Eng. Nicholas Gumbo

All parliamentary appearances

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• 19 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, when a leaf of sukuma wiki cost one shilling - and this is a research I did over the weekend - it is not a laughing matter. view
• 19 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, when a litre of Kerosene costs Kshs92, it is not a laughing matter. When a two kilogramme packet of unga costs more than Kshs100, it is not a laughing matter. When it costs ordinary Kenyans with a monthly earning of less than Kshs4,000 to pay Kshs100 to travel from Kayole to town, it is not a laughing matter. We must address issues that will bring the cost of living down. Otherwise, we as a country are staring implosion in the face and I can tell you that when social implosion happens, none of us is safe. ... view
• 12 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me a chance to support this important Motion. From the outset, I would like to thank the two chairs; the Chair on Delegated Legislation and the Chair of the Departmental Committee on Energy, Communication and Information for the deliberations that we had on this matter. As it was very ably elaborated by the Chairperson on Delegated Legislation, this matter came to us after some of the leading oil marketing companies in Kenya expressed their concerns or doubts as to whether or not the Minister has powers to allocate quotas to any ... view
• 12 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to contexture that the Minister is well within the law to give 30 per cent quota to NOCK but this will only make sense if it is done in the interest of the public. If you look at page 18 of the Report where the justification as to whether or not deliberations are due, the first one highlights on the need to ensure adequate, reliable and secure supply of competitively priced petroleum fuel to achieve meaningful economic growth in line with Section 4.21(b), paragraph 14 of the Sessional Paper No.4 of 2004 on ... view
• 12 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: Nevertheless, allocation of quotas to anybody will not make sense if it does not lead to stabilization of supplies and prices. What we have heard in the Kenyan market is that, prices and even supplies have tended to be very unstable and those who lose in the process are the consumers. I contend that a very well run NOCK is both good in ensuring availability and stability of supplies. In this regard, I want to thank the Minister for Energy. When we met the first time, I was one of the people who raised objections why the NOCK did not ... view
• 12 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, as I have said, a well run NOCK will not only ensure availability and stability but will also contribute greatly to the GDP as has been said by my able colleague, Eng. Rege. It is known that it will also help to cushion against undesirable practices by the oil marketing companies. In fact, one of the key undesirable practices that we have identified as a Committee, and this country knows, is that actions of major oil marketing companies always lead to predatory pricing and unpredictability in pricing. Therefore, if we can have the NOCK being ... view
• 12 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: The role of petroleum in the economy cannot be gainsaid. If you look at the inflation figures for March 2011; the month on month average inflation for March was 9.19 per cent as compared to about 6.5 per cent in February. Even though the contribution by oil and petroleum products were just over 3 per cent, the incidental and direct effect of petrol is known because where petrol is not available, prices of commodities go up, transportation goes up, bus fares go up and so on. These indirect consequences, is what hurts the economy and above all, is what hurts ... view
• 7 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to make some very brief remarks. I want to follow from what my colleagues have said. I have said it here before that as a country, we are very much in danger of having a very good Constitution with very little constitutionalism. Since we promulgated the Constitution on 27th August, 2010, nothing has changed. Police killings are still going on. The lethargy in Government offices is still there and even in matters relating to how public services and goods are procured, nothing has changed at all. This ... view
• 7 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, for instance, right now, we are being told 15 per cent of revenue will go to the counties. I have heard arguments out there in the public that that is reason enough to remove all the devolved funds as we have known, including the CDF and LATF. Up to now, I do not think there is a single Member in this House who can stand up and say courageously that the 15 per cent of revenue will be development or recurrent expenditure. I do not think up to now, there is a single Member in this ... view
• 7 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: We also need to be sympathetic to the plight of our fellow politicians; the councillors. When we were trying to promote the new Constitution, we carried them a long with us. In fact, I am told they were even given a party at State House. That is what one of them told me in my constituency that they were given a party. We carried them along. However, we are not telling them their fate. To me, this looks insensitive. Let us come up with laws--- view