John Mbadi Ng'ong'o

All parliamentary appearances

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• 25 Jun 2020 in National Assembly: I want to put it on record that this country has never entertained more than one Supplementary Budget before the 11th Parliament. Hon. Amos Kimunya, Hon. Naomi Shaban and Hon. Kioni can confirm this. We started habits of entertaining two Supplementary Budgets in the 11th Parliament. They have now reached three. This year is a bit unique. I want to put it clearly that I do not know whether the Chair of the Budget and Appropriations will continue to be the Chair. I sit in that Committee. Hopefully, he will. Even if he does not continue to be the Chair, ... view
• 25 Jun 2020 in National Assembly: But again, when you critically look at this budget, you realize that there are certain expenditures that, because of oversight here and there, and laziness and carelessness in the budget process, that has led us to where we are now. Going forward, this is something that we must stop. view
• 25 Jun 2020 in National Assembly: Let me now come to the provisions in this Report for Members to understand. I want to start with the ones we have rejected. We have rejected the reallocation of the Ksh3 billion that we ring-fenced as a House. That money was part of the Parliamentary Service Commission’s budget. And out of the magnanimity of this House, because of the situation before us, we decided to ring- fence it and give it to specific health facilities. We are also aware that you give money to the Ministry at the headquarters, but there is misuse of the same. We decided to ... view
• 25 Jun 2020 in National Assembly: Then someone sits somewhere, after we have allocated money which was meant for Parliament, and decides to take it to Kenya Medical Training College (KMTC) for isolation facilities, and also took Ksh1.5 billion to Kenya Medical Supplies Agency (KEMSA) for buying 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
• 25 Jun 2020 in National Assembly: of reagents and testing kits and yet, this Government knows very well that testing is the main activity in the fight against COVID-19. They should have provided money for it. Our Committee rejected that. Let that money remain intact in the agencies where we had allocated it. view
• 25 Jun 2020 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, it is not the first time the money for Loiyangalani-Suswa High Voltage Power Line is coming before us. There are certain questions we raised which have not been addressed concerning the sum of Kshs1.1 billion. The Committee felt like it was an insult for us to again entertain the same amount which we had rejected. We have been seeking more answers, but they have not been supplied to us. I think the House will agree with us on that one. view
• 25 Jun 2020 in National Assembly: Now, regarding some of the amounts that we have approved, the President talked about the Kshs5 billion that we approved that was supposed to go to counties. I am sure all of us who have been following the President’s speeches would imagine that, that money has gone to the counties. They claim to have paid it. Actually, the Accountant-General confirmed to us that it has already been paid, but the regularization has taken this long. We indict the National Treasury but it is something that we felt we could not reject because it is money that is going to counties ... view
• 25 Jun 2020 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, we had initially rejected the Ksh1.5 billion for surveillance. But again, the Government has put a lot of pressure on the Committee, not pressure that we could not resist; but pressure with explanation that they had already committed to make that payment. Of course, the money has already been released from the Consolidated Fund to the Ministry to make payments to the service provider. If that is not done – and I am not an expert on security – I am told, the service provider may switch of the surveillance system and we may be left ... view
• 25 Jun 2020 in National Assembly: We want to insist that the Ministry should be decent in the way it handles its affairs in future. There is also lack of neatness. These are foreseen expenditures. Why should you bring them under Article 223? view
• 25 Jun 2020 in National Assembly: Finally, I can hear my Chair Emeritus. There is something that I have even been arguing with my Whip over here and I am trying to persuade him to see it my way. I can lead him, but he is the one who can whip him or de-whip me for that matter. By the way, if he decides to de-whip me, that will be a matter for discussion whether it is legal or not, but he will have done it. I ask my Whip not to de-whip me as I am also not going to mislead him. view