Eng. Nicholas Gumbo

All parliamentary appearances

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• 30 Jul 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, the Committee holds the view and strongly advises that selection of delegations for State assignments should be influenced and determined by relevance and definitive value to the purpose of the assignment. This will forestall any possibility of unnecessary misapplication of taxpayers’ money and exclude joyriders and busybodies from such trips. The trip was arranged in great hurry occasioning gross breaches of procedures and regulations. It is clear that the Government policy on travel by senior officials is archaic and not tailored to this kind of emergency-style trips. Clear procedures to handle such situations should be developed ... view
• 30 Jul 2015 in National Assembly: The Committee nonetheless strongly holds the view that pressure of time and haste must never be used as an excuse for breaching Government financial and procurement procedures and regulations. Procurement and financial rules, regulations and practices sufficiently provide for how to intervene in such circumstances. view
• 30 Jul 2015 in National Assembly: The President was apparently scheduled to undertake this trip but subsequently he delegated this responsibility to his Principal Assistant, the Deputy President quite late in the day which seems to be the reason for the hurried nature for the preparation for the trip but if this, indeed, was the case, the question then must be asked; why did the Deputy President work with the arrangements that had already been made for the President? It appears rather contradictory to the Committee that arrangements for the Deputy President’s trip seemed to imply that the Government had not been aware of this trip ... view
• 30 Jul 2015 in National Assembly: The total cost for the trip is recorded as being Kshs21,167,579.20 consisting of Kshs18,564,000 for hire of the aircraft and Kshs2,603,579.20 for accommodation. If this is, indeed, the real cost, it would be comparable to the cost of previous trips in comparable circumstances by Government VIPs doing similar work. The stated sum is, however, not inclusive of the per diem paid by Parliament to the four Members who were part of the delegation and, of course, which is a draw on public funds. Government procurement regulations, procedures and practices were breached in the process of hiring the aircraft. There was ... view
• 30 Jul 2015 in National Assembly: view of the Committee that this was reckless and exposed the Deputy President and the rest of the delegation to potential risk which could have been avoided. The supplier, the EADC Limited quoted to supply a Global Express 6000 Aircraft but instead delivered a Challenger 850. This variation was irregular and illegal. At the time of initiating the procurement, the Office of the Deputy President was “exchequered” for this expenditure. This occasioned desperate efforts to shift funds from the vote heads and seek extra Exchequer releases from the Treasury. It is a breach of Government financial regulations to initiate procurement ... view
• 30 Jul 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, the Committee, therefore, recommends that the Ethics and Anti- Corruption Commission should investigate Mrs. Marianne Kitany, Mr. Abdul Mwasera, Mr. Evans Nyachio, Mr. Simon Okoth, Mr. Paul Kamau and EADC Limited for breach of Government financial laws, procurement taxation regulations and procedures with a view of having them prosecuted. The Committee further strongly recommends that the President, as the ultimate custodian of the Constitution, should at all times respect all its provisions including requirements for written instructions in respect to all decisions of his official functions as is required by Article 135 of the Constitution. This, ... view
• 30 Jul 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. First of all, let me start by thanking all the Hon. Members who have contributed to this Motion seconded by Hon. (Dr.) Eseli Simiyu. They include Hon. (Dr.) Onyango K’Oyoo who incidentally is my Member of Parliament with another arrangement; Hon. Lodepe Nakara, my good friend; and Hon. Esther Gathogo my good friend. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, what this Report highlights is that sometimes Kenya, as a country, tends to feed so much on rumours. This Report also highlights the fact that we need to respect the institutions that we have and give them ... view
• 30 Jul 2015 in National Assembly: What we are saying in the Report is, even when we are doing functions such as this, please, let us be a country that observes the rule of law and fidelity to the law so that at all times we do not take advantage of situations as they come up, so that we circumvent clear provisions of the law. Otherwise, I am happy that finally we have debated this Report. It has taken long. I could also just request that as we debate this Report we note that most reports by PAC are on issues that are of great public ... view
• 30 Jul 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you. I beg to move. view
• 30 Jul 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me the opportunity to contribute to this Motion which is on the Adoption of Sessional Paper No.4 of 2013. As I contribute to this Motion, let me say it is a good attempt. The only problem I can see is that I did not hear particular mention with reference to Article 232 of the Constitution which is very clear on the values and principles of public service, particularly with issues to do with high standards of professionalism efficient, effective and economic use of resources. Representation of Kenya’s diverse communities and affording adequate ... view