John Mbadi Ng'ong'o

All parliamentary appearances

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• 2 Oct 2024 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I would like to begin by saying that it is really refreshing to be back here wearing a different cap. You may recall that we spent a better part of the Tenth Parliament in this Chamber as the other one was being renovated. Having said that, Mr. Speaker, Sir, allow me to register my apology. Last time I was supposed to appear in the Senate, I got engaged. Therefore, I did not appear. I was prepared to come and answer questions on that day when in the evening His Excellency the President gave me the nod to ... view
• 2 Oct 2024 in Senate: In part (b) of the question, the Senator wanted to know where the convenience fee charged and all other payments that fail to reflect on the platform end up. This is my response: The e-Citizen platform only collects convenience fee for successful transactions. When a user or citizen makes a payment, the payment will be collected first by the payment service providers’ channels which include mobile money for mobile network operators, Real Time Gross Settlement (RTGS) and e-deposits for banks or wallets for non-bank payment service providers. The e-money is then channeled to the e-Citizen collection account at Kenya Commercial ... view
• 2 Oct 2024 in Senate: collected Kshs100.842 billion. In one year, the collections increased from Kshs26.406 billion to Kshs100.842 billion. We have managed to reduce leakages in the system. Having a single Pay Bill of 222222 has worked very well and visibility of our transactions has been enhanced. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I submit. view
• 2 Oct 2024 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. The amount of money paid to the service provider fluctuates and it depends on the number of services offered. However, in terms of details, this can be provided by the ICT Authority. I know that we pay an average of about Kshs180 million, but give me one minute to consult. view
• 2 Oct 2024 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, on the specifics of the amounts, we may need to check and supply, but the information on the monthly payments, if the hon. Senate would want, we would still supply it. We have all the data from the time when this contract was entered into. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate. view
• 2 Oct 2024 in Senate: Now, let me respond to the specific questions by Sen. Esther Okenyuri. I have not forgotten you. Sometimes when you are--- view
• 2 Oct 2024 in Senate: Sometimes, when you are graduating in age, we do not say you are advancing, but you are graduating in age. Your eyes sometimes start misbehaving, but we also politicians do not like wearing specs. You will notice most politicians even when they get to 70 or 80, do not like wearing specs, apart from a few like the Senate Minority Leader and Sen Faki. Let me respond by saying why are hospitals still being bought. I think there have been challenges with the National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF) generally, which is why the Government even saw it fit to change ... view
• 2 Oct 2024 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, on the ID card, interestingly, I agree with you. I am one of the people who are in this school of thought that you do not have to pay to register as a Kenyan if we can take up this cost. Not long ago, I spoke to this differently. I do not want to speak a different language because today I am a Cabinet Secretary. I do not think it is wise to charge for new applicants. Maybe you can charge for replacement because, again, you need to be careful when you are given a national identity. ... view
• 2 Oct 2024 in Senate: So, we are very comfortable with regular and continuous transfers. However, the problems that we encountered at the beginning of this year is primarily the legal challenges. There were two schools of thought, because Senators are aware that the two Houses have not passed the County Revenue Bill (CARB) for 2024/2025. Mr. Speaker, Sir, there were two schools of thought. There was one school of thought which believed that we cannot transfer money to counties until and unless we have two critical pieces of legislation; that is, the Division of Revenue Act (DORA) and the CARA. There is another school ... view
• 2 Oct 2024 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Question No.060 is by the Nominated Senator, Sen. Mumma. My response to Question No.060 (a) is as follows- In the original approved development budget for Financial Year 2022/2023, we had an amount of Kshs715.4 billion. Out of this, Kshs389.2 billion was to be funded through ordinary revenue, Kshs292.8 billion was to be funded through loans and Kshs33.3 billion was through grants. However, the estimates were revised a number of times during the implementation of the budget, maybe thrice, if I am not wrong. We had several supplementary budgets and the final approved development estimates amounted ... view