Eng. Nicholas Gumbo

All parliamentary appearances

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• 28 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: I support. That amendment was actually brought by me and we agreed with the Committee during their harmonisation stage that we include that. We will prescribe that bit that the powers of the investigator should be subject to such conditions and limitations as is prescribed by regulations. view
• 28 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I think the purpose of that amendment was to just introduce something new. My colleague, the Member for 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
• 28 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: Homa Bay, said a lot of our legislation tends to be gender-blind. Where we have reached, when talking about equality between the sexes, it is important that we adapt with times and make laws that identify and provide for both gender. I support. view
• 28 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I want to support. That amendment was largely proposed by me. The import of that amendment is basically to make sure that the procedures required in Subsection 1 shall be consistent with this Bill. All procurements should be undertaken in strict adherence to Article 227 of the Constitution. Article 227 deals with the principles of public procurement. That is what we added and we had the concurrence of the Committee. view
• 28 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, the truth of the matter is that when we appeared before this Committee, I had more than 100 amendments. So, when you see me contributing so many times--- We jointly owned this amendment with my good friends Hon. Humphrey Njuguna, Hon. Ogari and even Hon. Sakaja. It was actually a convergence of ideas because we felt that we now need to have this as a principle on women, youth, people with disabilities and disadvantaged groups. My sister had asked about the disadvantaged groups. We have groups in this country that have been traditionally marginalised. So, when ... view
• 28 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: I thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I support. view
• 28 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, this is one of those amendments that we had a consensus with the Committee Chairman. The import is that we are talking about a person or another body having substantial controlling interest to be eligible. view
• 28 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: If you look at the provision of Clause 54, it talks about eligibility to bid. So, we are bringing in another criterion for eligibility for bidding. view
• 28 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: I support. view
• 28 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. I brought that amendment and in all honesty, it goes against the constitutional principle of non- discrimination. That is because what it would mean--- view