John Mbadi Ng'ong'o

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1511 to 1520 of 7480.

• 16 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: people wanted the Constitution to be passed and made some juicy provisions in it which would, in effect, not be implemented and put us where we are today. A way out of this confused position that we have been in from 2010 had to be found. We have struggled very hard. At times we make attempts which we know very well are very difficult to realise. When Duale was moving his Bill to provide for the two-thirds gender rule, we knew very well it was a tall order. We had to make an attempt to actualise this provision of the ... view
• 16 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: Kenyan society. Let us be civil. If we are civil and enforce these laws, we may need to do very little to have gender parity at the ballot. Hon. Speaker, there is something very interesting that you mentioned. I saw it in Clause 17. Already the Constitution has provided for affirmative action in the county assembly. So, when you say that political parties should send their list of those who are supposed to participate in elections and that one third of political parties’ nominees for parliamentary and county assembly elections should be of either gender, I do not know why ... view
• 16 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: We also need to be observant about scandalizing the nomination process. Nomination is not bad. In fact, there are certain places or jurisdictions where elections are through proportional representation. You just bring a list of your members and then you go and elect parties. Once a party has won, you pick based on the list that was sent to the electoral body. view
• 16 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Korere has left, but she shocked me when she said the parties nominate women based on other considerations. That is very unfortunate. There could be some cases like that, but it is also wrong to scandalise all nominated Members of Parliament, including Hon. Korere who was in the 11th Parliament as a nominated MP. Then she comes out to say that we base nomination on other considerations. I hear sometimes people say that political parties nominate girlfriends of leaders. But in the National Assembly, I can speak for ODM. We have three nominated MPs here and I know why ... view
• 16 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: voters may not give you. For voters, it is about who garners the highest number of votes. Sometimes, voters vote for various reasons some of which include who attends most funerals in the constituencies or who is giving more money or who comes from the biggest clan in the constituency. But through nomination, you can identify some quality, someone who has competence, someone who can contribute to debates in the House as Hon. Jacqueline Oduol has been doing for ODM and as Dennitah Ghati has been doing for us. view
• 16 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: To conclude, I am not persuaded with the argument that one of the reasons why the marginalised groups fail to win seats is because of financial capacity. We need to advocate for proper and organised campaigns and an agenda to the people. Let us not assume that our people do not consume information. They do. But, sometimes, we bring candidates who cannot win just because they are women. Sometimes, you bring a woman who cannot even get 200 votes and just because she is a woman, she masquerades all over the place that she can win. I have seen it ... view
• 16 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: Finally, on the issue of money, if it were the determinant, in 2007, I would not have won my seat. I was campaigning against very wealthy and moneyed individuals. But I defeated them because of the agenda I had. So, let us advise the marginalised groups to focus on the message they give to the electorate and they will find themselves elected. In a very short time, we may start crying as men that we need affirmative action. See what is happening in our education system. The girls are overtaking boys. But it is just the other day we were ... view
• 16 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I support. view
• 15 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Hon. Speaker. view
• 15 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I rise on a point of order. Although Hon. Mwangaza is a very good friend of mine, looking at this Question, was it not supposed to be shared with the area Member of Parliament? She is asking the Cabinet Secretary to answer questions on primary school infrastructure which are being constructed all over the place using the National Government Constituencies Development Fund (NG-CDF). I advise the Member for Meru to consult her area MP. I do not know who her area MP is. They could just consult and the area MP will allocate or have the ... view