John Mbadi Ng'ong'o

All parliamentary appearances

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• 20 Jun 2019 in National Assembly: Something that I have observed that is of serious interest to me - although I have not done research on - is the number of jurisdictions that have this kind of arrangement, where the two Houses get into mediation. I find this very cumbersome. A lot of disagreements in the mediation process are just ego fights that are not informed by any professional input. It is basically an issue of ego between the two Houses; which House is going to come out the victor. I do not think this is good for this country. In my view, the people of ... view
• 20 Jun 2019 in National Assembly: As I wind up, in this Bill, we spent more time not discussing the substance and the content of the Bill, almost 80 per cent of our time was spent disagreeing on the title of the Bill. That is something that surprises me. I have been in this Parliament for a while and we have legislated a lot. The title of the Bill is usually drawn from the content of the Bill. If you look at this Bill, you will find that it is over 90 per cent physical planning. There is an element of some land use but, again, ... view
• 20 Jun 2019 in National Assembly: If we accept that ‘ tutauwawa; ” you cannot go to a mediation table when your hands are already tied. For the number of times I have left the National Assembly to go for mediation of Bills that were referred to the Mediation Committee, I have never been given a brief. I have never been given any brief and I have never sat with the Leader of Majority Party or a chairperson of a committee to agree on what we will do. If it is not done, we will walk out. That has never happened. We consult on what we ... view
• 20 Jun 2019 in National Assembly: When both Houses go for mediation, let them not go with fixed minds. Even where we gave concessions, it is interpreted that we were holding our grounds. We have given a lot of concessions and some of them came in good faith. In the Physical Planning Bill, you will realise that we agreed on many of the Senate amendments. Although we did that, I want to ask Members of the National Assembly to kindly agree with us. However, you are not under any obligation to agree. You can reject this mediated version. I want to plead with you that, you ... view
• 20 Jun 2019 in National Assembly: agree with the mediated version so that we show leadership. Something needs to be done about the arrangement of the bicameral system we have in Kenya. I have never sat with Members in a committee who are dedicated like the Members of this Committee. All of them were there the entire length of time that we were discussing. The Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Lands deserves to be congratulated. She is the one who had the Committee’s memory. She could tell us if what was being proposed was wrong. She has the technical knowledge. I support. Thank you. view
• 19 Jun 2019 in National Assembly: The Motion has been proposed, you know the problem with Pukose. view
• 19 Jun 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I rise to support this Motion. I am concerned that the Mover of the Motion that I consider to be important for the safety of our people and, to a large extent, that is going to protect our children who will be educated on matters safety, did not do justice to it by only reading its terms. He did not take time to persuade the House to support the Motion. Even though the Motion is self-explanatory at times it is important for the Mover to put across the points so that Members can get persuaded ... view
• 19 Jun 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, even in politics we get senile. I agree that I sit in the Budget and Appropriations Committee. Unfortunately, I had left before this matter was discussed. I completely do not understand if these funds were voted to the Ministry of Public Service, Youth and Gender. Why is it too urgent that we have to reallocate to the Ministry of Education? I want to urge that we let this matter rest and if there will be issues around the usage of the funds, then, next time we can make a different decision. But the way I see it, this ... view
• 19 Jun 2019 in National Assembly: enforcement officers to harass boda bodas and take bribes from them. That policy will not achieve its intended purpose. So, when this House will be debating the proposals that were brought by the CS, we must look at them holistically. I support the Motion. What I do not know is how soon it will be done because the Motion is talking about resolving, meaning that the House is to take a decision. We are not urging. Therefore, I expect the Executive to make sure that the Motion is implemented to realise its objective. With those many remarks, I support the ... view
• 18 Jun 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, while supporting this Petition on issues of hardship, allow me to say two things which I think the Committee needs to deal with. We need to take a decision and agree that a survey needs to be done afresh in this country. Some of these areas classified as hardship areas do not make sense at all. You would find in the same constituency areas that are worse than the ones classified as hardship. Even when it comes to paying hardship allowances, you would find some public servants are paid while others are not. For example, I was in ... view