Eng. Nicholas Gumbo

All parliamentary appearances

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• 24 Feb 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for the opportunity to contribute to this Bill. This is a very important Bill in that it provides for a constitutional office, which is very useful and necessary in ensuring that the money that this country collects from its citizens is used responsibly. A lot has been said by my colleagues and I do not want to repeat it. I want to refer to Article 228(4) of the Constitution which says: “The Controller of Budget shall oversee the implementation of budgets of the national and county governments authorising withdrawals from the public funds under ... view
• 24 Feb 2016 in National Assembly: Controller of Budget shall ensure prudent and efficient use of public funds. Even stopping at that point, there is a concern. It appears that most of us, especially in the counties, have still not quite understood the essence of devolution. A lot of Kenyans have yet to come to terms with the idea that the intent of devolution is to ensure responsible use of public resources in so far as providing services to the people of Kenya is concerned. I emphasise this point of ensuring prudent and efficient use of funds because as a Kenyan, I am very concerned. Devolution ... view
• 24 Feb 2016 in National Assembly: Looking around, I have a concern, even in Siaya County where I come from. We know some of the people who came to office with nothing. Today, they can afford to put up houses worth hundreds of millions of shillings. I have been in this House for the last nine years. I cannot say that I am one of the most poorly paid Kenyans, but when somebody who probably earns less than me puts up a house worth hundreds of millions of shillings, then this aspect of ensuring prudent and efficient use of public funds that we have given to ... view
• 24 Feb 2016 in National Assembly: million. How on earth would I be able to put up a house worth hundreds of millions of shillings, dig a personal borehole and put up a stand-by generator while boasting all over the place, behaving as if I am itching to spend cash? This aspect of prudent and efficient spending of public funds must be included in the Bill. I will propose an amendment introducing an element of policing, which I will encourage the House to carry through. Hon. Deputy Speaker, it is not just the reports of the Controller of Budget, but we have very many useful reports ... view
• 24 Feb 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. I think the problem we have had with this Bill is provisions that make clear distinctions--- view
• 24 Feb 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I was just saying that as engineers the problem we have had with this Bill is that it did not make a distinction between what technologist and engineers can do and I think that is important. I have discussed with both the Chair for the Departmental Committee on Education, Research and Technology and the sponsor of the Bill, Hon. Cecilia Ngetich and I think this is being taken care of. view
• 24 Feb 2016 in National Assembly: We do not want to have a country which is not clear on matters of engineering technologist and it does not matter how much education they have. The training that an engineering technologist goes through and an engineer are very distinct. In the legal practice you would probably consider it as what court clerks and lawyers do. Therefore, as long as these distinctions are built into these amendments, we will have no problem with it. I hope that this theme will be running through the amendments that have been proposed by the Chair. view
• 24 Feb 2016 in National Assembly: Yes, to some extent because that has been the lacuna. If you look at the initially proposed Bill, you will find that those of us who opposed it on the Floor of the House did that because it was more or less like copy and paste. Under the provisions of the Engineers Act, we were just changing the word “engineer” and replacing “engineering technologist” as recognition. I think the role of the engineering technologists was not clearly defined. Essentially, that is what we are now trying to do. With that we are hoping that the distinction will clearly come out ... view
• 24 Feb 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I proposed amendments because if you heard my contribution, you will realise that they proposed to kill the Bill entirely. My amendments would have proposed to delete all the clauses. I discussed with the sponsor of the Bill and she tried to convince me that she will introduce amendments to take care of this class of Kenyans who are left out right now. My concern then was the Bill would go out as it was. You know back in the village even people who repair bicycles and taps are called “engineers”. We should not have a ... view
• 24 Feb 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, it was important to pronounce ourselves as engineers. This amendment is actually one of the things that--- view