John Mbadi Ng'ong'o

All parliamentary appearances

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• 5 Aug 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I beg to move that the Parliamentary Pensions (Amendment) Bill (National Assembly Bill No.45 of 2019) be now read the Third Time. I just have a few comments to make. First, I want to sincerely thank the House for supporting this Bill. Some of the MPs who served from 1983 to 2001 and are pensionable, as we speak, actually earn peanuts in the name of pensions. Some of them earn as low as Kshs6,000 per month and that is why we have brought this to correct that so that, at least, they get Kshs100,000 ... view
• 5 Aug 2020 in National Assembly: Act was not in existence to benefit. So, this is not being applied in retrospect. Rather it is being applied to those who are already pensionable. It is only that the amounts that they are getting are too low. This is also supported by the reports of the two tribunals. This case did not just appear from nowhere. There are two tribunals that were set up by this House through the Parliamentary Service Commission - the Majid Cocker Tribunal and the Akiwumi Tribunal. The two tribunals spoke to this matter and advised that we should consider raising the minimum pension ... view
• 5 Aug 2020 in National Assembly: I was saying something which I know many people may not say, especially those serving their first terms. It is upon those of us serving a second and third term to tell the Government. I know this matter will be blown out of proportion. Tell the people of Kenya that there is no crime in serving the people of this country in this House. Let us also consider and work on that formula and bring an amendment to include that formula so that those who have served for 60 months can also qualify for some modest pension which can help ... view
• 5 Aug 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I want to inform the House and my Party Whip, who is right that Article 144 of the Constitution says that if it is a money Bill like this one, it must go to the Budget and Appropriations Committee for pre-publication scrutiny. Its publication will only proceed in line with the advice of the Budget and Appropriations Committee after it has consulted with the National Treasury. All this was done. The National Treasury had a feeling that the Bill should not proceed. However, after consulting, certain aspects of the Bill were dropped by the ... view
• 5 Aug 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. Hon. Eve Obara is very right. The pension scheme we have is not a defined contributory scheme. 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: It is a defined benefit scheme. Your benefit is defined and worked by the number of months you have served this Parliament divide by 300 months which is determined as the maximum. Then multiplied by your basic salary in the last 12 months and the formula goes on by multiplying by 3.75. If you come to my office, I can give you the full details. I think that is where confusion is arising. After that defined benefit our actuaries worked on how to sustain that scheme. They came up with a contribution that a Member must put every month. So, ... view
• 5 Aug 2020 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I hope this will be the last time. I understand the dilemma of Millie. Let me clarify it simply that, even in defined benefit schemes, they usually define what a Member is supposed to get and work backwards on how much should be contributed towards that defined benefit scheme. So, this does not imply that Members cannot contribute. Members can contribute or not depending on the kind of the scheme. view
• 5 Aug 2020 in National Assembly: Let me just finish by saying that defined contributory scheme is where you define what a Member is supposed to contribute. Then, based on that you work how much that will generate to be given as pension. So, you are starting from contribution to benefit. The other one you work from benefits backwards. I hope it makes some sense. 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
• 30 Jul 2020 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chair, I want to support this amendment. One, I think I agree with the Committee and the Chair completely that you need to define what the Cabinet Secretary is supposed to do, not what he is not supposed to do. Leaving it too open is not fine. In matters finance, you need to declare under what conditions the micro, small and medium enterprise would qualify for the loans. I think that to me, is tidy enough. There is also part (b), where it is clear that it is women, youth and persons with disabilities. Under part (ga) ... view
• 30 Jul 2020 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, let me thank and congratulate the Committee for bringing this amendment. When we were contributing in the Second Reading of this Bill, I talked about possibility of the Cabinet Secretary having been given a lot of powers through this Bill to which looking back may be necessary. However, there is need for accountability. We have previously had cases where people in public offices favour certain regions with public resources in terms of allocation. So, I am very happy and excited if the Committee has brought this amendment, at least there will be disclosure of how much ... view