Eng. Nicholas Gumbo

All parliamentary appearances

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• 28 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I brought that amendment and it was harmonised by the Committee. I said that, in all honesty, it goes against the constitutional principle of non-discrimination. view
• 28 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: Yes, hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. If we leave that amendment, it would mean that all of us in this House, all our children or the corporations we have an interest in cannot engage in State public procurement. It was on that principle that we agreed with the Committee that it goes against the Constitution on non-discrimination and it should be deleted. I support. view
• 28 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: On a point of order, hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. view
• 28 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, what Hon. Ogari is saying is actually a concern to us, because we spent nearly three days with the Committee. The agreement was that there would be no point in us spending all that time with the Committee then we now start inserting our separate amendments. What we agreed was that where we had proposed amendments, we would be given a chance to pronounce ourselves on those amendments. I have been requesting you to allow me to give a perspective on why the amendment to the clause that we have just passed is there. view
• 28 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, we are doing very well. I am just worried that as time passes by, the sugar levels may be going down. view
• 28 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I want to support the amendment, but you will not treat it as an amendment. I had added a further amendment which is now 62(1)(g), which simply says that an accounting officer, or a procuring entity, may at any time prior to the notification of tender award or termination or cancellation of asset procurement or asset proceedings without entering into a contract where any of the following applies. What I am saying is that the other thing which applies is where they receive subsequent evidence of engagement in fraudulent or corrupt practices by the tenderer. view
• 28 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, again, that was my amendment which we agreed jointly with the Committee. You realize that if we do not include that, then it would be very limiting because what we are talking about in this clause is about corrupt, coercive, obstructive, collusive or fraudulent practices and conflict of interest. Nearly all of us here own shares in companies and without that exclusion, we would simply be saying that by owning a share in a company, you are not able to do business with that company. view
• 28 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I want to support the amendment, but I think the Chairperson of the Committee has overlooked a very important amendment which we agreed on which is on subclause (5). It states that a procurement entity may charge a fee for obtaining tender documents as prescribed by regulations and stated in the tender documents. This was not in the Bill and we thought that we have to put this. We did not want to fix a figure because it is a very fluid provision which keeps changing from time to time. I support. view
• 28 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I just want to support the amendment. If you look at the amendment in Clause 73, we are inserting a new subclause immediately after the renumbered subclause 1. This is to provide that all tender documents shall be sent out to eligible bidders by recorded delivery. This might look small, but we have had cases where mischievous people claim to have given you tender documents when they already have in mind the people that they want to give. We want to bring in this requirement that when they send out tender documents, there should be a ... view
• 28 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: I support. view