Eng. Nicholas Gumbo

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• 19 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: I want your guidance on this. In my understanding, when you have a report which has a majority and a minority view, then in essence, you have two reports. Being an unusual Report, the Chairman should have guided us on what we are adopting. Are we adopting the Report by the majority or the minority of the Members of the Committee? If the Report is rejected, what are we rejecting? view
• 6 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker, for giving me the opportunity to contribute to this Motion. I just have one point to highlight. The Committee on Appointments, as has been outlined by Hon. Katoo ole Metito, is chaired by none other than you. You realise that in the course of performing vetting for appointment, one of the things that we look out for is academic qualifications. I say this because it would be wrong for us, as a House, to demand and insist on standards which we do not uphold. I am aware that there is a Bill before this House requiring ... view
• 6 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I also rise to support the Motion. I have heard the discussions by my colleagues. Sometimes when we sit in this House, we tend to forget the obvious. One of my best friends in this House is the Member for Ol Jorok. I was a bit surprised when he said that we, as CORD, sometimes run our affairs by remote control. The truth of the matter is that the leaders of our coalitions, whether Jubilee or CORD, do not sit in this House. To suggest that by sitting in this House we cannot listen to our ... view
• 6 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: As a country, our democracy is still maturing. Speaking from the side of our coalition, if the leader of my coalition moved to another party today, more than three-quarters of us would move with him to that party. I believe that would also apply to the Jubilee Coalition. These are people who have earned their place in our society. Honestly, to refer to them derogatorily is not right. Sometimes people get affected by the actions that are taken upon them and speak in the manner that they do. I am aware that some of the fellows that would talk in ... view
• 6 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: coalition were withdrawn from the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs. We are now going back. As Hon. Midiwo said, the image we portray is important. A while ago, I brought up the matter of education levels and why the Committee on Appointments should insist on education standards for the people they are vetting when some of them do not have those standards. It saddened me that as we were doing that, students were sitting in the gallery. The impression we gave is that education is not important. That is a wrong message. Wherever we go, we spend most ... view
• 6 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: has gone on in this country. What I learn form that acrimony and the fact that we have now agreed to come together is that this country moves forward when Kenyans provide space for each other. When we accommodate each other, this country moves forward. Let us find it among ourselves, as the leaders of this country, to accommodate one another, so that we can provide the right non-poisoned environment that can allow our great nation to move forward and take its place among the great countries of the world. With those few remarks, I support. view
• 6 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for an opportunity to contribute to this important Motion by my good friend, Hon. Rose Nyamunga of Kisumu County. This Motion is coming at a time when the fishing industry in Kenya is facing serious threats. It has faced serious threats before, but right now the threat it is facing is even bigger. This is a contradiction of sorts because our country has thousands of nautical miles of sea front. It has access to the second largest fresh water lake in the world and has very large inland water bodies and over a dozen ... view
• 6 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: I thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 30 Jun 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. As an alumnus of the University of Nairobi, I have had occasion to be at the University at a time when a strike was going on. I can say with authority that an overwhelming number of students do not participate in those strikes. However, what I witnessed when I was in second year was bad. A classmate of mine who was found washing was beaten thoroughly by police officers and he had to be in police cells for a very long time. It is true, yes, that who engage in criminal acts need to be punished, ... view
• 30 Jun 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I want to thank the Leader of the Majority Party for outlining the programme on the CSs to appear before the House next week. Last week, I rose after he read the Statement on the Business appearing before the House this week. I want to express my concern with regard to a report of the Special Audit on the IEBC which was laid here more than four months ago. view