Eng. Nicholas Gumbo

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 3441 to 3450 of 3504.

• 12 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I rise on a point of order to seek clarification and guidance from the Chair on a matter which is causing quite a bit of anxiety, both within and outside the House. view
• 12 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, in seeking this clarification, I am aware that the business of this House has to be conducted within the confines of our Constitution, other written laws and Statutes and the Standing Orders. Indeed, the Standing Orders are, themselves, a derivative of those laws. view
• 12 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, on Thursday 5th February, 2009, that is last week, the Chair made a ruling which has caused a lot of anxiety, like I said, both within and without the House. view
• 12 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the details of that ruling are available in the HANSARD, but I will request the indulgence of the Chair just to read the penultimate paragraph of that ruling. view
• 12 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, in response to the papers laid on the Table by Dr. Khalwale, the Chair made a ruling as follows:- view
• 12 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: "As regards to documents tabled by Dr. Khalwale, only those that are in the official letterhead of the NCPB are acceptable. All other documents, including e-mails, are not genuine and shall be expunged from the records of the House." view
• 12 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, you will recall that late last year, this House passed the Kenya Communications (Amendment) Bill, which was subsequently enacted into law. Part 6(a) of that Act deals with electronic transactions. Section 83(g) under the short heading "Legal Recognition of Electronic Records" says as follows and I quote:- view
• 12 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: "Where any law provides that information or other matter shall be in writing, then, notwithstanding, anything contained in such law, such requirements shall be deemed to have been satisfied if such information or matter is- view
• 12 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: (a) rendered or made available in electronic form; and, view
• 12 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: (b) accessible so as to be usable for subsequent reference." view