Eng. Nicholas Gumbo

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 3001 to 3010 of 3504.

• 6 Sep 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the tragedy is that success such as this tends to make people take things for granted. It is time we started to look at our athletes in a different way. A lot of us do not know that for the last 50 years of the Olympics, Kenya has won 26 gold medals. The whole of East Africa comprising Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda and Burundi has won 28 gold medals. That means that out of the 28 medals that have come to East Africa from the Olympics in the last 50 years, Kenya has accounted for ... view
• 26 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I beg to move:- THAT, Clause 22 of the Bill be amended in Subclause (3) by inserting a new paragraph immediately after paragraph (d) as follows- (e) if the office holder dies. It is simple really! It was omitted because it looks obvious. However, I am only trying to say that if the office holder of the Speaker dies, then the office becomes vacant. view
• 26 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, my proposed amendment has actually been overtaken by events and I wish to withdraw it. view
• 26 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Chairlady, my amendment was meant to raise the bar even higher. However, I think the amendment that has been proposed, which sets it as 50 per cent, sufficiently covers what I had in mind. In that spirit, I want to withdraw my amendment. view
• 26 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I beg to move:- THAT, Clause 68 of the Bill be amended in sub clause (1) by deleting paragraph (b) and substituting therefor the following new paragraph- (b) forges, defaces or destroys any campaign or promotional material of an opposing candidate or political party; Madam Temporary Deputy Chairlady, the proposal as it is now puts responsibility on the printer, which I do not think is what we intend. I am proposing that we amend it and include an article that outlaws forging, defacing or destroying any campaign promotion material of an opposing candidate or political party. view
• 26 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Chairlady, Clause 68(1)(b) says:- “A person who prints, publishes or posts up, causes to be printed, published, distributed or posted up, any advertisement, handbill, placard, or poster which refers to any election and which does not bear upon its face the names and addresses of the printer and publisher.” view
• 26 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: So, what we are outlawing is the fact that poster should bear the name of the printer. To me, I do not think that is necessary. view
• 26 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Chairlady, if I put the name of the printer, there is no requirement in this law that name that I put is an authentic name of the printer. I can put any name and call it a printer. So, I do not see what it is addressing or what it is proposing to cure. Instead, I am proposing a deletion, so that instead what we outlaw, which is a problem in most of elections, is forgery, defacing or destroying any campaign or promotional material of an opposing candidate or political party. view
• 26 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I am not comfortable. The reason is I think we are headed to a situation where we will be punishing innocent people for mistakes committed by others. I think the responsibility should be on the candidate and not the printer, because the printer is doing a commercial business. So, I plead with my colleague if that be the case, then we propose a further amendment to safeguard the printer. It is the malice of the candidate we are trying to punish here. Why are we not punishing the malice of the candidate and punishing somebody who ... view
• 26 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Chairlady, the purpose of my proposed amendment was to delete that clause and introduce a new clause which is very important and talks about defacing and destroying campaign materials not covered in this Act. It is talking of nomination papers and all the others. I wish to move a further amendment to that clause to introduce Subclause (p) to say that a person who--- view