Eng. Nicholas Gumbo

All parliamentary appearances

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• 15 Jun 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I just wanted your guidance so that we get to know what the function of the BPS is. The question we need to address even before we conclude this is whether it is legal to exceed expenditure limits as set out in the BPS and the subsequent Report of the Budget and Appropriations Committee. If not, what are the micro and macro-economic policy implications of exceeding expenditure limits as set out in an adopted Report of Parliament as required in the PFM Act? Finally, what then is the place of BPS in setting out broad strategic priorities and ... view
• 15 Jun 2016 in National Assembly: I just wanted to be guided. If we go in this direction, clearly, we would be saying that there is not point at all why we should be discussing the BPS because it does not guide us in any 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
• 15 Jun 2016 in National Assembly: way. It is a document we can discuss in March, disregard it in June and go about the Budget as if there was no BPS. That is the direction I humbly seek to hear from you. view
• 15 Jun 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you. view
• 14 Jun 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I wish to thank my good friend, the Leader of the Majority Party, for bringing up the matter. I want to inform the House that we have deliberated on these matters. The problem that we have had in the Constituencies Development Fund (CDF) accounts is that there is a lot of segmentation. Each constituency is being presented on its own. We have had a meeting with the Auditor-General, the CDF Board and the responsible Ministry. We have agreed that we are going to consolidate them. Right now, hopefully, within the course of this week, we are going to ... view
• 14 Jun 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, thanks for your guidance. We have taken that into consideration. As we look into the accounts of the various constituencies and those that have audit queries, we will also take it upon ourselves to invite Members to come and not just the fund account managers. That is because, as you rightly said, much as most of these Members do not get directly involved, to the extent that they carry political responsibility, it is important for them to be there so that they can understand how the audits in their respective constituencies have been conducted. I thank you. The ... view
• 14 Jun 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker, for giving me the opportunity to contribute to this Bill. The enactment of this Bill will eliminate the confusion that has been there between county governments and the national Government with regard to maintenance of our roads. As I speak, many roads in our constituencies remain in poor state because of confusion in demarcations and the role of the national Government and that of county governments. I am glad that this Bill speaks to the standard annual maintenance for all our roads. view
• 14 Jun 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, it is not enough to have an annual maintenance programme. What is even more important is for us to have a management programme which is structured so that we know that building roads alone is not enough. We have to maintain and develop them or they should be serviceable at all times. view
• 14 Jun 2016 in National Assembly: This Bill clearly assigns the responsibilities between national and county governments in the development, maintenance and management of our roads. The fact that it allows for the national Government to be responsible for developing standards for building, development, maintenance and management of our roads is important because if we were to devolve the aspect of development of standards, then the confusion we have had in the past will again start to rear its head in the way we build our roads. view
• 14 Jun 2016 in National Assembly: I am glad that this Bill speaks to the fact that all parts of the country must have reasonable access to national and county roads. If there is one aspect, and I am glad the Leader of the Majority Party spoke to it when he was moving the Motion, is that he has typified the degradation and to an extent the discrimination that has been rampant in our country. It is a fact that the way we have provided roads in this country has been in a manner that is completely devoid of procedure and in a manner that clearly ... view