Eng. Nicholas Gumbo

All parliamentary appearances

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• 7 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I respect the views of my neighbour, but I wonder whether that is a point of order. view
• 7 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: What I am trying to say is this. It is very important for us, as Parliament, to let this people know their fate in good time. They are responsible human beings. We have needed them before. Personally, I was not aware that they were voting themselves out of jobs. We campaigned a lot with the hon. Midiwo in Siaya County. The way I saw them dancing, honestly to God, they could not have been dancing if they knew they were dancing themselves out of offices. view
• 7 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, with all due respect to the Chair, I have heard some of my colleagues even question the necessity of the taskforces. view
• 7 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: What I am trying to say in this House is, please; let us not give time for anxiety to build among these people. Councillors are a big part of our country. Councillors are influential grassroots leaders. It is important that we let them know their fate. view
• 7 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: As I stand here, and I am surprised none of the speakers before me have spoken about it. I want to say emphatically that the Report by the National Integration and Cohesion Commission (NICC), which was released yesterday, should make anybody in this country, who believes in the future of Kenya, to die with shame. Ethnicity will kill our country. If we do not want to say it with courage and boldly, there will be no future for this country. view
• 7 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, even if I was running a family enterprise, I would be ashamed if I am surrounded by 80 per cent of my village. Ethnicity is killing our country. Trying to wash it under the rags will not help. I have spoken against ethnicity from the first time I made my maiden speech in this House. I will continue to speak against it because I am a beneficiary of the diversity of Kenya. Ethnicity is taking us nowhere. What sort of a country is this where even when we are faced with the shame of our brothers ... view
• 7 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, let us not be shy about the question of negative ethnicity in Kenya. We have taken these things to ridiculous levels. Even in the IDPs, people are segregated. Some are given assistance and others are left out. How can we run a country like this? We are here. Let us unite as a country. We are seeing signs that the country is slowly inching toward the same situation that prevailed before 2007. Why are we not coming up to speak and take a middle ground? view
• 7 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: I want to thank hon. M. Kilonzo. Irrespective of what people say, for me, he has been the voice of reason. I encourage more of us, please, we need this country. Kenya is bigger than any of us. We must say, like the Nigerians have said in their campaigns, not a single drop of blood of a Kenyan is worth the ambition of any politician. We must say it loudly. But when we start now openly and in public, to call each other hyenas and pretend that we have no problem with their communities, only them, what are we saying? ... view
• 7 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: With those few remarks, I beg to support. view
• 7 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: On a point of information, Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker. view