John Mbadi Ng'ong'o

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1651 to 1660 of 7480.

• 23 Jul 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. My point of order is on your first Communication from the President on the appointment of Ochieng Mbeo as the Chair of the Board of Directors of the Kenya Fish Marketing Authority. Remember, this House passed a law called the National Cohesion and Integration Act. view
• 23 Jul 2019 in National Assembly: I wonder whether that is a genuine handshake. The issue I wanted to raise is that I remember we passed, as a House, the National Cohesion and Integration Act which gave Parliament the powers to, literally, recruit commissioners. The courts found that unconstitutional. It was brought back to this House and we made an amendment which set in motion the process. On this Communication, I know there is an Act of Parliament which we passed that conditions the appointment of the Chairperson of this Board to parliamentary approval, but the practice in this country is that board chairpersons are never ... view
• 23 Jul 2019 in National Assembly: will qualify and will be appointed. I was wondering why we should subject one board chairperson to vetting by Parliament yet other parastatal board chairpersons do not go through the same. It can be argued that this is discriminatory. Hon. Speaker, if you can use your powers, you can ask for an exemption to be made and respond to the President that, probably, that was a mistake and we will correct it in law. If anything, the courts asked us not to follow our law but redo it. That is my concern that we are going to subject this great ... view
• 23 Jul 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, before you gave us the wise counsel, I wanted to urge the Chair of BAC to hold his horses and not anticipate what is not before the Floor of this House. 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
• 23 Jul 2019 in National Assembly: I wanted to add as well that this matter is so sensitive and controversial that caution needs to be exercised at this point. This matter of dividing revenue is so contentious, political and has caught the attention of this country. As a House and leaders of this country, it is important that we approach it with some kind of sobriety otherwise we will lose it. So, let us be cautious, exercise our responsibility and powers according to the law and wait for the time to deal with it. If we start exchanging and throwing words at the Senate especially on ... view
• 23 Jul 2019 in National Assembly: Finally, I support that there are exceptions to the definition of a money Bill if you read Article 109 of the Constitution. There is a reference to exception about a Bill mentioned in Chapter 12 or Part IV. view
• 23 Jul 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, my argument has always been and remains that, that particular provision refers to a Bill and there are two Bills in Article 218: The Division of Revenue Bill and County Allocation of Revenue Bill. If the reference is to a Bill, my understanding should be County Allocation of Revenue Bill. Since the Supreme Court had pronounced itself in form of the advisory opinion, we can treat it that both Bills are referred to and that either House can originate the Bill. However, let us deal with it when that time comes. Thank you. view
• 3 Jul 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. The Leader of the Majority Party confused me because he mentioned the Deputy Leader of the Minority Party. I looked around and my friend and brother here was not in the HBC. I was there. So, I will second 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
• 3 Jul 2019 in National Assembly: the Motion. As the Leader of the Majority Party has mentioned, we are aware that we transact business that comes from Private Members or individual Members on Wednesday mornings. We request the House to agree with us and consider the Motion that will be moved by the Leader of the Majority Party. Of course, it has my signature appended to it. We need to discuss the relationship between the two Houses of Parliament. view
• 3 Jul 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, the Senate has already spoken to the country and the world about what they consider as interference with their work, mandate, responsibilities and functions by the National Assembly. It is in order for this House to pronounce itself and give its side of the story as the Leader of the Majority Party has mentioned. So, I request the House to agree with us. I beg to second. view