John Mbadi Ng'ong'o

All parliamentary appearances

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• 4 Mar 2020 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, we are only remaining with 10 years to the end of the Vision 2030 period. Kenyans are very worried that this vision will not be attained. It will be a dream like any other that has not been achieved. By now, we were expecting to grow, at least, by 10 per cent annually but, for the past five years, we have been growing at an average of 5 per cent or even less than that. A review of the BPS shows that there is no serious assessment of why we have not been hitting the target of the ... view
• 4 Mar 2020 in National Assembly: The second contributor to the hakuna pesa economy is the rising debt. I appreciate that the Chair of the Budget and Appropriations Committee has ably talked about this matter. He said clearly that if anyone was attentive, they would understand what the Budget and Appropriations Committee is saying. For the first time, I appeal to this House and my Committee that I have been on this topic for over six years. The truth of the matter is that this country is borrowing money to finance recurrent expenditure. That is a fact. If you look at the figures or the amount ... view
• 4 Mar 2020 in National Assembly: is a country that is borrowing money to consume. It does not happen anywhere in the world. You cannot borrow money just to consume. You borrow money to strictly apply in development. view
• 4 Mar 2020 in National Assembly: When the new Cabinet Secretary appeared before us seeking to increase the debt ceiling, one of the conditions we agreed on was that he was going to work on a strategy of reducing our commercial debt, debt restructuring or balance sheet restructuring. He was going to reduce the commercial debts and increase more the concessionary loans. When the Budget Policy Statement was brought before us, one thing we must thank the Cabinet Secretary for is that he has reduced domestic borrowing. Projected domestic borrowing is reducing with over Ksh70 billion. That is positive for the economy because we are not ... view
• 4 Mar 2020 in National Assembly: The third issue that is contributing to the hakuna pesa economy is that there are no jobs for our youths. It is true that the economy is growing, according to the statistics from the Kenya Bureau of Statistics and from the Government, but that growth cannot be clearly defined where it is. How come revenue is not growing at the same pace with the GDP? The reason could be that maybe it is the agricultural sector that is growing while the manufacturing sector, which is very crucial to the economy, is not expanding as expected. We need to address that. ... view
• 4 Mar 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you Hon. Speaker for that generosity. I will also pay back in kind. view
• 4 Mar 2020 in National Assembly: I will pay back in kind by surrendering one minute. Let me quickly proceed so that I can fulfil my promise. view
• 4 Mar 2020 in National Assembly: When we look at the Asian economies that have grown, we realise that most of them do not grow from the agricultural sector. Let us not overly dwell on the agricultural sector. Let us think outside the box and find better ways of growing the economy. Let me give the example of detergents. We used to produce enough detergents in this country. How come we are now importing detergents from South Africa? It means that some people have been sleeping on their job. view
• 4 Mar 2020 in National Assembly: I want to talk about food security. If we are talking of the Big Four Agenda and saying that food security is one of the Big Four Agenda but when you look at the Budget Policy Statement, you do not see the nexus between that and budgetary allocation, how do we achieve it? We need to realise and appreciate that food or agriculture is a devolved function. So, how do we get counties to link up with the national Government in terms of policy and actualisation and Budget implementation so that we realise the intended goal of food security and ... view
• 4 Mar 2020 in National Assembly: Finally, sustainability of policy proposals is an integral part of development. It is now becoming clear that we develop policies, but we do not care to monitor their implementation. As a House, we need to take the issue of monitoring implementation very seriously. view