Eng. Nicholas Gumbo

All parliamentary appearances

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• 11 Feb 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, with all due respect to my good friend, Hon. Mbadi, I want to state that I fully support Hon. Chepkong’a’s proposed amendment. A committee sitting involves calling witnesses who speak on the HANSARD. Some of the witnesses we called, including Mrs. Shollei told us that some of the decisions they took were on account of the work of the Finance Committee. We are simply saying that they have been mentioned. As Parliament, we do not have the capacity to investigate them individually. We are not saying that they are culpable but members of the finance committee should be ... view
• 10 Feb 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I beg to give notices of the following Motions:- view
• 10 Feb 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to contribute to this Bill. 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
• 10 Feb 2016 in National Assembly: The objectives of the Bill are noble. To that extent, it should be supported. Up to now, we have a lacuna in the sense that anybody who has an experience in the handling of medical equipment can come up and call him or herself a biomedical engineer. It is important to have a framework where we can make professionals in that field be accountable to the people they serve – who are the public – whether they are in private or public employment. We should have a framework for licensing, registration and making sure that only those who qualify can ... view
• 10 Feb 2016 in National Assembly: I am well guided, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. One of the areas that need to be addressed is the question of making the board to run on subscription. In my view, qualified biomedical engineers in this country are so few that if resourcing is through subscription, the good intention of this Bill may not work. Somewhere along the line, we may have to find a way of asking the taxpayer to pay for it. I read somewhere that five years ago, three to five hundred new diseases arise every year. Right now, we have the Zika virus. We did not ... view
• 9 Feb 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I take this opportunity to wish you and my colleagues, the Hon. Members, a very happy and prosperous New Year. We canvassed some of the issues that Hon. Duale has spoken about in our Parliamentary Group (PG). I am not purporting to speak for our Acting Leader of the Minority Party, but some of these Members actually asked to be discharged from these Committees due to personal commitments. I am sure Hon. Mwadeghu will explain. As we constitute the HBC, which sets the agenda for Parliament, I congratulate the Members who have been appointed to the ... view
• 16 Dec 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I beg to lay the following Papers on the Table of the House today, 16th December, 2015:- view
• 16 Dec 2015 in National Assembly: The Joint Report of the Public Accounts Committee and the Public Investments Committee on the Third Annual International Public Accounts Committees Symposium; Ensuring Accountability: the Role of the Modern Public Accounts Committee. view
• 16 Dec 2015 in National Assembly: The Joint Report of the Public Accounts Committee and Public Investments Committees Delegation to the 12th Southern African Development Community Organisation of Public Accounts Committees (SADCOPAC) view
• 16 Dec 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I beg to give the following notice of Motion:- view