Eng. Nicholas Gumbo

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 3151 to 3160 of 3504.

• 31 May 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Chairman, Sir, I beg to move:- THAT the Fourth Schedule of the Bill be amended by deleting Subparagraph (3) of Paragraph 3. My amendment is a small one, but it shows that sometimes engineers can see what lawyers cannot see. The same paragraph has been repeated. So, this amendment deletes the second repeat. view
• 26 May 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to commend the Minister for this bold attempt to increase the number of national schools. I say so because in my maiden speech in this House I criticized the distribution of national schools, I called for an increase of national schools. Minister, I thank you. However, I have a problem with the list as read out. Waziri, you may not know it but one of my proudest heritage is that I went to Cardinal Otunga High School in Kisii. Therefore, in more ways than one I also consider myself to be among the ... view
• 26 May 2011 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. Mr. view
• 26 May 2011 in National Assembly: , I appreciate very highly, your answer and to be honest, I would have loved Cardinal Otunga to be among the schools which have been upgraded. However, that was not my question. view
• 26 May 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir that is what I am getting to. Criteria number two talks about equity considerations and making sure that schools selected were not in immediate neighbourhood. Nyabururu Girls is in Kisii and Kisii High School are in the same county and less than five kilometers apart. What informed their choice? view
• 25 May 2011 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me the opportunity to contribute to this Bill. I thank the Minister for bringing it to the House. I want to confirm that before coming to this House, I was an active practitioner in the construction industry, but mainly on the supply end of things. One of the concerns that we have had is that the construction industry is not in the hands of Kenyans. I have gone through this Bill from cover to cover. However, I am disappointed to note that in this Bill there are no definite clear provisions ... view
• 25 May 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, to avoid conflicting with existing laws and regulations, the Minister may try to find out if that is the case. The aim of promoting quality assurance in the construction industry is very important. I think quality, of necessity, must start with the built up environment. One of the biggest problems we have had in this country is the mushrooming of unplanned and un-coordinated structures. For example, peri-urban areas of Nairobi which were designated as low density areas are now awash with high density construction. That is beginning to completely throw out planning through the window. ... view
• 25 May 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am not sure why in Part (h) of the functions of the Authority, the Minister is asking them to encourage the standardization and improvement of construction techniques in the country. Mr. Minister, I do not think we should ask them to encourage. We should ask them to enforce because, encouraging to me, is not the way we want to go here. view
• 25 May 2011 in National Assembly: In Part (i) on the functions of the Authority; to initiate and maintain the construction industry information system, I think such an information system must, of necessity, include all stakeholders both from the supply end of the construction industry to the demand side so that, when one reaches such an information system, he is able to access a bank where they can be able to know the required capital, stakeholders in the industry, consultants in the industry, contractors in the industry, the availability of capital such as land, financing and those kind of things. view
• 25 May 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, turning to Clause 7 of the Bill, it says:- “A person nominated by the associations set out in Part II of the First Schedule shall qualify for appointment as a member of the Board under paragraphs (1)(f) and if such person is the holder of a Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE)…” I think we are being timid here, with all due respect. Kenyans have gone to school. We have hundreds of thousands of Kenyans who are holding university degrees and, as a minimum; I will be proposing, at the Committee Stage that the minimum ... view