Eng. Nicholas Gumbo

All parliamentary appearances

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• 11 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady, it is all very well to give this role to the CEC member. However, I think giving roles is one thing and ensuring that those roles The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 11 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: are executed is another matter. We have seen a lot of disorder in the fishing industry, particularly with regard to processing of fish. As you know, fish is very perishable. I think this is one area that even though we are taking it to the county governments, there should be some way for the national Government to provide the required capacity before it is completely taken over by the county governments. Otherwise, I support. view
• 11 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I just wonder. In this day and age, we need to be schooled on what the contact details of an individual mean because it can mean a lot of things. I tend to be from the old school with regard to the language of English. Should the wording be “record in writing” or “record in written?” Do they mean the same thing or different things? We seem to be drafting errors here. Should we talk of “record in writing” or “record in written or any other form?” I need to be schooled on this one. In ... view
• 11 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I have two problems with this proposed amendment. view
• 11 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: I know the spirit of this Bill is to do with public information and public entities. When we start talking about a private body, that will amount to intrusion of The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 11 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: privacy. From the background I come from, we say that if you cannot measure it, you cannot fix it. When you say at a “reasonable cost”, reasonable can be a function of time or quality. So, what are you talking about? What is reasonable to me may not be reasonable to the Chair. What are we talking about here when we say “at a reasonable cost”? This amendment is superfluous and I request the House to reject it. It does not help at all in enriching the Bill. view
• 11 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady, the words “national security” have very many connotations depending on where you stand. Remember our constitutional process was almost brought to a grinding halt when the words “national security” were sneaked in. I suppose the intention of these amendments is not to introduce mischief, so that you ride on The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 11 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: the vagueness of the term “national security” to deny people access to information which they ought to necessarily have. Otherwise, if that is the understanding, I would reluctantly support. view
• 11 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chair, I find this proposed amendment by the Senate both timid and very ambivalent. It is timid in the sense that we only have one procurement law in the country and it governs public procurement. You cannot decide for individuals how they are going to procure. view
• 11 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: It is ambivalent in the sense that if you look at the wording of this law, “and substituting therefor the words under the laws relating to matters of procurement and disposal,” procurement and disposal by who and of what or which? When we have this kind of wordings in our law, we just make the law not to tell us anything. We can only talk of public procurement. view