Eng. Nicholas Gumbo

All parliamentary appearances

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• 9 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: Both you and I are Members of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) and have seen what happened with the National Youth Service (NYS) scandal. A small company that was formed two months earlier was given a consultancy contract of Kshs200 million. Sometimes when we talk about these figures, they are just numbers, but I can tell you, as an engineer, that counting from one to a million can take you nothing less than 20 days. A small company was given a consultancy contract under the pretext of youth access to Government procurement. It is a good thing to be awarded ... view
• 9 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: people came up with these kinds of required professional and technical skills to do a consultancy contract in the name of publicity beats logic. view
• 9 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: Did these young people deserve this huge contract? They did not deserve it. Was the effort and skill that these young people expended in the contract commensurate with the reward? It was not. The net effect is that these young people, through conniving with some senior people in the Government who call the shots, were able to take out over Kshs200 million from public use and convert it literally to private use. If that does not contribute to inequality, then what does it do? view
• 9 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: This Bill has come at the right time to strengthen the Financial Reporting Centre. Let us deal with all institutions within the financial flow cycle. I have seen the penalty of Kshs5 million being put for somebody who is found culpable of engaging in money laundering. The penalty should be more severe. Unless we stop this menace of money laundering, where a few people connive with some people in the Government to take from the economy money meant for public good and convert it to private use, we will leave more of our people behind. It is a known fact ... view
• 9 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: I second the Bill and wish to encourage my colleagues to look at how we can strengthen financial reporting in this country. view
• 9 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I wish to second the Proceeds of Crime and Anti-Money Laundering (Amendment) Bill, 2015. view
• 4 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Hon. Speaker. view
• 3 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: On a point of order. view
• 3 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I had an amendment on Clause 9, and I do not know why it has not been prosecuted. view
• 3 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: It is there. We had discussed it in the Committee. view