John Mbadi Ng'ong'o

All parliamentary appearances

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• 16 Jun 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I thank you for the direction that you have given regarding those who have sought Statements that, they need to be informed when the Statements will be answered so that they can make themselves available. They can even request to be considered for allocation of seats. You remember we are only sitting here about 60 of us and those who are sitting in the next room are also equally not many. Having said that, this is a matter of national importance and I thank the Chair for bringing this Report. It has caused a lot ... view
• 16 Jun 2020 in National Assembly: I totally agree that there are a lot of benefits of transporting cargo by rail because again that is one of the main reasons why we constructed the railway. However, there are two things that need to be done. One, there is need for public participation. We need to engage stakeholders to understand exactly the thinking of the Government and the reasons the Government is making that decision rather than just communicating through gazette notices. I want to ask the Chair if he engaged the Cabinet Secretary on this one. I do not agree that the best route to take ... view
• 16 Jun 2020 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, first of all, I want to tell my good friend, Hon. Metito, that an honourable Member cannot be a funny character. I have never met an honourable Member collecting signatures, but I met some funny character. So, he should have asked me where I met the funny character. It does not have to be in the Chamber or Parliament. Probably I met this funny character in the streets collecting signatures. So, why is he making an assumption that I am referring to an honourable Member? I have actually not met any honourable Member collecting signatures to remove ... view
• 16 Jun 2020 in National Assembly: I thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. Let me first start by thanking the Chair of the Departmental Committee on Health. Previously, we said that the Chair should be giving weekly Statements on the COVID-19 Disease. The Chair is living to that which is commendable. I want to congratulate her on proving to be up to the task of informing this House and Kenyans on our preparedness, what is taking place and what needs to be done. view
• 16 Jun 2020 in National Assembly: I have two issues that I want to touch on. First, politicians are failing Kenyans big time. I listened to a vernacular radio station this morning and I heard that 27 Kenyans left Mombasa County with a body and they did not even take the requisite papers. They decided to bribe on the way. They confessed. I heard them confessing what they did. They travelled all the way to Siaya County. Fortunately, the administration in Siaya County got wind of this and held the guys. They were tested and one turned out to be COVID-19 positive later. What got my ... view
• 16 Jun 2020 in National Assembly: quarantine to go back to Mombasa County. That is exactly what the administration did. They released them and they travelled all the way to Mombasa County. When they arrived in Mombasa, the results came out and one of them was COVID-19 positive. That is carelessness and recklessness of the highest order on the part of our leaders, if it is true that they can make calls to expose the lives of many Kenyans to danger just because of personal political interests. I am shocked and I want to know the two Members of Parliament who made the calls. view
• 16 Jun 2020 in National Assembly: Finally, because the Chair has constant interaction with the authorities, more particularly the Cabinet Secretary for Health who has done so well so far, I want to tell her that there is need to have a clear coordination of how these cases of COVID-19 are treated in this country, especially burial. The way the Government is treating those who die of other ailments… When someone dies in this country at this point, there should be no panic. Much as we should be cautious, there is no reason at all why the administration should panic and tell people that they have ... view
• 16 Jun 2020 in National Assembly: As I conclude, we need a coordination of how burials are conducted. If you allow me, what we see in this country is a case where some people are treated specially and others are treated with carelessness. If you are poor, you bury your people differently. Those who are known take a week or two weeks before they are buried. I even see it in our village. There are people who take two weeks before they bury a body. Others are buried the same day. What is this discrimination all about? We are leaders. As we castigate the Government, you ... view
• 16 Jun 2020 in National Assembly: With those many remarks, I thank the Chair of the Departmental Committee on Health. view
• 16 Jun 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker, for that long, detailed and, I must say, professional ruling on this matter. This is a matter that has disturbed me for a while because I could not envisage a situation where an appointing authority has no capacity, at all, or recourse to revoke the appointment of the very officer that it has appointed. So, when I was thinking of Article 251 of the Constitution, I was wondering how then this House would appoint the Parliamentary Service Commissioners and then surrender their removal to another authority that would compromise even the independence of Parliament. So, Hon. ... view