Eng. Nicholas Gumbo

All parliamentary appearances

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• 26 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: August 26, 2009 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES view
• 26 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: 2922 promote sports. What is the Minister doing to make sure that people who have conquered the world will never live in want, are highly regarded and will forever remain the heroes of this nation? Secondly, Mr. Deputy Speaker, the reason why Kenya cannot beat America in the medals table is because our strength up to now has been exclusively on the tracks. As I said, up to now, only Napunyi remains the only non track gold medalist in this country. We have the opportunity. When we were young, we used to do boat racing. In fact, one of the ... view
• 20 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I think that as a House, it is important that our Standing Orders appear to have harmony between them. I am looking at the ruling that you have made and trying to reconcile it with the fact that for a Member to lose his seat in the House he or she needs to be away from the House for eight consecutive sittings. I wonder why then it should not be possible to make it harmonious so that even for committees it becomes eight sittings instead of four. Does it not look disharmonious that one part of the ... view
• 13 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. The Minister is trying to mislead the House by deliberately being vague. To the best of my knowledge virtually, all banks in Kenya are owned by Kenyans. Could the Minister answer the question? There has to be a criterion for a bank to qualify to be called “a local bank.” view
• 5 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me the opportunity to support the Motion. view
• 5 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: As I support the Motion, allow me to start by thanking the Government of the Republic of Kenya and the good governments of the Republics of Korea, Japan and Italy for the investments they have made in my constituency to improve water services. view
• 5 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, as we all know, water is life. I want to think that if we want to make this country sufficient in water supply, perhaps we need to stop being too conventional. The driest surface on earth is a country called Yemen. That country’s main water source is rain water. Yemen receives less than 50 centimetres of rain per year. It is time that we became a little more creative in the way we supply water to our people. My own thinking is that most of rural Kenya, particularly places like the area I come from, ... view
• 29 Jul 2009 in National Assembly: Thank you, Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to support the Motion before the House. I want to congratulate my colleague, Mr. Chanzu, for bringing up this important Motion. As we know, power is life and power is civilization. When I look at the aspirations of Vision 2030, sometimes I wonder how we are going to achieve that with a paltry 1,000 megawatts, which in some countries is not even enough to light up one town. view
• 29 Jul 2009 in National Assembly: Not from him! view
• 16 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity to support the Budget Speech, as read by the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance last week. view