Eng. Nicholas Gumbo

All parliamentary appearances

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• 21 Jul 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, actually he has done very well. I only want to help him as a Kenyan patriot. Through the Chair, I told the Minister that I have privileged information; I am a consulting engineer for life actually because you cannot take from me. There are rules governing which classes of contractors work in which installations. The airport is a symbol of prestige. Could I request through the Chair that the Minister asks the management of KAA to make sure that this is adhered to? When you hear that general merchants like Magnet Ventures who are known only to ... view
• 20 Jul 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I wish to request a Ministerial Statement from the Minister for Education on the value and need for the annual head teachers conferences. In the statement, the Minister should clarify the following: the purpose of the annual head teachers conferences for both primary and secondary schools; why these conferences are always held in the middle of school terms instead of during school holidays; the average cost of the annual conferences broken down from district, provincial down to national, and who funds these conferences; who regulates the amount to be paid to head teachers as daily allowances; to ... view
• 20 Jul 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I wish to request for a Ministerial Statement from the Minister for Education on the dire food situation in most public schools in Kenya. In the Statement, the Minister is to clarify the following: what precipitated the national food crisis in most of Kenya’s public schools; how the food served in most of our public schools is procured; what the Government is doing to immediately arrest the biting and dire food situation in most of our schools, especially now that Form Four students and Standard Eight pupils are facing their mock examinations; what contingency plans are available ... view
• 20 Jul 2011 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. view
• 20 Jul 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I just wanted to emphasise what both hon. Mwau and hon. Khalwale have said, because, as the Minister rightly pointed out, APSEA is an association of professionals from the whole of East Africa. What hon. Mwau is seeking to cure is the fact that if you give APSEA a blanket ticket to nominate a member without limiting that ticket, you cannot stop them from nominating anybody. If they nominate a Tanzanian, they will have broken no law. So, we want to request your discretion. As it is, this provision has a serious potential to be ... view
• 20 Jul 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to move the following Motion:- THAT, this House adopts the report of the House Broadcasting Committee on Investigation into the Sound Interference of Kenya National Assembly House Proceedings on Thursday 28th April, 2011 laid on the Table of the House on Tuesday 17th May 2011. view
• 20 Jul 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, this Report is a product of investigations by the House Broadcasting Committee, as directed by the Speaker, on the interference of the proceedings of the House, which occurred on three separate occasions during the Afternoon Sitting on Thursday 28th April, 2011, between 4.26 p.m. and 5.14 p.m. During the Sitting of Thursday 28th April, 2011, strange sounds intermittently interfered with the House proceedings. The external sound which was carried through the Chamber public address system made Members’ contributions to become inaudible. The sounds were distinct from the ongoing Chamber business and were audible and intelligible. ... view
• 20 Jul 2011 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, once again for giving me the chance to reply to this Motion. Allow me to start by thanking the hon. Members who have found time to contribute to this Motion. I want to thank Mr. Letimalo, Mr. Mungatana, Mr. Njuguna, Mr. Ndiritu Muriithi and Mr. Mututho who has just spoken. As we adopt this report, as Mr. Mungatana said, what we have presented here looks like a harmless report, but I want to say that anyone thinking that this is a harmless report should, indeed, perish the thought, especially when we consider that ... view
• 20 Jul 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, this is out of the realization that because of the advancements in technology as much as you need your mobile phone to communicate, it can also be used as a device to cause devastation. That is why one of the recommendations we have made here is that we should find a way to demobilize mobile phones once we get into the Chamber. During the course of our investigations, we were very amazed as a Committee with the ease with which cheap communication installations in Parliament, in fact, in this Chamber can be accessed. view
• 20 Jul 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, we found out that where the mixers and the amplifiers have been put, it is very easy for an outsider, especially someone with ill intentions to access them and as a result cause sabotage. We were also very concerned at the ease with which outsiders can access Parliament. We even have in mind diplomats who come here for State functions. We have been to other parliaments of the world and the security checks that you are taken through before you can witness what is going on in the Chamber are very elaborate. I have been to ... view