Eng. Nicholas Gumbo

All parliamentary appearances

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• 8 Sep 2011 in National Assembly: I support. view
• 8 Sep 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I wish to support the Motion for Adjournment. As I do so, I want to register my satisfaction, as a Kenyan, with what we have been able to achieve as Members of Parliament but also most importantly, with what our athletes did in the past one week. I think we take some of these things for granted. After we debated the Motion of Adjournment on the athletes, I watched the BBC in the UK where an athlete from the UK had won a silver medal and they showed it for a whole day. It was the ... view
• 8 Sep 2011 in National Assembly: More fundamentally as leaders of this country and as we go on recess, let us borrow from our athletes. When the likes of Edna Kiplagat and Kemboi were winning gold medals, nobody cared which part of Kenya they come from. As politicians, let us borrow a leaf from what the athletes did and accept that come next year when we hold elections, only one person can be the President of Kenya and we must accept that whatever the result of the elections, Kenya has to remain as one unit. Let us borrow from our athletes and let us do politics ... view
• 8 Sep 2011 in National Assembly: I support. view
• 6 Sep 2011 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. Last December, I actually spent a holiday with my family in Garissa. Could the Assistant Minister confirm or deny that, that bridge is closed at 6.00 p.m.? Why is he preventing Kenyans from moving out of Garissa after 6.00 p.m.? view
• 6 Sep 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, early this week, our athletes, Kenyan young men and women, made history by hoisting Kenya to the very top of the world. As a matter of fact, some of those gallant Kenyans who are not on international duty came back this afternoon. Arising from this, I wish to seek leave of the House under Standing Order No.23 to move a Motion for Adjournment so that this House and the people of Kenya as a whole may record their deepest appreciation and gratitude to our world beaters who conquered the globe at the just concluded International Association ... view
• 6 Sep 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I seek leave of the House under the Standing Order No.23 for a Motion of Adjournment, so that this House and the people of Kenya may record their deepest appreciation and gratitude to our world beaters, who conquered the globe by the just concluded IAAF World Athletic Championships held in Daegu, South Korea. view
• 6 Sep 2011 in National Assembly: Speaking as a Kenyan, I feel good today. I feel very special, indeed, that our athletes have achieved what they have. Just about two weeks ago, our young men and women jetted out of this country to go and compete with the best of the world in the Thirteenth Edition of the IAAF championships in Daegu, South Korea. What is more satisfying is that our men and women did not disappoint as we have seen from the reports that have been coming through. For the first time in a major international event, Kenya managed to get seven gold medals. Therefore, ... view
• 6 Sep 2011 in National Assembly: This achievement is so big that we have to put it in context. Kenya is a very small country in terms of its nominal GDP per capita and even the size of people, but with the entire globe assembled, our great nation managed to become number three in the whole world. In achieving that, we managed seven gold medals. The whole of Africa managed nine gold medals. In fact, apart from Monto of Botswana and Ibrahim from Ethiopia, all the gold medals that came to Africa, came from the great sons and daughters of Kenya. Of all the medals that ... view
• 6 Sep 2011 in National Assembly: This is great. If anyone cannot celebrate a moment like this, then truly, that is not a true Kenyan. I feel happy but what makes me even happier is that a lot more can be done. If you look at, for example, the tactical blunders we made in the women 3,000 metres triple chase and in the 10,000 metres men, where it seemed like our guys had only prepared for one Kenenisa Bekele, I think we have hope to believe that come London 2012, Kenya probably will be the best athletics nation in the world. view