Eng. Nicholas Gumbo

All parliamentary appearances

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• 25 Feb 2015 in National Assembly: I beg to move. Thank you. view
• 19 Feb 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I just wish to make a brief comment on the Petition presented by hon. Mwaura. From its content, this is an important Petition because it targets special groups in our society. It is not for nothing that the Constitution allows this House to receive Petitions from members of public; but as you rightly pointed out two days ago, it is becoming more than just a ritual to present Petitions here. We have had so many Petitions presented and our Standing Orders are very clear that when Petitions are presented, reports should be tabled before the House within 60 ... view
• 19 Feb 2015 in National Assembly: The Petitions presented here time and again touch on issues that affect our people but no answers have been forthcoming; it looks like an exercise in futility. As a House, we must move from the business of Petitions being presented only as routine affairs which lead to nothing. That is my comment, hon. Speaker. view
• 19 Feb 2015 in National Assembly: I wish to thank the Leader of the Majority Party for laying on the Table the programme for next week. I am also glad that he has alluded to some of the pending reports, particularly those of the PIC. I am also aware that some of the reports of the PIC, which are pending include the one on the sale of Government shares in Telkom Kenya, which was presented here a while back and the pending Bill by Essar when they made an exit from KPRL. It would be nice if we could have them cleared because some of these ... view
• 19 Feb 2015 in National Assembly: Yes, 20 minutes. view
• 19 Feb 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker. You are absolutely right. I have a balance of 20 minutes. Actually, it should be more because much of debate was interrupted by the point of order from the hon. Member. However, I am okay with the 20 minutes. Once again, I want to say that the Bill before this House is a very important one because it affects assets of our society. I had gone through Clause 2 of the Bill and made a comment that in my view, the definition of “tender security” where we are now allowing surety bonds, standby letters of credit ... view
• 19 Feb 2015 in National Assembly: I am also happy with the definition of “urgent need”. A lot of times, procurement rules are violated on the pretext of an urgent need when clearly there is no urgency involved at all. The fact that “urgent need” has been clearly defined is good; now we will avoid frivolousness in procurement that will be done with vested interest encapsulated as urgent needs. However, I have a problem when I go to the body of the Bill. This is owing to the fact that I am in this House with a professional background and training in engineering; at the same ... view
• 19 Feb 2015 in National Assembly: are you really charging for? You are not charging for goods. I am reminded of a very interesting cartoon which used to feature in the early 1980s called “Bogi Benda” by James Tumusiime (JT). In one cartoon, Bogi Benda took his car to a mechanic because it could not start. The mechanic told him to open the bonnet and touch some green wire. He touched the green wire and the mechanic told him to go back and restart the car. So, Bogi Benda restarted the car and it started. So, he asked the mechanic how much he was going to ... view
• 19 Feb 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, this is a very clear distinction. Clearly, you cannot lampoon professional services with tangible goods. Even me, yours truly the hon. Member for Rarieda, have had an occasion to make Kshs1 million while sleeping on my bed. How did I do it? Somebody was having a problem which I knew. He had run all over the place and had been charged millions of shillings and I told him that I could sort out his problem, but first of all he had to give me a Local Purchase Order (LPO) for Kshs1 million. Sleeping on my bed, I gave ... view
• 19 Feb 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, Part V of this Bill talks about internal organisation of procuring entities. One of the things that I am most proud of is the fact that I am a Kenyan and given a second chance in another life, I would request to be born a Kenyan again. One of the problems that we have had in this country--- I think it affects professionals virtually from all cadres. I think in any form of procurement, even if it is an international bid, it has to by all means transfer maximum benefit to the people of Kenya. We have had ... view