John Mbadi Ng'ong'o

All parliamentary appearances

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• 5 Aug 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. view
• 5 Aug 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. My former classmate had engaged me here. So, I was not following what was going on. view
• 5 Aug 2020 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I beg to move that the Committee do report to the House its consideration of the Parliamentary Pensions (Amendment) Bill (National Assembly Bill No.45 of 2019) and its approval thereof without amendments. view
• 5 Aug 2020 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I beg to move that the House do agree with the Committee in the said Report. I request Hon. Gladys Wanga, the Chair, Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning, to second the Motion for agreement with the Report. view
• 5 Aug 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. The discussion around the amendments to the parliamentary pensions scheme has confused us a lot but we need to understand, as Hon. Wanga said. I was actually watching from my office and I can say that the one we dealt with in the morning was very restrictive. It was dealing with those former Members of Parliament. We are now on a totally different Bill which has been ably moved by Hon. Mwadime on behalf of our Parliamentary Pensions Committee. Since we are dealing with a country where people like sensationalising things even without taking ... view
• 5 Aug 2020 in National Assembly: cannot give me gratuity yet I contributed without asking where my contribution is. Therefore, we are trying to harmonise these two: That yes, every public officer is entitled to gratuity if you have a defined term of employment like ours of five years. Again, yes, we are also in an existing pension scheme where we are contributing 12.6 per cent of our salaries every month. So, the question we are trying to resolve here should be understood in the context of the fact that Parliament is trying to avoid double awarding of these benefits to Members. You will hear out ... view
• 5 Aug 2020 in National Assembly: This is because age is catching up with us whether we like it or not. I have been fighting it. My children keep on reminding me that I am becoming old, I do not want to accept it but that is the reality. Therefore, despite having an umbrella body, the former Members of Parliament are struggling to convince the National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF) to give them a medical cover. It is painful that we are fundraising almost daily to offset medical bills of people whom we were looking upon and admiring in those days. The other day when Hon. ... view
• 5 Aug 2020 in National Assembly: There is a Member of Parliament I never imagined would suffer in this country called Ojwang’ Kombudo, famously known as ‘ Mar Chieth ’. I do not want to translate that because you may not like the meaning. If you see the gentleman today you will not know that he is the great 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: former Member of Parliament for Nyakach who demanded Omweri to be taken back to Nyakach. He is in deep problems and yet he is a person who served this country with dignity. I personally have pension having served for three terms. I am just fighting for others. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, just add me one more minute. view
• 5 Aug 2020 in National Assembly: Those who are serving this House for the first term are not sure whether they will be coming back. It is upon us to support your cause. Kenyans will not like it but anyway… view