... view
• 18 Sep 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I thank you for giving me the opportunity to make this request for a Statement. Pursuant to Standing Order No.44(2)(c), I wish to request for a Statement from the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Defence and Foreign Relations regarding the death of a Kenyan citizen, the late Haji Lukindo after a road accident in which an American diplomat was involved. view