Eng. Nicholas Gumbo

All parliamentary appearances

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• 15 Jun 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Chairman. The proposed amendments in (a) and (b) are acceptable. I agree that the number that we have had, that is, 29 is too large. The proposal to delete the majority party on condition and replacing with parties other than the parliamentary party is in recognition of the fact that we now have independence in the House. It is a good amendment and I support both (a) and (b). view
• 15 Jun 2017 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Chairman, I want to thank Hon. Keynan for his foresight. Hon. Deputy Chairman, as you may be well aware, the Public Accounts Committee is also a Member of the Public Accounts Committees of other international bodies. One of the frustrations that we have had in the African Organisation of Public Accounts Committees (AFROPAC) is that when the Sudanese were appointed to chair - and their committees change every year - we could not move. We are privileged to host the secretariat of the East African Association of Public Accounts Committees in Kenya. We also host the AFROPAC so ... view
• 14 Jun 2017 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I beg to table the Public Accounts Committee Legacy Report for the 11th Parliament. Hon. Speaker, I have been informed that this may be the first such report to have been prepared by an investigative committee in the history of this country‘s Parliament. view
• 14 Jun 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you. view
• 14 Jun 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I am honoured to have tabled today the first Legacy Report of the PAC of the 11th Parliament. The legacy report basically deals with the achievements of the Committee in the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th Sessions outlining the number of sittings held and the businesses transacted. It also outlines the pending business before the Committee and also lists some of the achievements and challenges that the Committee faced. It also gives the way forward and conclusion so as to help the incoming Committee to provide a bridge between this outgoing Committee and the incoming ... view
• 14 Jun 2017 in National Assembly: There are also issues of interference with the independent offices, particularly that of the Auditor-General and then misinterpretation by the media and the auditing of confidential expenditure. I am glad Hon. Mutava Musyimi, my great friend, spoke about this when he requested the Committee to approve supplementary expenditure for the National Intelligence Service (NIS). The issue of auditing of confidential expenditure still remains a major challenge because while the Committee was alive to the sensitivity of some government operations, the Committee believes that all public funds should be subjected to review by the representatives of the people for the simple ... view
• 14 Jun 2017 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, we have also had issues, which we have raised with you before, of the flippancy by accounting officers and delays in presenting special audit reports. The other issue which I have also discussed with you before is the presentation of particular PAC reports touching on special audits. If reports on special audits are not debated in time, then it defeats the whole purpose because some of these are emerging issues which defeat the whole purpose of the special audits. view
• 14 Jun 2017 in National Assembly: We discussed this issue under the big nine and the tendency by most auditees to resort to the court process to frustrate the work of committees and the work of Parliament. There is also the issue of institutional memory. We also felt that we really need to look at demarcations on the mandates o PIC and PAC. The composition of the PAC as it is now is a major challenge. The 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
• 14 Jun 2017 in National Assembly: fact that majority of the members and the vice chairperson come from the ruling party coalition or parties remain a major impediment in the discharge of its duties. However, we have recommended the way forward, which is in the Report. view
• 14 Jun 2017 in National Assembly: As I conclude, I want to say this. On the Floor of this House, I have many times spoken about the need for investigative committees to remain true to their calling and avoid acts that may appear like oversight banditry and gangsterism. I still hold that view. However, even as I hold that view, I think that even as we urge the Committees to stay within their mandates, this House must also find ways to deal with the growing habit by key witnesses to resort to besmirching the names of members of the Committees, the Committees themselves and by extension ... view