John Mbadi Ng'ong'o

All parliamentary appearances

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• 22 Feb 2024 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Speaker, I have been around for a while. Therefore, I will reserve my comments on Hon. Ruku. I want to repeat that we will take 12 years to complete ongoing roads, without starting any new ones, if we continue with the current budgetary allocation of Ksh40 billion to the State Department for Roads. That is the reality and it is on paper. 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
• 22 Feb 2024 in National Assembly: It is imperative to note that pending bills are not viewed as public debts, I mentioned that, yet there are sums owed to private individuals and they should be treated as such. The currently witnessed charade of forming task forces to verify bills will come to note if the bills continue to accrue. These are bills held by Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) and ministry officials had processed them. In addition to the measures cited above, the Committee recommends that the National Treasury should only rationalise budgets that have not been committed. When doing supplementary budgets, let us rationalise money ... view
• 22 Feb 2024 in National Assembly: contractors on time. This is the source of many Government officials colluding with contractors to fleece and defraud this country of the much-needed resources. The Committee recommends the following: 1. The National Treasury should only enter into loan agreements whose programme/project implementation plans are ready for immediate execution. Accounting Officers who fail to absorb such funds promptly and within schedule should be personally held liable and will make good the lost interest subject to Article 226(5) of the Constitution. 2. The Auditor-General conducts a forensic audit of the country's entire debt portfolio and submits a report to Parliament within six ... view
• 22 Feb 2024 in National Assembly: I am saying that this problem is going to be bigger. In the Year 2020/2021, I will read what the problem was. Basically, it was COVID-19 and at one point we reduced the tax rate. We thereafter increased it, but now it is going to be worse. The Committee, however, observed several instances where Government employees were not able to comply with the provisions of the law and human resource policies on the One-Third Rule of basic salary. Reasons adduced were tax reliefs accorded to public officers during COVID-19 but later lifted despite staff committing their net salaries. Moreover, changes ... view
• 22 Feb 2024 in National Assembly: recommends that within three months of the adoption of this Report, all accounting officers should avail a matrix on implementation of various recommendations. This will be alongside the usual National Treasury Memorandum. The final comment on cross-cutting issues is on resource requirements for the Office of the Auditor-General. The Office of the Auditor-General requires an independent and well- resourced audit office with guaranteed availability of resources and optimal staffing. This will enable efficient and effective execution of the audit cycle. It will also ensure continuous and sustainable audit operations. Over the years, the Office has been grossly underfunded considering the ... view
• 22 Feb 2024 in National Assembly: In the State Department for Correctional Services, Vote 1023, Paragraph 179, there was a collapsed perimeter wall at Shimo la Tewa Prison in Mombasa due to poor workmanship. Restricted tender was applied and no reason was given. The tender notification was given and the contract was accepted on 3rd April 2017 and the following day it was signed and yet, the law requires it should take 14 days. After completion of the work, the wall collapsed. You can see someone had an interest in this. view
• 22 Feb 2024 in National Assembly: In the State Department for Devolution, at Paragraph 185.1, there was ineligible expenditure likely to be fraudulent due to submission of forged documents. There is a flood mitigation programme in western Kenya and Ksh388 million was given by the World Bank to help in flood mitigation. You know how our people often cry when places like Budalang’i, Kano and many others are flooded. Money is given to Government officials to implement these projects. They introduce forged documents. The World Bank discovers that you have given them forged documents to account for the money and they treat that expenditure as ineligible. ... view
• 22 Feb 2024 in National Assembly: Paragraph 193 is on the irregular payment of demurrage charges. A total of Ksh75 million was irregularly paid. What happened is that the Government of China decided to give us relief food free of charge. It sent it with containers and then Government officials decided to keep them for no reason. It occasioned a loss of Ksh75 million. Should we close our eyes on that? Those responsible need to pay this Ksh75 million, and not taxpayers. view
• 22 Feb 2024 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Speaker, I am skipping some. There is one for the State Department for Vocational and Technical Training. It is about procurement and payment for consultancy services where a German company won a tender, but the same was executed by a Kenyan firm which did not bid. We also want EACC to look into that. There is also procurement of computers in the State Department for Early Learning and Basic Education where Ksh199 million was paid for 2,040 computers to 200 schools across the country. The State Department used an expired contract of the Ministry of Information, Communication and ... view
• 22 Feb 2024 in National Assembly: In the State Department for Infrastructure, contracts were irregularly varied upwards leading to possible loss. For example, Kiambu Regional Office decided to make payments worth Ksh359 million, up from Ksh273 million, a variation of Ksh86 million, which is 31 per cent above the required amount. The State Department for Housing also has an issue on budget implementation that we have referred to the Auditor-General, where unbudgeted expenditure amounting to Ksh531 million was spent. We want to know under what circumstances that happened. That amounts to spending without Parliament’s approval. In the State Department for Public Works, there were vehicles which ... view