Eng. Nicholas Gumbo

All parliamentary appearances

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• 7 Jun 2016 in National Assembly: ago. This country must find a way to live within its means. This country must find a way to lessen the burdens that we keep on piling on the present and future generations of Kenya instead of increasing them through approvals such as this. With those remarks, I pause and request my colleagues that before we approve the Government of Kenya guarantee for the amount of Kshs27.3 billion, let us stop to think what we have done to our country in consciously allowing our debt to balloon to almost unmanageable levels. I oppose the Motion. view
• 4 May 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. From where I sit, I do not think there is any Kenyan who would be reluctant to pay taxes if they were aimed at addressing problems facing our country. Our taxation regime is more of a punishment than a source of revenue for the country and for tackling the problems we face. That is why some people have described a fine as a tax for doing something wrong and a tax being a fine for doing something right in the sense that people who diligently pay taxes more often than not, do not see ... view
• 4 May 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I never said that. Maybe he is speaking from the point of being a lawyer. He is my great friend I respect him. He does not probably understand why countries that seek to develop invest more in engineers than lawyers. I will challenge him to show me one country that has sued itself to greatness. Countries have 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
• 4 May 2016 in National Assembly: become great by building edifices like the Thika Road Superhighway which is the work of engineers. My friend, I did not say, and I will never say that I glorify poverty. All I am saying is that these income disparities are bad for our country. We must do something about them. The more people we leave behind, the more insecure we become. There is no contradiction there. view
• 4 May 2016 in National Assembly: As I conclude, our tax regime must also tackle the extreme cases of youth unemployment in our country. They must also tackle the cost of living. Those of us who left the university in the early 1990s know that with Kshs10 in Nairobi, you could get by because from my house in Zimmerman, in the morning, with Nyayo Bus Service, I only needed Kshs0.50 to get to Nairobi. A plate of chips was Kshs1.50. I am not saying that we go back there. However, the cost of living in this country is something that we must tackle. We must also ... view
• 4 May 2016 in National Assembly: Finally, let us embrace transparency in the collection and utilisation of the taxes and levies that we impose. Why are we not speaking boldly about this? The other day, a friend of mine told me that a clerk at the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) owns four blocks of 64 units in Kitengela. Why are we allowing these things to happen? The clerk earns a monthly salary of Kshs60,000. How much do we earn? I do not even own a block of 10 flats. How can a clerk at the KRA own four blocks of 64 units? view
• 4 May 2016 in National Assembly: I do not own flats. You can audit me. I am putting myself forward to be audited. view
• 4 May 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, we cannot allow our tax managers to be living in largesse. They are wasting our taxes while we watch but we do not do anything about it. view
• 4 May 2016 in National Assembly: Yes! view
• 4 May 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Hon. A.B. Duale is a great friend of mine. Who does not know that most people at the KRA live beyond their incomes? The President himself has said so. What is there to substantiate? Who does not know that some of the people who do inspection at the Kenya Bureau of Standards (KBS) are living beyond their means? If we avoid the realities in our country, how will we move forward? Instead of asking me The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained ... view