Eng. Nicholas Gumbo

All parliamentary appearances

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• 23 Jun 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, of course I appreciate what the House has done this afternoon, but I am still of the opinion that it was not in vain that the Constitution, under Article 252, provided for commissions and independent offices to be in charge of recruiting their own staff. I think we, as a House today, seem to be legislating at cross- purposes because in this very same House we have given the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) the powers to recruit their own staff, our own Parliamentary Service Commission recruits their own staff and I do not see ... view
• 23 Jun 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, of course I appreciate what the House has done this afternoon, but I am still of the opinion that it was not in vain that the Constitution, under Article 252, provided for commissions and independent offices to be in charge of recruiting their own staff. I think we, as a House today, seem to be legislating at cross- purposes because in this very same House we have given the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) the powers to recruit their own staff, our own Parliamentary Service Commission recruits their own staff and I do not see ... view
• 18 Jun 2015 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I want to thank the Leader of the Majority for laying the agenda of the House. view
• 18 Jun 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, the point of order is that last week, the Leader of the Majority gave the agenda of the reports that were to be looked at by this House. As the Public Accounts Committee, I am concerned that some of our reports have been pending before the House Business Committee for a long time. I intended to raise it last week but as you know, we had special circumstances. I would just request that, as the House Business Committee considers their matters, to adopt a policy of “first-in-first-out. view
• 18 Jun 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, we have the Report, for example, on the hire of the jet by the Office of the Deputy President, which has been pending since early last year. That Report was tabled by the Committee that was before me. We really need to debate that Report and dispose of it. That is the particular one. In general terms, if we could have a way where reports are given priority in the order in which they are tabled here, it would help us to set the agenda and help the Members to prepare for the debate. view
• 18 Jun 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. We are about to embark on the Committee of the whole House to mainly deal with Memoranda from His Excellency President. With regard to the matter we are just about to discuss, particularly the Public Procurement and Asset Disposal Bill and the Public Audit Bill, but more particularly the Public Audit Bill, I would kindly request that you consider giving us more time so that this House can make an appeal to the President to reconsider this Memoranda. I am saying so--- view
• 18 Jun 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I wish you could just give me the microphone. view
• 18 Jun 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, with utmost respect to His Excellency the President, I have just looked at the recommendations that have been given by the President and it is my submission that some of the recommendations actually bring constitutional conflicts. I thought that it would be good if we would get more time so that--- I am particularly concerned with the matter we are going to consider under Order No. 10 (2). In his recommendation- -- view
• 18 Jun 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. I want to ask whether some of these proposals do not contravene our Constitution. Article 38 of the Constitution states that every citizen is free to make political choices--- view
• 18 Jun 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, first of all, let me thank the Chairman of the Committee for requesting that we defer consideration of this one. Would I be in order to request that as we consider this matter, we also consider possible constitutional conflicts? If you allow me, I will take you through. If you look at the Memorandum from His Excellency the President, it deals mainly with the provision--- Under Clauses 4 and 8 he is referring to Article 234(5) of the Constitution on the Public Service Commission (PSC). If you just indulge me, I will read. “The Commission may ... view