John Mbadi Ng'ong'o

All parliamentary appearances

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• 22 Apr 2020 in National Assembly: The reason I did not want to come out was to reduce the stigmatisation of this disease. If I came out to explain I was negative, which I was, I was giving credence to that narrative which was being peddled in the newspapers that if you are found positive, something is wrong. We need to understand that it is possible to contract this disease and you need to be careful. It is infectious and those who contract it are not criminals. view
• 22 Apr 2020 in National Assembly: The reason I have risen to speak is because I think one media house, The Star, if it wants to retain some credence, should go out and say that the narrative they brought out of 17 Members testing positive was fake news. Sometimes it is decent and makes sense to accept where you went wrong. That was alarmist and to me, they were selling panic to the people of Kenya. It was completely unnecessary. I want to encourage those who have not been tested to get tested. In fact, you should allow those who took the test to take another ... view
• 22 Apr 2020 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, in the interest of time, I have two quick ones. On the issue of the late Oyugi, I just want to ask the Committee that his body should be buried properly. That was not a grave. view
• 22 Apr 2020 in National Assembly: Even if we leave out all the other things that we can sacrifice and compromise, in my view, on the issue of the grave, he must be buried properly. That is something that the Committee can do. Two, I want to speak to the issue that Hon. Omboko has raised. This is the time to avoid populism. Let us talk to our people. It is not a question of seeking votes. Various regulations are in this House and we will pass them. If the Government has said that people should wear masks or wash hands, that should be done. view
• 22 Apr 2020 in National Assembly: On this question of saying that we do not even have soap and the Government should buy soap, I know that we can facilitate that and help, but people can also buy local soap. Let them wash their hands with bar soap. Let us encourage our people to observe social distancing. If they do not, let them be arrested. Even if it is a matter of no votes, we should not seek votes at the expense of the lives of our people. If they all die, who will vote for us tomorrow? Hon. Deputy Speaker, I want to echo that ... view
• 22 Apr 2020 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, I beg to second. view
• 22 Apr 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. As I support, I just want to make this matter clear. First, it should be understood that we only disagree with the Senate when there is a reason to. It should come out clearly that this House is not at war with the Senate. When the Senate comes up with a matter that makes sense or reasonable, we consider it. However, for Members to understand what exactly happened, I want to remind them that after some key functions of the County Government of Nairobi were transferred to the national Government, the costs for those functions were ... view
• 22 Apr 2020 in National Assembly: county to make sure that resources are available. There is, however, still a problem. This is still a problem that the Senate and the Executive must deal with. In fact, the Deed should have been clearer if you allow the county to be deciding on how the Nairobi Metropolitan Committee will be funded. Let us not run away from it. Indeed, it is a problem and especially with a Governor called “Mr. Mike Mbuvi Sonko”. He is the one who is going to be providing money to this organ. This is something that even if we pass it as the ... view
• 22 Apr 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. As I support the discussion on this Bill and the approval of the same, I just wish and hope that Members will restrict themselves to discussing the Tax Laws (Amendment) Bill. It is because there will be a Supplementary Budget and a Motion on other issues. The main reason for the proposal to amend various tax laws, the Income Tax Act, the Value Added Tax Act, the Excise Duty Act, the Tax Procedures Act and the Miscellaneous Fees and Levies Act is to help alleviate the negative impact of the pandemic by enhancing the disposable ... view
• 22 Apr 2020 in National Assembly: are using this to help have banks collect money on behalf of the Nairobi Metropolitan Committee. However, there is a problem. There is a reduction of penalty for late submission of Turnover Tax from Kshs5,000 to Kshs1,000. I do not know why this should be passed. view