Eng. Nicholas Gumbo

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• 27 Apr 2016 in National Assembly: relatively new phenomenon. A lot of people now argue that part of the reason why we are having this pervasiveness of food insecurity in our nation is our obsession with exotic food stuffs and particularly exotic seed varieties. As I was growing up in the rural Rarieda Constituency, the real foodstuffs that we used to take came from indigenous seeds such as sorghum, millet, cassava and others of that sort. There were several advantages with these foodstuffs. Most of these foodstuffs are not only hardy, very resistant and easy to grow, but they are also easy to store. In fact ... view
• 27 Apr 2016 in National Assembly: with the hope of becoming one of the developed nations of the world, first and foremost we must guarantee our people that no single Kenyan, young or old, irrespective of where they come from, goes to bed on an empty belly. I support. view
• 27 Apr 2016 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Hon. Speaker. view
• 27 Apr 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, there is so much noise. I thank you for giving me the opportunity to raise my point of order. Before I raise my point of order, I--- view
• 27 Apr 2016 in National Assembly: I want to address the Speaker directly, please. view
• 27 Apr 2016 in National Assembly: In the morning, I had risen on a point of order to raise my objection to the kind of coercion and arm-twisting that this House was being subjected to. But I 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
• 27 Apr 2016 in National Assembly: had confirmed that time, and I confirm now, that on behalf of the people of Rarieda, I was going to vote for this Bill and I have voted for it. The House as constituted now, you are aware that the Member for Ugunja is on suspension and cannot exercise the right to vote. As an Engineer, because he cannot exercise the right to vote, then the maximum number that can be in this House is 348. If you divide by two- thirds, that is 232. I wanted your opinion on this matter. Would we, therefore, still be insisting that two-thirds ... view
• 26 Apr 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I actually support the Chair of the Departmental Committee on Energy, Communication and Information. This is one Bill if not addressed properly, can cause conflicts in this country. Therefore, it is very important. Countries have gone to war because of petroleum and it starts from this Bill. We do not want the fact that we now have petrol, we have an oil curse. I have had an occasion before to look at test cases of countries for whom petroleum is a blessing and for whom petroleum is a curse. We would wish that through this Bill, ... view
• 26 Apr 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I neither oppose nor support the amendment. However, I plead with Hon. Ottichilo that primary school education in this day and age in Kenya is so threadbare. If we are going to look at private security regulation, there are so many Form Four leavers in this country. I would wish to plead with my good friend to propose a further amendment to provide for, at least, a Form Four certificate. Primary school certificate is so threadbare. view
• 26 Apr 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I do not disagree at all with the substance of the amendment, but I was wondering if it is grammatically correct to say “security- vetted”. I thought it should be “has undergone security vetting”. What does security-vetted mean? We make grammatical mistakes in the Bills that we pass here and in my over 40 years of interacting with English, I have never heard of “security-vetted”. view