Eng. Nicholas Gumbo

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• 8 Jan 2013 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I beg to move a further amendment by lowering the percentage from 30 per cent to 10 per cent. Madam Temporary Deputy Chairlady, the amendment will provide that, at least, 10 per cent of all development projects provided under this Act shall be reserved for enterprises registered and owned by the youth within the constituency. view
• 8 Jan 2013 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I plead with hon. Members to think about this proposed amendment. In most of our constituencies, we have over 1,000 different churches. Honestly, I have heard this issue. It is not criminalization; it is just elimination. I have a file of letters. I consider myself very religious, but let CDF be for development projects. Let us leave matters of religion out of it. It is just not possible. We will spend all the money on this! view
• 8 Jan 2013 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Chairlady, what I find contentious with the proposal by the Chair of the Committee is the role given to the Officer of the Board. The Officer of the Board is a Government employee from outside the constituency. I see nothing wrong because I have proposed very extensive amendments and I will persuade Members. We have discussed this with hon. Ethuro. What hon. C. Kolonzo has said is correct. What has been contentious is the Member of Parliament appointing the committee on his own. However, now, we have a consultative process where the Member of Parliament sits with ... view
• 8 Jan 2013 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I beg to move:- THAT, Clause 24 be amended- (a) by inserting the following new sub-clause immediately after sub-clause (2)- (2A) The eight persons referred to in sub-clause 2 (b) (c) (d) and (e) shall be nominated through the following procedure- (a) within forty-five days of being sworn in, each Member of Parliament for a particular constituency shall convene open public meetings of registered voters in each of the elective wards in the constituency; (b) each ward shall then elect five persons whose names shall be forwarded to the officer of the Board in the constituency; ... view
• 8 Jan 2013 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I think the proposed amendments by the Minister should be opposed. The procedure of applying is so detailed that it talks about how you get the committee members and even take their names for appointment and even gazettement. So, his proposal that the procedure is not there is covered by my amendment. Secondly, these are local level committees and if Members of Parliament are not required to be form fours, why should this committee be required to be of form fours? So, I strongly oppose all the proposed amendments by the Minister because his first amendment ... view
• 8 Jan 2013 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Chairlady, you know the Minister’s amendment is in two parts. The first one is on procedure, and mine has been carried through. So, I think it is good to clarify that what we are talking about is the educational qualification. Madam Temporary Deputy Chairlady, with all due respect to my friend here, we all have experiences. The worst performing members of my committee are people who believe they have very high educational standards. The best performing is a lady, who is the treasurer but never went beyond Class Seven. She has worked with the community and we ... view
• 8 Jan 2013 in National Assembly: --- (off-record) view
• 8 Jan 2013 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Chairlady, in principle, I have no problem with my brother’s position because I know where he comes from. However, my concern is that 25 per cent is too much. The letter “D” in “CDF” stands for “development”. So, I see nothing wrong with 15 per cent. If you look at the mandatory allocations, you have the allocation for administration set at 5 per cent; monitoring and evaluation, 3 per cent and Recurrent Expenditure, 3 per cent. We are going to leave just about 50 per cent for development, which is too low. Therefore, I will plead with ... view
• 8 Jan 2013 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Chairlady, we have “fought” with my Committee Chairman on a number of issues. Usually, we do not agree on anything but on this one, because he has also ceded a lot of ground for me today, I withdraw my amendment. view
• 8 Jan 2013 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I beg to move:- THAT, the Bill be amended by deleting the heading to Part V and substituting therefor the following new heading- NATIONAL ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON CONSTITUENCY DEVELOPMENT FUND Madam Temporary Deputy Chairlady, that is what we had agreed. view