John Mbadi Ng'ong'o

All parliamentary appearances

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• 26 Feb 2020 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, that is what I wanted to say. Thank you. view
• 26 Feb 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. The Constitution has placed on us, as a House, a very important responsibility. Under the Constitution, we are required to vet and approve for appointment Cabinet Secretaries. Both Articles 132 (2) and 152 (2) of the Constitution speak on this matter. In fact, Article 132 (2) says that the President, with the approval of the National Assembly, will appoint the Cabinet Secretary. Again, Article 152(2) speaks about the appointment of the Cabinet Secretary or members of the Cabinet. Hon. Speaker, we did vet these two Kenyans and I want to associate myself with the sentiments of ... view
• 26 Feb 2020 in National Assembly: matter that needs to be looked into. We expect Hon. Mutahi Kagwe to look into this matter once he assumes office. We want him to interrogate it and help Kenya realise value for money. Hon. Speaker, I want us, as a House, to be ruthlessly honest with ourselves. What is expected of us in the process of vetting? When you are vetting, it means you are supposed to be vetting a process. Therefore, the process of appointing the Cabinet Secretary is pretty straightforward. It is the appointing authority- who is the President of the Republic of Kenya- who decides who ... view
• 26 Feb 2020 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I know that his net worth could not even have been Ksh100 million. view
• 26 Feb 2020 in National Assembly: Such are the things and this House should not keep information that is evidently wrong. Someone needs to pick this information and deal with them. You will find immediately they get in those Ministries, problems begin. It is because these are people with no integrity. Even in completing a questionnaire, some people indicate that they have a PhD and yet they have never seen the inside of a university classroom. I know nowadays we have online studies. Some people climb on top of buses to get degrees and so on. Such things were unheard of sometime back but that is ... view
• 26 Feb 2020 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, on regional and ethnic representation, let us be candid and honest with each other. The appointing authority is at times; I would say… Should I use the word “conning”? I think that is a very strong word. The point is that the appointing authority, and I am not just talking about the President although in this case it is him... These things happen even in the counties. If you want to appoint someone from Homa Bay, just do that. Do not appoint your sister or cousin who finds himself or herself in Homa Bay by residence or in ... view
• 26 Feb 2020 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, Hon. Junet keeps talking about Homa Bay. I do not know what is wrong with Homa Bay. I know Homa Bay just got someone appointed to the position of PS the other day. We are very happy. In fact, that is my uncle although I did not influence his appointment. He is a very capable Kenyan and everybody knows. We will approve him here and so I do not want to go there. view
• 26 Feb 2020 in National Assembly: Yes, we will approve his name. I do not see why my uncle cannot be approved. view
• 26 Feb 2020 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, if we want regional spread of appointments… We know there are only 22 positions available. Let the 22 positions reflect the face of Kenya. I would not mind if the whole of Nyanza had one or two CSs if that is what was happening in the whole country. If coast had one or two, central and other regions the same, then we would be comfortable. However, when one region has four people and yours has none, then there is problem. That is why the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) is very important. That is where I have a problem ... view
• 26 Feb 2020 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, let Kenyans talk. I keep on referring to this: The Kurias came to a BBI meeting and told us that they are being marginalised in Migori County. For them to get an elective political position, which is a county position, they have to beg and lie low. That is not the country we want to live in. We want this country to be open and easy for all of us. Even if you are just 50,000 people and others are 8 million let us be comfortable. We do not know how The electronic version of the Official Hansard ... view