John Mbadi Ng'ong'o

All parliamentary appearances

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• 9 Jun 2020 in National Assembly: There is something that we must also address at this stage in time. We have provided money for Value Added Tax (VAT) refunds and payment of pending bills. However, we need to make sure that all pending bills are paid and mopped up at this time of crisis. We need to make sure that all VAT refunds are made. We need to provide more money to the pockets of Kenyans by protecting and creating jobs. I know that there is a provision of little amount of money for kazimtaani where people will be engaged to provide labour in implementing some ... view
• 9 Jun 2020 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, there is my pet area that I have talked about for a very long time. Allow me to repeat it because I really do not know whether the National Treasury listens. The issue of public debt is now an emergency in this country. We need to be bold and candid and tell the Executive that we need a day to have a national dialogue on public debt. If you listened to the Mover of the Motion and the Seconder, this is what they said. This is what the Budget and Appropriations Committee is saying. Out of ... view
• 9 Jun 2020 in National Assembly: There is something that we need to talk about further, especially during COVID-19 pandemic. The exports have reduced. The diaspora remittances have gone down. What challenge does that pose to the economy? The foreign exchange reserve is likely to reduce. What has helped us is that the price of oil has been down. view
• 9 Jun 2020 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, if the prices of oil start rising, then we are in trouble. However, we got help from the International Monetary Fund (IMF). We are happy that the IMF gave this country Kshs75 billion to help stabilize FOREX reserves. But for how long will we be relying on the IMF? In a nutshell, what I am saying is that, as a country, we need to talk about our balance of payment level, our debt level, our wage level and our capability as a nation to finance our operations. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is ... view
• 9 Jun 2020 in National Assembly: Allow me to talk about some figures that are in the Budget, in response to a story that was carried that we protested the reduction of funds to National Government Constituencies Development Fund (NG-CDF). There is nothing like we protested. The point is: NG-CDF is provided through an Act of Parliament which conditions this country to not give in the subsequent year less than what was given in the previous year. Therefore, what we did was to just engage with the National Treasury and point out the law. But again, as I said earlier, the Budget is a negotiated document, ... view
• 6 Jun 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. Cases of violation of human rights by police officers are on the rise. In fact, it is not supposed to be a “Police Force.” We changed it to a “Police Service.” This is something that cannot be taken lightly. As I appreciate and congratulate the Chairperson for the Statement, I am at a loss because the Chairperson is a fellow Member of Parliament. The only thing we want to ask the Chairperson to do on our behalf is to be a little bit harder on the relevant Government organs and agencies. view
• 6 Jun 2020 in National Assembly: When you are told that investigations are on-going, who exactly is conducting those investigations? If the investigations are being carried out by the same police officers who have been suspected of committing the crime, they certainly cannot conduct independent and factual investigations. If it is by IPOA, which seems to be weakening by the day, then I want to ask the Chairperson to report to us the number of cases of violation of human rights by the police that have been reported to IPOA in the last two years. We see such cases every day. How many such cases have ... view
• 6 Jun 2020 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, we must speak with one voice as a House and send a message to this Ministry; that they have no rights to molest Kenyans. They have the rights to maintain law and order, but they should do so with decorum. We cannot just bully, beat and kill innocent people left, right and centre. There is a case of someone who took his wife to hospital only for him to be killed while returning home. How do you justify that action in a civilized country? So, this is something that we expect the Chairperson to look into. The ... view
• 6 Jun 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. The Leader of the Majority Party has raised a matter that is fundamental and that goes to the core of democracy in this country. I agree it is really a shock that, that is what transpired in the Senate. If the Hansard has captured the same, then it is a very sad moment. There is no way the people of Homa Bay will have their votes cast by a Senator from Kakamega. That cannot happen. If at all the Senator for Kakamega voted on behalf of the people of Homa Bay, it is unconstitutional, undemocratic ... view
• 6 Jun 2020 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, I still stand by my position. Why? What we are dealing with is not a Bill from the Senate. We are dealing with a report of the Mediation Committee. If the report was to first go to the Senate then come to the National Assembly, then it would be a different story. We would argue that because the process was not followed, then we cannot deal with it. But what we are dealing with is a mediated version of the Bill. So we deal with it and the Senate also deals with it. Hon. Deputy Speaker, thank ... view