Eng. Nicholas Gumbo

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• 26 May 2015 in National Assembly: from the practice that we have had for many years, might be a way of diluting technical competence of a tenderer. However, as with Bills such as this, most times the taste of the pudding is in the eating. This is one of the areas that, as we start to put the law into practice, we may have to look at and see how practical it is. I support. view
• 26 May 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Deputy Speaker, for giving me the opportunity to contribute to the Senate Amendments. I want to say at the outset that when this Bill came up for Third Reading, I had close to 40 amendments on Clauses 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, 20, 21, 22, 24, 24, 25, 27, 31, 37, 38, 40, 41, 42, 48, 50, 54, 56, 57, 58, 60, 61, 62, 67, 68, 72 and even on the Schedule. I am happy to note that most of my amendments have not been touched by the Senate. view
• 26 May 2015 in National Assembly: I agree with the Chair of the Committee that it is not necessary to raise the bar under Clause 5. Requiring the Auditor-General to be a graduate is good enough. However, I agree with hon. Sakaja. The process of appointing the Auditor-General is exactly the same as the process of appointing Cabinet Secretaries. I was, therefore, wondering why we should incur an extra public expenditure on a process where the President is expressly given authority by the Constitution to make an appointment. view
• 26 May 2015 in National Assembly: Therefore, I would request that, as we go into mediation, we go by my amendment to Clause 11, which was defeated. In that amendment, I had clearly said that the President shall nominate a person to be appointed as the Auditor-General and forward the name for approval by the National Assembly as provided for under Article 229(1) of the Constitution. The selection panel and the idea of trying to introduce a chair to the selection panel are not necessary. Therefore, we should completely do away with the selection panel. view
• 26 May 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, I agree with the amendment proposed on Clause 19. It is good to allow the Treasury but what we had proposed in that amendment was informed by the fact that it is important that we strengthen public audit processes by providing adequate funding to the Office of the Auditor-General. However, I completely disagree with the Committee’s position on Clause 24. Looking at other jurisdictions, audit advisory councils are provided for. Even in India, they have an audit advisory council, The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report ... view
• 26 May 2015 in National Assembly: which is chaired by the Auditor-General. I was drawing parallels with the Judicial Service Commission (JSC), which also advises the Chief Justice despite the fact that the Chief Justice is also the Chair of the JSC. Therefore, I see no problem at all. So, I will be disagreeing with the Committee’s recommendation that the Auditor-General should not be the chair of the audit advisory council. view
• 26 May 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, the Senate’s amendment to Clause 26 seems to be okay with me. On Clause 32, I also agree with the Committee that it seems superfluous; it is unnecessary. view
• 26 May 2015 in National Assembly: Therefore, I generally agree with the Committee but, as we go into mediation, let us do away with the selection panel and make the Auditor-General the chair of the audit advisory council. view
• 26 May 2015 in National Assembly: I support with those views. view
• 26 May 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. I want to support the view expressed by Hon. Angwenyi. This for me is superfluous and unnecessarily raising the bar. In fact, there are Auditors-Generals who are not even graduates but they do a much thorough job than even those who are graduates. This is because there are qualifications that they can go through that include experience which will make them be capable without necessarily having a degree. The fact that we have put the bar at the degree level is good enough and I think we should reject this amendment. view