Eng. Nicholas Gumbo

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 3161 to 3170 of 3504.

• 25 May 2011 in National Assembly: Similarly, under Clause 12(2), the categorization of the professions required for the chief executive is good. But I think when the Bill talks about a registered professional, the Minister should know that, according to our laws, it is illegal for me to call myself an engineer if I am not registered. So, I think the qualification we are looking for--- The ten years is good. But I will be pleading at the Committee Stage that it be ten years post qualification experience. view
• 25 May 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, Part III deals with trading as a contractor. Here, we have to be bold. The requirements for registration are stated. We must build capacity in Kenya. We must build our own people. I think Kenya remains--- Before I came to this House, I tried to register my company in Tanzania. It was a requirement that before I even submitted the papers, I had to have 50 per cent of the shareholders as Tanzanians. Why are we not saying it here? Why are we making our market to be a “free for all”? We must demand ... view
• 25 May 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, Clause 16 again talks about a firm from outside coming to register and practise here. Clearly surely, we cannot just make it easy. Like I said earlier, for a foreign firm to come to Kenya, register and start having a business, it must have 50 per cent local shareholding. It is a requirement in almost all the countries. Before they are allowed to start working, let them, at least, incorporate Kenyans. That is also a way of transferring technology and expertise to our own people. view
• 25 May 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, Clause 17 talks about registration of foreign contractors. I think that is what I have tried to emphasise. Clause 21 is generally about inquiries by the Board. It talks about penalties to be levied to a person who does not heed the inquiries by the Board. The penalty put here, to me--- Contractors are not poor people. They are some of the wealthiest people in the country. When you say that by refusing to comply with the inquiries of the Board you are going to merely charge them Kshs10,000 or one year imprisonment or both, ... view
• 25 May 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I hope the Attorney-General is here because some of the things we see in the drafting of our Bills are a bit disappointing. Oh! The Attorney-General is here. view
• 25 May 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I do not want to be informed. I just want to tell you of an omission here, and which I find embarrassing. This is a drafting issue. view
• 25 May 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, my apologies. I had seen him sitting here. I did not know he had moved to the back. But this is important for the Attorney-General to note. I think in this day and age, when we present Bills to this House, which are clearly cases of copy and paste, it is a shame to our country. view
• 25 May 2011 in National Assembly: Part IV is about miscellaneous legislation. It says:- view
• 25 May 2011 in National Assembly: “All documents other than those required by law to be used under seal made on behalf of the Board shall be signified by the hand of the chairman of the Board, the Executive Director or any other member of the council…” There is no council in this Bill. We only have a board. It goes on to say:- “---specifically authorized by the council.” There is no council in this Bill. When we see cases of copy and paste like this, I think it is embarrassing and the people who are concerned should take note. view
• 25 May 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, similarly, miscellaneous provisions under Clause 38 deal with protection of names. It states:- “Any person misusing the name of the Authority…” You are providing again a fine of Kshs30,000 and an imprisonment of one year. That is a very lenient fine. Again, I will be proposing Kshs500,000 and three years or both. I think from where we have come from, all the Bills that we have looked at in this House that are appendages of the new Constitution, we are talking about regulations. I think from the Bills that we have passed here, it is ... view