Eng. Nicholas Gumbo

All parliamentary appearances

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• 29 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I wish to support the Committee Chair. With all due respect, the word “partner” is too general. Even people in homosexual relationships refer to each other as partners. Really, what are we talking about here? Even business associates refer to each other as partners. So, to be specific, let us use the word “spouse”. view
• 29 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, first of all, I thank the Departmental Committee on Health, which is headed by its able Chair, the Member for Kitui South, Hon. (Dr.) Rachel Nyamai. This is one of the landmark Bills that this House has passed. It is commendable that at long last we have come to the tail end of the passage of this Bill. Even as we pass the Health Bill, the question of healthcare provision within the counties is still a matter of great concern. As we move forward, when the Constitution was promulgated about six years ago, there was the ... view
• 29 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: I support. view
• 24 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, we have not concluded those regulations. We were hoping that they would be done within this week. However, I cannot conclusively confirm this. view
• 24 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: Not yet. view
• 24 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: There were some areas which we wanted to polish up which were not coming out quite well. view
• 24 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: Of course, I cannot say for how long because---I beg your indulgence to give a more conclusive answer on Tuesday. view
• 24 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I want to thank the Deputy Leader of the Majority Party for this opportunity. One, on National Social Safety Net, we need to be told the method of allocation, the number of people who benefit per county and what it has done to improve livelihoods all over the country. Secondly, there is a typo error in Number D(8) because we do not have the Constituencies Development Fund (CDF) but we have the National Government Constituencies Development Fund. That should be taken into account. Lastly, every year we allocate contingencies. We should be given breakdown ... view
• 23 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, I beg to lay the following Paper on the Table of the House today Wednesday, 23 March 2016:- The Report of the Public Accounts Committee on the Special Audit Report of 14th June 2014 regarding the procurement of electronic voting devices for the 2013 General Election by the Independent and Electoral and Boundaries Commission. view
• 23 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, I beg to give notice of the following Motion:- That, this House adopts the Report of the Public Accounts Committee on the Special Audit Report of 14th June 2014 regarding the procurement of electronic voting devices for the 2013 General Election by the Independent and Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC), laid on the Table of the House today Wednesday 23rd March 2016. view