Eng. Nicholas Gumbo

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 2651 to 2660 of 3504.

• 8 Jan 2013 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I totally agree with the Minister. Some of these organisations nominate people to come there to be joy-riders. They do nothing. In fact, even the quality of the nominees from these organisations is wanting. Even engaging them in meaningful discussion is a problem. Some of them are just activists who are picked because they have loud voice. That is not what we need in the Board. I propose and agree with the Minister entirely that we should delete the entire First Schedule. view
• 8 Jan 2013 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, with all due respect, my Chairman, who is my occasional nemesis and occasional friend, is just being cheeky. He knows that the Cabinet Secretary will be in charge and that the Boards will be approved by Parliament. We have set very high standards. The Bill is very clear from which organisations the Board members should be picked. Of course, he knows that I belong to, and defend highly; the distinguished profession of engineering. He cannot compare engineering with some amorphous farmers’ organisation that does not even exist. I feel that the Chair of the Committee ... view
• 8 Jan 2013 in National Assembly: How many are those? view
• 8 Jan 2013 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I am actually in agreement because the figure eight which had been put was about the earlier Bill. We have agreed. But I would request that before I drop my amendment Mr. Ethuro clearly explains what his amendment means; he is talking of 50 per cent plus one. I wish he could explain so that I can decide whether I--- view
• 8 Jan 2013 in National Assembly: He is really being rough on me and I need your protection. view
• 8 Jan 2013 in National Assembly: Mr Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I agree but kindly protect me from the hon. Member’s foul mouth. This is vital; what he is spewing at me is--- view
• 8 Jan 2013 in National Assembly: No, he has not. It is known that my understanding is above average, while his is below average. view
• 8 Jan 2013 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I beg to move:- THAT, the Fifth Schedule of the Bill be amended- (a) in sub-paragraph (4) of paragraph 3 by deleting the word “eight” and substituting therefor the word “five”; (b) by inserting the following new paragraph immediately after paragraph 7- 8. The provisions of this Schedule shall apply to the conduct of the business of the Constituency Development Fund Committee, but only where no specific provisions have been made in this Act, and only in so far as they do not constitute a contradiction or negation of the provisions of the Act. I ... view
• 3 Jan 2013 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, still on the Deputy Leader of Government Business, last week I spoke to the Chairman of the Constituencies Development Fund (CDF) Committee, hon. Ethuro, who is sitting right here behind me. What I was trying to intimate to him and which has been said before, in those areas where we come from, party nominations are the elections. I told him that the major interest that I have in what is going on is the CDF Bill. We agreed that, that Bill would come yesterday. We left our campaigns in the constituencies and we came here. ... view
• 2 Jan 2013 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I thank you very much for giving me the opportunity to contribute to this very important amendment Bill. I thank my good friend, hon. John Mututho. Without doubt, he is one of the stars of the Tenth Parliament. Although I do not come from his constituency, I hope that he will take note. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, this is a unique sitting of this House. For all the time I have been in Parliament, I do not remember us sitting on the 2nd day of the year. So, allow me to use the Floor ... view