Eng. Nicholas Gumbo

All parliamentary appearances

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• 18 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I thank you for giving me this opportunity to support this very important Motion. I stand here to speak as a Member of the Select Committee investigating the root causes of cattle rustling in Kenya. While I thank the Chairman of this Select Committee and his team for bringing here this important Motion, I think we have to call a spade a spade. These problems thrive because of total lack of Government in those areas. We have been to areas where cattle-rustling is rampant, and what you see is a depressing situation. It is time ... view
• 18 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, it is very depressing to find a District Commissioner (DC), like in Pokot, operating in a very remote place with four Administration Police (AP) officers and has only one vehicle which has been discharged to go and deal with a case of cattle rustling where people have been killed. The Government has all these reports. The National Focal Point on Small Arms has reports on how to deal with cattle rustling. The Ministry of State for Defence and the Ministry of State for Provincial Administration and Internal Security have many reports on how to deal ... view
• 18 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: things have gone on and the Government is aware and it knows what to do but it has not done anything. So, how can we not then say that the Government cannot be condemned on this matter? view
• 18 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, we cannot talk about these things without talking about the roles of leaders. The report clearly says that and we have seen it publicly where some groups have denied some leaders a chance to address them because they perceive them as the cause of those problems. These are the things that we know. There are leaders who incite communities against each other for their own selfish interests. We must address such issues. view
• 18 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: The underlying commercial issues are also very important. You cannot transport cattle from Samburu to the border of Tanzania unless you have big business people involved. These are issues that the Government knows about and I think it is time that it stamped them out permanently. view
• 18 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: Finally, the question of peace committees has been discussed here. Some people feel that they may not be doing their job and others feel that they are doing the right thing. I have had a chance to talk with one of the most effective peace committees in this country and that is the peace committee that was in Garissa District. I do believe that non-partisan peace committees made by the local communities themselves are very useful in stamping out these problems. It is important that as the Government and leaders, we encourage the formation of peace committees in a non-partisan ... view
• 18 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: With those remarks, I beg to support. view
• 17 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity to support this very important Motion. In supporting the Motion, it is gratifying to note that the Minister is alive to the fact that in the new Constitution every Kenyan will not only be guaranteed sufficient quantities but also sufficient qualities of water. I am glad that she realizes that the resources required to deliver that are massive but I hope she is equal to the challenge. view
• 17 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, since this country became independent almost 50 years ago, the Ministry of Water and Irrigation without exception, has been big on promises but very short on delivery. I hope this Minister and her team can make a difference because this is a matter that is of concern to nearly all Kenyans. As she does that, she should also re-look at the idea of the Water Service Boards and the various water services provided in the country. The situation today is that many of the service providers are wrangling and the Minister is aware of that. ... view
• 17 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, as I wind up, I am always concerned that the biggest source of water in this country has not been utilized as much as it should. Our country, Kenya, is comparable almost in size to a country called Yemen. Kenya has acreage of about 583,000 square kilometres while Yemen has acreage of about 527,000 square kilometres. The annual precipitation in Yemen is about 127 millimetres while in Kenya it is about 1500 millimetres. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, with a surface area of almost Kshs583 billion square metres and a precipitation of 1.5 metres, Kenya ... view