Eng. Nicholas Gumbo

All parliamentary appearances

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• 28 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, this clause was subject of a discussion which lasted nearly 30 minutes, small as it is. We believe that this provision, as rightly put by the Member for Homa Bay, is too static and unworkable. We have been in this practice for a long time. The practice is that if there is an error, the final figure remains the same, but the rates will have to be adjusted accordingly. You also give the tenderer an opportunity to either accept or reject. When you make it rigid like this, it is not good. view
• 28 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: I have even been consulting with hon. Ogari. We discussed this amendment for over 30 minutes. Our view was that if we let it go the way it is, we will be making a rigid law which is not workable. My request--- view
• 28 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, my request is that we agree with the Departmental Committee Chair so that we recommit this clause. This is because if we--- view
• 28 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I will just take a minute to explain. If, for example, we were doing the tender for the seats of this House and we found that it was Kshs100 million when it should in fact have been Kshs80 million, what would normally happen is that the unit rates would progressively be reduced by a factor of 0.8 so that the final figure remains the same but the unit rates are changed. However, if you say you cannot change, how are you going to execute this tender? view
• 28 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, it is not a contrary view but it is good to say where we support. view
• 28 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, that was actually my amendment and that is why it is important that I pronounce myself on it. What we are simply saying is that if you look at Clause 82 it is about prequalification and we are making a provision to allow for due diligence which includes obtaining confidential references from persons. This is important because sometimes people give information which is not correct. They lie in the information they give at prequalification. I support. view
• 28 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, the reason this is so important is so as to take cognisance of the earlier amendment that we made in Clause 5 which recognises professional services that are governed by statute. If you look at Clause 2, a lot of times, the Kenyan professionals have been abused by foreigners who come here. They are not that much qualified. They come here and compete with us. We compete on the same level. What we are trying to do by that amendment is to give some advantage to the fact that you are a Kenyan so that when ... view
• 28 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: I was of the same opinion as the Member for Kibwezi. view
• 28 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, there is also an amendment which, in my view, is very important. view
• 28 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: I support the deletion. view