Eng. Nicholas Gumbo

All parliamentary appearances

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• 14 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: Finally--- view
• 14 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, they had undertaken to intercede with the Executive. It has now taken two years and this law cannot be enforced because of these rules. view
• 14 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: Finally, I want to raise a matter which impacts on the role of Parliament, if you allow me. Article 94 of our Constitution says that the legislative authority of the Republic is derived from the people at the national level and is vested and exercised by Parliament. If you move down to Article 94(5), it says:- view
• 14 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: “No person or body view
• 14 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me the opportunity. I want to try to make it as brief as possible because a lot of the issues have been canvassed by the Members before me. view
• 14 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I agree entirely with those who have spoken before me that, it is completely out of order for the Senate to try to amend the Public Finance Management (PFM) Act through the backdoor as they have been doing. I think if the opportunity provides itself, this House must resist that attempt. view
• 14 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: However, I have seen the provision for Level 5 hospitals. Obviously, as you have said before, the figure provided is definitely small. But even more disturbing is how the figures for each Level 5 hospital was arrived at? view
• 14 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Article 201(a) is very clear that all aspect of public finance in the Republic of Kenya must be guided by openness and accountability, including public participation in financial matters. This is important really. No matter how little the money is, I think it is important for us to understand the basis upon which it has been divided. view
• 14 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, going to Clause 9, it says: “Each county treasury shall reflect all transfers by the National Government to the County Government in its books of accounts.” How accurate really are those books of account? That is because almost every month, we hear desperate announcements on what the National Treasury has transferred to the counties and nearly all cases differs from what the county governments say. view
• 14 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, going on as I rush to conclude--- I do not want to go back to what the others have said. I am aware that Article 125(1) of our Constitution grants either the House of Parliament and any of its Committees powers to summon any person to appear before it for the purpose of giving evidence or providing information. view