Eng. Nicholas Gumbo

All parliamentary appearances

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• 6 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, there is also the problem where Government officers entrusted with looking at CDF projects in the countryside collude with the Project Management Committee either to inflate the cost of the project or misappropriate funds. Then, it becomes very frustrating because, really, for us to achieve success in these projects, the wheel of justice must move faster. You find a case where clearly funds have been misappropriated, a report is made and three months down the line those who are known to have misappropriated the funds are still roaming the countryside. Let the wheels of justice ... view
• 6 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, finally, as a House, we know that one of the main purpose of the CDF is to alleviate poverty at the constituency level. I think we will go a long way, if we can have capacity at the local level. We get a lot of frustrations. Recently when I was doing a tour of projects in my constituency, you are told that the contractor or Engineer who has been given projects in primary school “A” is also the same one who has been given projects in primary school “B” and “C”. Yet he does not ... view
• 6 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: With those few remarks, I beg to support. view
• 5 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: asked the Minister for Information and Communications:- (a) whether he could state to the House the circumstances that led to the investigations for abuse of office of the immediate former Postmaster-General, Mr. Fred Odhiambo; and, (b) whether the investigations have now been concluded and, if so, whether he could provide the report to the House. view
• 5 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the matter that the Assistant Minister has raised leading to the termination of service of Mr. Fred Odhiambo is fairly serious. The Assistant Minister stated that he was constructing a private home using vehicles belonging to the Postal Corporation of Kenya. In the answer that I have been given, there is absolutely no evidence to show that Mr. Odhiambo was using vehicles belonging to the Postal Corporation of Kenya nor is there evidence to show that the driver of the vehicle and the foreman were both claiming per diem . In view of these facts, could I ... view
• 5 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, in the answer that the Assistant Minister has given, there is absolutely no evidence that Mr. Odhiambo--- view
• 5 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Could the Assistant Minister table or provide evidence that Mr. Odhiambo was constructing a private house and the foreman and the driver were claiming per diem from the corporation? view
• 5 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, in view of the Assistant Minister’s answers and the papers that he has just given me, would I be in order to request that I get more time to look at these papers so that we can interrogate the Question further? I am not satisfied with the Assistant Minister’s line of answering. view
• 5 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I need only about two days; I will be ready by Thursday so that we can interrogate this Question further. view
• 30 Sep 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Member for Migori had asked me to ask this Question on his behalf, but he later came back to inform me that he had spoken to the Minister concerned and agreed that the Minister will bring the answer next week. But I am ready to proceed if the Minister has the answer. view