John Mbadi Ng'ong'o

All parliamentary appearances

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• 5 Aug 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I want to appreciate what Hon. Masara is asking. I think he has sought a very important Statement and the Committee needs to look at it. I want to plead with Hon. Masara having listened to the Statement he has requested as important as it is, he should give this Committee enough time so when they bring this Statement it will be comprehensive. This is something that is disturbing Kenyans even in terms of human rights issues. It is so complex because there are issues as he has put it that would involve looking into, ... view
• 5 Aug 2020 in National Assembly: I ask Hon. Masara to allow the Committee, because it needs enough time. That time is what the Chair should tell us, how much time is enough, so that we get a comprehensive answer to that Statement. view
• 5 Aug 2020 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Hon. Deputy Speaker. 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
• 5 Aug 2020 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I think you were a bit distracted. But you heard the Deputy Secretary-General of the Jubilee Party insinuating improper motive on me. That, the day he was seeking this Statement, I said he was bringing Jubilee politics. I cannot remember saying that, but even if I said it, he should have challenged me at that time to explain what I meant because now he is bringing it with an improper motive. He is trying to imply that I am opposing holding Government to account, which is something I cannot do. I am ... view
• 5 Aug 2020 in National Assembly: So, I want him to explain exactly what he meant by that statement. Was he implying that I am trying to fight accountability in this House? That is not my intention. view
• 5 Aug 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I will be very fast. I want my brother, Hon. Atandi, who is my very good friend to be a bit cautious because even Hon. Maoka Maore who is the Deputy Majority Whip did fairly well as the Chair of the Constituencies Development Committee. We do not have much complaints. view
• 5 Aug 2020 in National Assembly: The complaints we have regard to disbursement of funds by the National Treasury. That is something that we need to deal with. I have two comments to make. One, the Chair of the Constituencies Development Committee and the leadership of the House can help intervene on this matter with the National Treasury because we did it before. When the National Treasury attempted to reduce NG-CDF by about Kshs9 billion, it took the effort of the leadership of the Leader of the Majority Party, Chair of the Budget and Appropriations Committee and I. We sat with the CS for the National ... view
• 5 Aug 2020 in National Assembly: There is another thing that I want to mention. I want to address the Chair. The Leader of the Majority Party has said that we need to increase classrooms. Some of us have made proposals to transfer money from bursary because we have not disbursed it to building classrooms. You cannot disburse bursaries at this time because it will be misused by schools. So, I want the Chair to follow through that and make sure that is approved in good time because the Board keeps on meeting but it does not deal with that issue. They have other more important ... view
• 5 Aug 2020 in National Assembly: Sometimes, what we say here is taken out of context by the public. The people who are responsible for planning and execution of NG-CDF projects are Fund Managers and NG-CDF Constituencies Committees. Our role is to oversee the projects. If we take our time on oversight role, then some of these issues that are coming up here may be addressed. You will be very up-to-date with your constituency in terms of how much has been disbursed and the reasons. If there is no genuine reason, you can raise that matter with the Chair of the Constituencies Development Committee. If some ... view
• 5 Aug 2020 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, there is something that I have forgotten. Allow me to raise it for one minute. Much as we push for absorption of NG-CDF, all Departmental Committees have a responsibility to make sure that they push for absorption of other Budget lines. We put money in the Budget and at the end of the financial year, the absorption rate is about 40 per cent. Hence, you find that roads are not constructed in constituencies and water that is supposed to be drilled in constituencies is not done. We also expect almost near 100 per cent absorption of all ... view