The office had fallen vacant after the then deputy Prime Minister Musalia Mudavadi resigned in order to focus his energy on his presidential bid.
In 2013, The Standard reported that the former legislator was embroiled in a paternity suit after a woman sued him for maintenance of her six-months old baby.
In 2012, the then Local Government Minister was found in possession of a Range Rover belonging to former President Daniel arap Moi that had been stolen in 2008.
The top of the range vehicle had been taken to CMC Industrial Area workshop for repairs when it went missing under mysterious circumstances.
In his defense, Mr Gumo claimed he had bought the vehicle from a Mombasa-based businessman and had made attempts to return it to the seller but he failed to pay him back forcing him to repossess the car.
The car bore registration number KBQ 455S but the records in the computers showed that it was received for service yesterday as KBJ 124D.
Among his well known children are Michael Magero Gumo and Pius Omulo Gumo, they have been trying to fit into their fathers shoes the former having vied for the Westlands Constituency seat in Nairobi County on an ODM, while the latter vied for the Endebess Constituency seat in Trans Nzoia County as an independent candidate during the 2022 general election.