Eng. Nicholas Gumbo

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 2541 to 2550 of 3504.

• 25 Jul 2013 in National Assembly: I can go on and on about almost every county. Last week, when the substantive Speaker was on that Chair I said that we have the Cabinet Secretary in charge of security. When we ask the Chair of the Committee to talk on matters of security, honestly we are not being fair to him. He is a Member of Parliament. His job is to legislate. His job is representation; his job is to oversee the Executive. It is affecting every part of the country. Why do we not, as a House, engage directly with people we pay to look after ... view
• 25 Jul 2013 in National Assembly: On a point of order, hon. Deputy Speaker. As I said earlier on, I do not wish to engage in debate on this matter, but let us really not try to distort history here. Security even in Nairobi, and my good friend--- view
• 25 Jul 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, what I am against is that the Leader of Majority Party is trying to say that we cannot engage the Cabinet Secretary directly. We can and we should because this matter goes beyond Committees; it affects every Member. view
• 24 Jul 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, I had actually made the request earlier on, when hon. Namwamba was on the Floor. I just wanted to remind him that, as a student of engineering, I know that 8-4-4 is equal to zero, but I do not want to invite debate. view
• 24 Jul 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, I want to thank the Mover for moving this Motion but, as I support the Motion, we have to accept that it is almost a universal principle that every adversity brings with it equal - if not greater - opportunity. I think the Dandora Dumpsite must now be seen as an opportunity. As we know, for Kenya to achieve Vision 2030, it has to produce one Gigawatts of electricity per year. It is estimated that up to 50 Megawatts of electricity can be generated from the Dandora Dumpsite. Therefore, it is important for the Nairobi county government ... view
• 23 Jul 2013 in National Assembly: On a point of order, hon. Deputy Speaker. I think we are going about this matter in a roundabout manner but we are actually demeaning the dignity of the House. This is because we are talking of the premises of the Constitution and the proposed Bill. If you look at the proposed Bill under Section 3(d), it says in Sub- section 1(k) “by adding the words “on disciplinary matters relating to transfers, promotions and appointments” immediately after the words “of service”. view
• 23 Jul 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, when I go to the Constitution which is the supreme law of the land, Article 246(3) says: “The Commission shall – (a) recruit and appoint persons to hold or act in offices in the service, confirm appointments, and determine promotions and transfers within the National Police Service.” What we are asking for is simple. Is this amendment an attempt to amend the Constitution? This is the ruling we are seeking. Why the hullabaloo? Why are we trying to set precedents which are going to bind this House and put this House in bad light? This is a ... view
• 11 Jul 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity to add my voice to this important matter which has been raised by my good friend and colleague, Hon. Junet Nuh. view
• 11 Jul 2013 in National Assembly: Looking at the behavior of our governors today, this country needs to be very afraid. If you look at the principles that govern devolution under Article 174 of our Constitution, you will find that it is very clear that one of the key objects of devolution of government is to promote democratic and accountable exercise of power which we are not seeing in our governors. Most importantly, it is to foster national unity. However, many of our governors today are behaving as if they are kings. view
• 11 Jul 2013 in National Assembly: The other day I was reading, and I hope that it is not correct that today there are governors who demand that when they leave their headquarters the roads are cleared 20 kilometres ahead of them. Where are we heading to if we will go this way? The main reason why Kenyans clamoured for the repealing of the Constitution that we had was to try to bring down the powers of the imperial presidency. However, we are devolving imperial presidency to the counties. I would like to tell this House that it is within us and we know what we ... view