Eng. Nicholas Gumbo

All parliamentary appearances

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• 12 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, the idea of compensation is good. I wish the Chairman was bold enough to stop it from being whimsical. Sub-clause 11 of the Bill provides that the compensation referred to under Section 10 may be facilitated through insurance schemes or compensation agreements as may be approved by the Defence Council from time to time. I would be happier if we could have a compensation scheme as part of a subsidiary legislation accompanying this Bill. There is a possibility that the Defence Council may not have a standardised way of arriving at compensations and then it becomes ... view
• 12 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I think these amendments are good, especially amendments that touch on the compensation of soldiers who get injured in the line of duty and on the promotion of our men and women in the Defence Forces. Over time, some of us have expressed grave concerns in the manner our Defence Forces have been deployed to keep peace in any part of Kenya. It is not bad to deploy our Defence Forces to keep peace in any part of Kenya which is affected by unrest or instability. I think these amendments, and even without them, the Constitution, ... view
• 12 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: We have reason to believe that there have been many instances that this clear provision of the letter of the Constitution has been violated. Parliament is commanded to defend the Constitution. So, I would want to believe that going forward with the amendments that we have done, we will observe strict adherence to the written letter of the Constitution particularly with regard to deployment of members of our Defence Forces, to restore peace in any part of Kenya affected by unrest or instability. We have had instances where we have been told that a blanket approval was given for Boni ... view
• 12 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: I support. view
• 12 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. Just to recap what I said yesterday, ECDE education is the foundation of education in any nation. Since it is the foundation, if it is weak, the rest of the structure will be weak. I said, free cannot only be interpreted to mean free of payment. These children need water, health services and clothing. Above all, these children need food. If we are to make ECDE truly free, then we have to provide water, health services, uniforms and food to these children. I am gratified to note that this Bill talks about suitable premises ... view
• 12 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, those are the bad habits of the West, which we have no time for. I have been a parent many times over and a very proud one at that. I believe that just like you do not outsource the art of making children, you cannot outsource parenting. As for the teacher to child ratio, it has been proved that the lower the grade, the more contact hours are needed between the teacher and the child. At the university level, one can learn on their own and pass exams. We need to improve on the contact hours ... view
• 12 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you. Once upon a time, I was living in Zimmerman Estate. My neighbour took his child to a Catholic nursery school. The child was asked to name the five vowels and he could not. He was asked to count from one to ten and he could not. He was asked to name the first 10 letters of the Alphabet and he could not. The administrators of that centre told the father of the child that the child had failed. The father said, “Excuse me, how can this child fail? This is the beginning of education. Who was supposed to ... view
• 11 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for the giving me the opportunity to speak to this Bill. It is important in the sense that ECDE is the foundation of education. Like my colleagues who have spoken to it before me, I also think the dichotomy of putting ECDE under the Ministry and the county governments while the other levels of education are with the national Government needs to be addressed. view
• 11 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: We are talking about free and compulsory ECDE. Free and compulsory can only happen if those children are able to go to school. In addition to providing classrooms and teachers, we also must look at the welfare of those children, particularly on matters of health and simple 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
• 11 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: things like uniforms. There are children who cannot even go to school because parents cannot even afford uniforms. We have to look at issues of nutrition. A hungry child cannot go to school. view