John Mbadi Ng'ong'o

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1661 to 1670 of 7480.

• 3 Jul 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. In the year 2010, Kenya, as a nation, decided to give itself a bicameral Parliament. The Parliament of Kenya is established under Article 93 of the Constitution. We only have one Parliament in Kenya. Article 93 of the Constitution says that there is established a Parliament of Kenya, which shall consist of the National Assembly and the Senate. The Parliament of Kenya is one, but it has two Houses. It is a bicameral system of government. The same Constitution has decided to give the two Houses distinct roles that are specific and clear. It was ... view
• 3 Jul 2019 in National Assembly: That came from that Committee, in their minutes. The reason they proposed that the Senate should be a lower House is because it has limited and specific functions. Those are two parameters: limited and specific. Therefore, how come that was left out? It was left out because the Committee of Experts, which was chaired by Kitonga, gave advice that modern principles of constitution-making do not support the creation of a hierarchy between the two Houses of Parliament. They were very clear that modern systems do not allow or promote that one House should be upper and another one lower. I ... view
• 3 Jul 2019 in National Assembly: What is the role of the Senate? The House should listen to this! Senate determines the allocation of national revenue among counties. Whereas the National Assembly has a responsibility of dividing revenue between the two levels of government, the Senate, under Article 96, determines the allocation of national revenue among the counties, which is horizontal 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: allocation of revenue, as provided in Article 217 which talks about the formula of allocating resources to various counties. It is the work of the Senate to determine how much Kirinyaga, Lamu or Homa Bay counties should get. It also exercises oversight over national revenue allocated to the county governments. They only exercise oversight over national revenue that we allocate to counties, not even locally-generated revenue by the counties. By the way, the High Court has already pronounced itself that Senate cannot oversee locally-generated revenues by counties. That is the exclusive mandate of the county assemblies. I want to wind ... view
• 3 Jul 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
• 3 Jul 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, I cannot mention all of them. We have museums, libraries, animal control and welfare - including licensing of dogs - and facilities for accommodation, care and burial of animals. These are distinct limited functions that are given to the Senate. view
• 3 Jul 2019 in National Assembly: So, the Constitution has clearly defined the issues that concern counties, functions and powers of county governments that Senate can legislate on. There is also a Bill relating to the election of Members of a County Assembly (MCAs) or a County Executive. That is a Bill concerning counties. view
• 3 Jul 2019 in National Assembly: Finally, there is a Bill referred to in Chapter 12 that is affecting the finances of county governments. This is where there has been a problem. In Chapter 12, there are two Bills that deal with finances: The Division of Revenue Bill and the County Allocation of Revenue Bill but, in the Constitution, it says a Bill. If the Constitution expected that both Bills could be dealt with by the Senate, it would have said so; that it is Bills contained in Chapter 12. That is why I have consistently said from 2013 that it is a mistake to have ... view
• 3 Jul 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, just allow me say the last bit about money Bills because that is my area. If you would add me two more minutes, I would deal with it. view
• 3 Jul 2019 in National Assembly: Article 109 says all Bills can be generated from the National Assembly, but no money Bill shall be generated from the Senate. The Senate has been asking this and they want to go to court: What is a money Bill? Surely, you do not need to be an economist, a finance expert or a lawyer to understand this. You just need to be literate and sober in your mind to understand that this is what the law and the Constitution says about money Bills. Article 114 (3) (a) to (e) states thus: view