John Mbadi Ng'ong'o

All parliamentary appearances

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• 13 Feb 2020 in National Assembly: I want to share the sentiments of the Leader of the Majority Party that the membership of this Committee in the last Session, which we are seeking approval to continue, has been diligent in its work. We did not realise less than 70 per cent attendance in any sitting of the HBC in the last Session. I want to congratulate the Members and ask the House to agree with The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 5 Dec 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker, for your wise guidance and counselling. I want to confirm that I witnessed you saying the same things. In fact, I referred to this Report as ripoti ya wazee . But I am now addressing you as the Chair of Parliamentary Service Commission (PSC). We are required to prudently use any resources available to us. So, if there is any committee that is purporting to organise a retreat anywhere in this Republic to discuss this Report, should they use the country’s resources or use their personal resources? view
• 5 Dec 2019 in National Assembly: This is very important because you cannot use public resources to engage yourself in an informal business. You are supposed to use resources that are voted for in Parliament to carry out functions and work relevant to Parliament and table a report in this House. So, you have already made a ruling that the Report cannot be presented to this House unless it comes formally. Then, if a committee of the House goes somewhere to discuss that Report and utilises Parliament’s budget, should we surcharge that Committee or what should we do? view
• 4 Dec 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. My microphone needs to be fixed. It always has issues. As I rise to second this Motion, Order No.15 on approval of a nominee for appointment as the Controller of Budget needs to be approved as soon as possible. Right now, counties cannot spend money. At least Parliament is a little bit better, but counties cannot spend. Salaries have not been paid. The national Government is also affected because there is no substantive holder of the office of Controller of Budget. Order No.16 is on the Supplementary Appropriation (No.2) Bill, which we need to dispense ... view
• 4 Dec 2019 in National Assembly: The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 4 Dec 2019 in National Assembly: Order No.17 is on approval of nominee for appointment as a representative of the PSC to the SRC and I do not want to belabour the point. Finally, Order No.18 is on the Report of the Public Accounts. If we dispose of this business and have the accounts of the Financial Year 2016/2017 approved, then this House shall have only accounts of the Financial Year 2017/2018 to deal with. For the first time, we are seeing a situation where this House is almost up to date with the accounts. So, the story of using older financial years’ accounts will be ... view
• 4 Dec 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, save me from the Leader of the Majority Party because I want the Chair to listen to this. view
• 4 Dec 2019 in National Assembly: My friend Hon. Maoka Maore, you know why we are concerned, is because we have seen that memo. Actually, I think most fund managers have liaised with their Members of Parliament; at least mine has communicated with me. Yes, the term of those committees is coming to an end today. But the five months provision was not something that we were aware of. So, is this five months an administrative decision or is it based The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 4 Dec 2019 in National Assembly: on law? The concern we have is this: We will resume in February. Between now and February, there will be no committees. We will be giving bursaries in December and January. So, we need clear assurances that the five months provision is anchored in law. Again, we do not want a situation where after we have left for Christmas, then we are told that we cannot spend the CDF money in the account until and unless the committees are approved by Parliament. You see the Chair is not coming out clearly until now when he has mentioned the five months. ... view
• 4 Dec 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, when the Chair of my Committee was reading the Statement, I was a bit disturbed and got confused. I thought the National Treasury was seeking the approval of the National Assembly and the Senate to withhold funds of 15 counties procedurally as provided for in law. Therefore, this House has to make a decision. This decision can only be made after the Committee has made recommendations in a formal way in a Motion. This is because through a Statement, this House cannot take a vote. Probably, the Chair was trying to explain the difficulty the Committee had in ... view