Eng. Nicholas Gumbo

All parliamentary appearances

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• 23 Nov 2016 in National Assembly: You are aware that a Member of this House is trying to launch his gubernatorial bid tomorrow and already the person he is trying to remove has made sure he does not go there by spraying cow dung on the field he was supposed to use. These are symptoms of a major problem in our country. As a House, we must find a way to pronounce ourselves on the need of security organs of this country to up their game particularly with regard to the period we are getting to and protecting lives and property of our people. view
• 23 Nov 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. I wish to plead with the Vice-Chairman of the Committee not to delete this clause. There is a lot of mischief that goes on and families suffer a lot. As I speak, there is a lady from my constituency whose husband died and the claim has not yet been processed. Insurance companies are very quick to take people’s money, but when it comes to settling dues, they are slow. A lot of times, these are cases to do with people whose breadwinners have died. The case I am talking about is of a lady ... view
• 23 Nov 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, the intention of this amendment is good but I wonder the objective it hopes to achieve. One of the biggest problems we have had in this country is the mandate of the Commission for University Education (CUE) view
• 23 Nov 2016 in National Assembly: the role of regulatory bodies. That comes from the fact that while universities and institutions of higher learning provide academic experience, they are very weak with regard to practical experience. With all due respect, I plead with my good friend, Hon. Ichung’wah, that he cannot have a board of such a commission completely not providing space for professional representatives or professional bodies in this country. It is definitely going to cause a problem. There must be some sort of accommodation. Even if you just take the umbrella body or whatever it is, at least find accommodation for the composition of ... view
• 23 Nov 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, the proposed amendment is good, but I wonder whether it is good enough. You know as we speak today, there are professional bodies, which in law, are also authorised to offer provisions like accreditation programmes at the universities. I wish Hon. Ichung’wah would be alive to that fact and make a statement in this amendment which either makes this provision supersede those provisions. Accreditation of engineering courses in universities is still in the Engineers Act. We passed that law here. If we do not insert a superseding clause, we will have a clash. While the Hon. ... view
• 23 Nov 2016 in National Assembly: professionals – the fact that he has made it discretionary is worrying. He says “pursuant to Section 5(2), the Commission may---” view
• 23 Nov 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady, the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee should look at the provisions of Section (c) of the principal Act. She is proposing to delete that provision and replace it with a new provision. view
• 23 Nov 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady, if you look at Clause 10, the paragraph (b) that she intends to delete is under Sub-section (2) of Section 23. Sub-section (2) of Section 23 talks about--- view
• 23 Nov 2016 in National Assembly: That is where we are and, please, stop bending so that you can understand. We are on Clause 10 and it is to be amended by deleting paragraph (b). Paragraph (b) of Clause 10 talks about deleting Sub-section (2) of Section 23 of the principal Act. If you look at Section 23 of the principal Act--- Incidentally, it is not even here. view
• 23 Nov 2016 in National Assembly: This is what the Order Paper says. So, it is wrong. view