Eng. Nicholas Gumbo

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• 15 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: particular proposed amendment is very important because it clarifies where the buck stops with regard to overall responsibility. On the issue of the administrative reporting by the Fund Account Manager, this matter has more or less been a circus. I remember at one point we engaged the then Minister for Planning and National Development, hon. Oparanya, who was in charge of the CDF, in one of the sessions in Mombasa. One of the most laughable sessions was when he was lamenting that for a month, he was unable to locate his Fund Account Manager. If the Minister then, and even ... view
• 15 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: CDF has provided bridges where there were none; it has provided roads where there were none and clean drinking water to people who had not seen it before. When you compare with what the county governments have done, sometimes it is amazing. Roads that we are able to do with about Kshs.2 to 3 million, the county governments somehow inexplicably do them with about Kshs.20 to 30 million. So clearly, I think this 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
• 15 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: framework makes a case as has been proposed by my colleagues so that we increase this fund to even 5 per cent, if not more. As a Committee, we are going to put it as a proposal and when it comes to this House, we request Members to support it. Also, because it would have implications on public spending, we will need to persuade other relevant arms of Government so that the proposal to increase the CDF allocation to at least 5 per cent can go through. The impact is there and there is no question about it. Of course, ... view
• 3 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker. I want to thank you for giving me the opportunity to support this Motion. From the outset, I support it merely because some of the issues that we strongly spoke about, when the original amendment of the Bill was brought here have been taken into account. view
• 3 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker. I want to thank you for giving me the opportunity to support this Motion. From the outset, I support it merely because some of the issues that we strongly spoke about, when the original amendment of the Bill was brought here have been taken into account. view
• 3 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: Each one of us in this House comes from a constituency and county. We have had very unique problems in our counties and some are actually problems that seem to pop up almost in every county in this country. A lot of us even at individual levels have made attempts to try to set in motion ways of coordinating issues that affect our counties. But it has been very difficult and some of the impediments include the attitude of some of the people whom we have elected in the counties. I dare say here that in some cases, it has ... view
• 3 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: Each one of us in this House comes from a constituency and county. We have had very unique problems in our counties and some are actually problems that seem to pop up almost in every county in this country. A lot of us even at individual levels have made attempts to try to set in motion ways of coordinating issues that affect our counties. But it has been very difficult and some of the impediments include the attitude of some of the people whom we have elected in the counties. I dare say here that in some cases, it has ... view
• 3 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: This is a major impediment to matters that relate to the progress in general of the counties, development being one of them. The fact that we are able to unanimously come forth with an amended version of this proposed Bill, clearly is a good step in eliminating what has been appearing as petty dog fights between the two houses of Parliament. This country needs the two houses to lend synergy and effort to each others’ contributions where possible so that our country may move forward. view
• 3 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: This is a major impediment to matters that relate to the progress in general of the counties, development being one of them. The fact that we are able to unanimously come forth with an amended version of this proposed Bill, clearly is a good step in eliminating what has been appearing as petty dog fights between the two houses of Parliament. This country needs the two houses to lend synergy and effort to each others’ contributions where possible so that our country may move forward. view
• 3 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: In that respect we have done well because the original version of the amended Bill really had issues as I had said earlier. Of course, now we have a forum where we can coordinate development projects in the counties. This is a good step in the right direction because we all know that in our respective counties, there are projects which emanate directly from the national Government and those which are strictly initiated at the county, constituency and ward levels. Sometimes, trying to coordinate the projects has become a problem and sometimes ridiculous crashes do occur. view