Eng. Nicholas Gumbo

All parliamentary appearances

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• 8 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: many times. This man cannot even guarantee me power. He has a short message in his phone which I sent to him telling him to disconnect his power, so that I can look for alternative sources of power. view
• 8 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: The fact that we are trying to provide infrastructure to reach as many parts of Kenya as possible is commendable. This energy would not account for much if it is not reliable, efficient and affordable. We live in an inverted society. You must have read the other day that 1 per cent of the people in this country own 10 times more wealth than 99 per cent of the people. That means the people that we need to carry with us are not the 1 per cent, to which group we have the privilege to belong to, but the 99 ... view
• 8 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, my time cannot be up that soon. view
• 8 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: One Nigerian politician once said that as long as we leave the 99 per cent of the people in our country behind, then they will take us down. view
• 8 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: Clause 7 is important because over 65 per cent of our country depends on firewood. What are the implications? It means that we cannot stop deforestation and our forest cover will continue to be affected. view
• 8 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: Clause 8 is on investments on energy. We cannot be ashamed to say that as we invest in energy, let that wealth be taken by the people of Kenya. Right now, all the big investments are coming into our country, but those investments are in the hands of non-Kenyans. I have nothing against non-Kenyans. We live in a global community, but every country that grows must aim to transfer its wealth to its people. I notice that my time is almost up, but lastly, Part IV is on renewable energy. This is what Kenyans should pursue. I know there have ... view
• 8 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: So, let us embrace an Energy Act which will not only make energy affordable for our people, but make it efficient and reliable. In this Bill, one of the things that we must do is to propose stiff penalties for Kenya Power Company if they cannot guarantee us power for a certain period. If we can have outages for up to several hours damaging equipment and interfering with the lives of our people and we appear powerless to do anything about it, then, as representatives of the people, we shall be failing spectacularly in our duties. I support, but I ... view
• 24 Feb 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I thank you very much for giving me the opportunity to contribute to the Bill in the Third Reading. The effort by Hon. Johnson Sakaja recognises a problem in our country. This is one of those progressive Bills that target real needs in our society. We all stand to benefit if every Kenyan, wherever they are, can go to bed with their families guaranteed that they are able to take care of their daily needs. Every effort that aims to make Kenyans to live meaningfully should be given bipartisan support. I laud this move. view
• 24 Feb 2016 in National Assembly: You remember I had raised a question here regarding the matter of presidential referrals. If we are to be totally truly independent from the Government in the spirit of our Constitution, where Parliament, Judiciary and the Executive operate completely independent of one another, then we need to re-look at the law governing referrals. Probably, it is time that this House, as the law-making body, enacted a specific legislation to address the matter of referral. Some of us feel that much as the Constitution guarantees the President the power to do referrals, some of the matters that are being brought here ... view
• 24 Feb 2016 in National Assembly: I support it. view