Eng. Nicholas Gumbo

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• 29 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: 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
• 29 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I wish to support the proposed amendment by the Committee Chair. Clause 136 talks of creation of procurement contracts and this addition of price schedules or bills of quantities submitted by the tenderer is an important inclusion into where we are looking at subclause (6). The clause says the tender document shall be the basis of all procurement and shall constitute as a minimum--- If you look at what has been provided, it basically talks of notification of award, but if you leave out price schedule or bills of quantities submitted by the tenderer then you ... view
• 29 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: On a point of order. This amendment looks small but we had a big argument about it. If you read clearly the amendment that is proposed under subclause (3), it says that no contract shall be varied within 12 months from the date of signing of the contract. For me, it is like putting handcuffs around the hands of procuring entities. We explained with hon. Ogari that variation does not necessarily mean increase in price. Sometimes it means moving downwards. It can be up or down. Most fundamentally, what happens to contracts that last shorter than one year? There are ... view
• 29 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, with all due respect to the Chair of the Committee, this is not what we agreed. My amendment was proposing a total deletion of that clause because it is superfluous. It does not make a difference at all. I agree with those other amendments that he spoke about like increasing the quantum of variations. view
• 29 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I think that inclusion gives us the flexibility we needed because it goes to address the fears I had and what hon. Ogari said, that variation does not necessarily mean upwards only but variation can be a saving and most times it is a saving. So, by putting the word “upwards,” we are saying that as long as you are saving money, because if we left it that way, it would mean even where the client has an opportunity to save money, their hands are in handcuffs and they cannot do it. I think it is ... view
• 29 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I have no opposition to this amendment. I support it. We agreed with the Chair, but maybe the Chair was running low on sugar because we did it very late. He said he was running short on sugar. Hon. Ogari had proposed that we will put “the methods of computing interest and liquidated and ascertained damages” and the Chair agreed. I would request the Chair of the Committee that we add the term “the methods of computing interest and liquidated and ascertained damages”. That is a contractual term. You cannot just have liquidated damages. It is ... view
• 29 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: Yes. view
• 29 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: It is owned by the Chair, but it is ours. view
• 29 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I beg to move a further amendment:- THAT, Clause 141 of the Bill be further amended by inserting the words “and ascertained” between “liquidated” and “damages”. So that it reads, “the methods of computing interest and liquidated and ascertained damages shall be as prescribed in the Regulations.” 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
• 29 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: It should read, “the method of computing interest, liquidated and ascertained damages shall be as prescribed in the Regulation”. I ask Hon. Ogari to second. view