Eng. Nicholas Gumbo

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• 18 Aug 2015 in National Assembly: that Report is not to start dragging the office in the mud as we have been doing, least of all, the institution of Parliament where the Auditor-General reports to. This report will be interrogated both by the Public Accounts Committee and Parliament as a whole. Therefore, any attempt to throw mud at this important office can only make our country look very bad in the eyes of the international community. It becomes even worse when negative comments demeaning the Office of the Auditor-General by people who at the forefront are parliamentarians who are the ones who are supposed to interrogate ... view
• 6 Aug 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, I wish to thank you for giving me the opportunity to pronounce myself on this matter. Issues of discrimination in whatever form are really very important. Those of us who have suffered discrimination in our earlier lives know how painful it can be. Even as the Committee looks into this matter, I agree with my good friend, Hon. Onyonka, that we should take a holistic approach. However, as we take the holistic approach, I think it is also important that what goes into the records of this House should also be accurate. The electronic version of the ... view
• 6 Aug 2015 in National Assembly: I have heard it before that some Catholic schools are forcing students to take the Holy Communion - that cannot be true. Those who take the Holy Communion in the Catholic Church are known. Even practising Catholics have to go through certain stages before they are allowed to take the Holy Communion. If we are to help the country, let the formatting of the petitions be accurate so that we reflect what actually happens because if we give the wrong impressions, we could also be inflaming passions unnecessarily. There are many people I know who are members of the Catholic ... view
• 6 Aug 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. The amendment is correct. I have also read the Bill and the cross-referencing as it appears in the Bill is not correct. The proposed amendment gives the true meaning of cross-referencing. I support. view
• 6 Aug 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. While I have no particular objection, I thought the Chair of the Departmental Committee should have clarified the difference between sub-clauses (5) and (6). If sub-clause (6) appears to be directing the court, why is sub-clause (5) not directing the court, if the deletion was for any other ground other than the fact that it appears superfluous and to be directing the court? I believe it would be in order--- view
• 6 Aug 2015 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. 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
• 6 Aug 2015 in National Assembly: The Chair of the Departmental Committee seems to be misleading the House. Even sub-clause (5) talks about directing. So, if it is directing in both sub-clauses, why would he then purport to say that sub-clause (6) is directing the court and sub-clause (5) is not? If you read the two sub-clauses, you will find that the wording is almost the same. view
• 6 Aug 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I would not want to oppose but this is a House of records. It is good for us to put things in the proper perspective. Sub-clause (6) appears to be directing the court. That is exactly what sub-clause (5) appears to be doing. view
• 6 Aug 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I am not a lawyer but this thing, with all due respect to the Chairman of the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs, looks unnecessarily verbose. What would be the problem with just having one sub- clause because he is not deleting anything? He is retaining the clause and adding another one. What is the purpose of making it--- view
• 6 Aug 2015 in National Assembly: I wish I could get the attention of the Chairman of the Committee. I am addressing the Chairman. For me, this is not good drafting because what we are saying is that in addition to being kept at the registered office, it should also be lodged with the Registrar of Companies. Why do you have to add another sub-clause so that you make it unnecessarily verbose? view