John Mbadi Ng'ong'o

All parliamentary appearances

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• 2 Jun 2020 in National Assembly: As Hon. Otiende has put it, clearly, this spells out as an appointment in the Constitution. Again, the same Constitution speaks to the removal of an appointed member. This again can be done through revocation of that appointment by Parliament. For those who have been reasoning and arguing that the removal from the PSC must follow the provisions of Article 251 just because PSC is listed under Article 248 of the Constitution, I think where they are missing the point is that the framers of the Constitution provided exemptions under Article 248 that except to the extent that the Constitution ... view
• 2 Jun 2020 in National Assembly: If you look at this Constitution in Article 250, it states that each commission shall consist of at least three members, but not more than nine members. If you calculate the membership of the PSC, there are 10 members. There is the Speaker and seven members coming from Parliament and other two members from outside. The totality of this is 10, which means it does not respect this 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
• 2 Jun 2020 in National Assembly: provision. I think this is cured because the provision under Article 248 of the Constitution had already envisaged that there could be some commissions that may not strictly follow the provisions of this Chapter. view
• 2 Jun 2020 in National Assembly: I can mention many other things including that the Secretary to the Commission should be appointed by the commission. In our case, it is clearly defined in the Constitution and you cannot change it. The other thing that I wanted to mention about this Commission is that if you follow Article 251 of the Constitution, it is clear there will be a petition which will be considered by the National Assembly and having been satisfied with the position, will pass it and then the President shall appoint a tribunal. The President, in case of the PSC, does not appoint the ... view
• 2 Jun 2020 in National Assembly: The trade unions must represent the union members and in this case, union members are MPs. If we feel that you are not representing us well, we should have the space and liberty to get you out of office so that we can get people who can represent us well. That is why you find that sometimes, we are not happy with commissioners but are forced to live with them for five years or six years, if a commissioner has been brought from outside. view
• 2 Jun 2020 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I request and seek you to rule that we can revoke the appointment of these commissioners to this Commission, as the Constitution says, as a House which has appointed them so that we can have a Commission which will represent the interests of these MPs. I am not saying that this Commission has failed in totality, but if there is a member of that Commission, one, two or even all, we should be able as a House to recall and reprimand them. view
• 2 Jun 2020 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, that is my contention and I beg that you rule. view
• 2 Jun 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I second this Motion. There is nothing much to say about the Motion that has been moved by the Leader of the Majority Party because it is a Procedural Motion. We are just trying to set the ground rules on the amount of time available for the Mover, the Seconder, other Members and the leadership of the House on both sides. The two issues that were raised earlier mostly affect the Minority side. I request for an indication of the possible time you will make the ruling. When you contact-trace and find someone needs isolation, that ... view
• 2 Jun 2020 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I support the Motion. In simple words, we are calling to have three sittings in the month of June, namely, on Tuesday in the morning and afternoon. Then we be free on Wednesday for preparation for Thursday and then we sit on Thursday in the afternoon. We will be sitting a little more than we have been sitting, since this pandemic became a problem to us. view
• 2 Jun 2020 in National Assembly: I want to ask the House to agree that for the month of June, we sit on Tuesday, beginning next week, in the morning and afternoon and have a sitting on Thursday. This is a busy period. We will deal with the Budget and Appropriations Bill and the Finance Bill. We need these sittings. view