John Mbadi Ng'ong'o

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• 19 Sep 2019 in National Assembly: committing suicide. If it is just about ridicule and being mocked, I do not think we can pass a judgment that can lead to suicide. There must be something that is triggering children in this country to start thinking of committing suicide and even getting involved in other criminal acts. We saw the video that was going round just the other day; the video that went viral about a teenager. We need to address this matter of increased cases of teenagers committing suicide. I listened to Hon. Millie Odhiambo. She was talking so passionately. I urge Millie and tell her ... view
• 19 Sep 2019 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Hon. Speaker. view
• 19 Sep 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I applaud your ruling and congratulate you for giving that long ruling. I understand why. It is because this is a matter that some people would have gone to court to challenge. So, you need to pronounce yourself in a manner that even the judges would treat it as a ruling from a person of an equivalent status as a judge. Now that we have taken care of the interest of lawyers and their clients under Clauses 50 and 51, there is another profession of accountants which is also to be adversely affected by the provisions ... view
• 19 Sep 2019 in National Assembly: this. As accountants, we are really offended by this intrusion from the Treasury to attempt to legislate for us and in the process, dealing with a matter that they do not understand. So, I also urge that in the same spirit as we have dealt with lawyers, the same should apply to accountants. I could see lawyers really cheering you although I know you were not making this ruling because you are also a lawyer. I know you are fair to all professions. Could you also be fair to the profession of accountants and have Clause 49 removed from debate ... view
• 18 Sep 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I may not be a lawyer, but I am a lawmaker of good standing, of repute and of high experience. So, Hon. Speaker, these are matters of procedure. I agree with you. view
• 18 Sep 2019 in National Assembly: I support the sentiments by Hon. Gitonga. It is becoming a tradition in this House that we introduce legislation touching on other matters using other legislation. The reason the title of the Bill is important is for information so that we would know from the title what is likely to be in the Bill but we are now trying to use Bills that touch on other matters, like the Finance Bill that is supposed to deal with taxes and imposition of taxes and other levies then introduce issues that ordinarily should be in the Advocates Act or the Law Society ... view
• 18 Sep 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, therefore, you have been called to make a ruling at this stage whether we can proceed with the Bill as it is or not. The question that arises is that if you allow the debate to go on and the matter is found to be unconstitutional, and the House takes a decision, you cannot direct the direction the House will take. Therefore, I suggest that if a matter is found to have been irregularly introduced in the House through whichever means, the Hon. Speaker has powers to declare the debate to stop. view
• 18 Sep 2019 in National Assembly: This Bill is very important. We have to continue with it but we must have those provisions expunged from the Bill so that we deal with a Bill that does not violate the provisions of the Constitution. view
• 18 Sep 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I am sure even the lawyers in the House would agree with me that I did some justice with the minutes I was given. view
• 17 Sep 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I also want to thank the Chairperson of the Budget and Appropriations Committee for presenting this Report on our behalf as Members of the Budget and Appropriations Committee. We are all aware, as a country, that by the end of this month, we will receive a document called the Budget Review OutlookPaper . A number of times we receive the Budget Review Outlook Paper, which gives a mirror of 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