Eng. Nicholas Gumbo

All parliamentary appearances

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• 28 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, that was my amendment. As the Chair has ably put it, there is a lot of mischief when you start procuring classified items and disposing of them. A lot of procuring entities have gone through it by claiming that the items, which otherwise ought to be procured through open tender, are classified items to avoid competition. Clearly, that has to be an offence. We introduced that amendment to make it an offence to try to sidestep the open tendering process. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of ... view
• 28 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: I support the amendment. view
• 28 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, it is my amendment and I support it. view
• 28 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: Hon, Temporary Deputy Chairman, I support the amendment. That is my amendment, which was adopted by the Committee. We felt that design competition should not be limited to architectural competition; it should also include physical planning, which is both urban and rural planning. I, therefore, support. view
• 28 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
• 28 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, This is my amendment; I am the source. This Chamber we are sitting in was as a result of a design competition. In my other life, I actually participated in the designing. The idea behind the design competition is that whoever calls for the design competition actually pays for the designs. Once he pays for the designs, the proprietary rights go to him. In this one, for example Parliament may have liked the arrangement of seats from one designer, and liked the murals from another designer. So, by paying for designs, he takes over the intellectual ... view
• 28 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: Yes. However, when you take part in a design competition, it is clearly stated that once--- Actually, you forego the copyrights; the idea is that the person buying the designs is able to take this or the other from one or the other of the designs. 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
• 21 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker. I want to thank my good friend, hon. Rachel Shebesh, for donating two minutes of her time to me. I want to support the Report on the Fifth Ordinary Session of the Pan-African Parliament. As I support, I wish to say that the spirit of pan-Africanism is to bring Africans together. As we debate this Report, we have to be conscious of what is happening in the seat of Pan-African Parliament, which is South Africa. Those of us who sympathized with South Africans when they were fighting apartheid wonder what is happening in that country. Black ... view
• 16 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: On a point of order, hon. Deputy Speaker. 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
• 16 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, it is not my intention to interrupt my good friend, hon. Ferdinand Wanyonyi. However, will I be in order to suggest that what he is proposing is good but it will be taken care of by the consultations with the county governments? This is because if you look at the amendments that hon. Wandayi proposed, honestly, and with all due respect to him, those consultations will take care of what he is trying to propose. So, will I be in order to request him to drop this amendment, so that we continue debating the Motion? We will ... view