Eng. Nicholas Gumbo

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 3111 to 3120 of 3504.

• 19 Jul 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, while I want to thank hon. Mungatana for bringing the Bill to the Floor of the House, there are one or two areas that I feel probably could have been done to enrich the Bill. I agree with the sentiments that have been made by hon. Kimunya; that much as we want to cure the social ills that have been there in the country, I think it is also not good to do it in reverse, so that we come to a situation where big is bad. I think all Kenyans who are willing to ... view
• 19 Jul 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, number seven is what I have spoken about. While it may be good to try to work out some kind of affirmative action, I think we should guard against this business of reverse discrimination. What we have seen in the last appointments that have come through is that certain communities in Kenya are now being discriminated against in reverse. We should consider this, but let us not marginalize other communities on account of the fact that they are perceived to be more than the others. view
• 19 Jul 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, as I rush to conclude, let me say that, in my view, we need public hearings or approvals of people who want to hold certain positions. But I am concerned because from what we have seen, we should make every attempt not to make those public hearings to be humiliating trials that we have seen. For example, let us not turn them into public lynching. view
• 16 Jun 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I rise on a point of order as the Chair of the House Broadcasting Committee. Standing Order No.195 (2) gives the House Broadcasting Committee the mandate to consider and report matters relating to broadcasting of parliamentary proceedings. It also gives the Committee the mandate to assess and analyze parliamentary information released to the public by the media. Under Standing Order No.34 (2), the House Broadcasting Committee is allowed as per the First Schedule of our Standing Orders to publish broadcasting regulations and part of those regulations deal with parliamentary privileges. No.2 of those privileges says ... view
• 16 Jun 2011 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. This is a very serious matter in my view. It borders on the dignity of the House. When this matter came, I took it upon myself. We are all individuals here and we represent people. We have families and above all, we are leaders of our country. I took it upon myself to talk to the Minister because I was concerned. From the outset, the letter looked fake. I know that to authentic documents, you need a Commissioner of Oaths. I cannot authenticate my own certificates and purport to say ... view
• 16 Jun 2011 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. view
• 16 Jun 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, with all due respect, I appreciate and respect the right of Dr. Nuh to seek clarifications. However, my fear is that we are going to cloud a matter that impacts directly on the dignity of the House. Could I kindly request you to pronounce yourself on this matter? view
• 16 Jun 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, while I send my condolences to the families that lost their loved ones in this tragedy, I want to make it known that as it stands, we can only delay the occurrence of such tragedies but we will not stop them. The view
• 16 Jun 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, in Karen Triangle Estate, for example in Nairobi, it was demarcated for single dwellings. According to the Director of Planning, it was resolved. How can you resolve to allow high rise buildings when you have not provided sewage and roads? Already constructions are going on which have no regard to road coverage? What is the Minister doing to make sure that the offices--- Members of Karen Triangle have written to the Town Planner. He has ignored all the letters. A tragedy is waiting to happen. How are these assurances going to help the people of ... view
• 16 Jun 2011 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. The Minister did not address my concern on the illegal structures coming up at Karen Triangle Estate, which I said was for single dwellings, but multi-storied buildings are coming up with sewer systems, roads and water. view