John Mbadi Ng'ong'o

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1781 to 1790 of 7480.

• 9 May 2019 in National Assembly: Exactly! Actually, the Constitution says the approval of Parliament for any spending under Article 223 shall be sought within two months after the first withdrawal. The withdrawal may be continuous covering, say, three months, but two months after the time of the first withdrawal, the Treasury should seek the approval of Parliament. So, we will start calculating from today. If there is expenditure dating beyond 10th March, it is unconstitutional. view
• 9 May 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I support the Report of the Mediation Committee. I have two things to say. One, the Constitution provides for mediation where both Houses do not agree on the same version of the Bill in the first instance. It is expected that the Mediation Committee that we form represents us fully. We had confidence in the Members we put in this Mediation Committee, and if they have sat with the Senators and they have agreed on a version, the best thing to do is to approve so that it is not seen that these differences that ... view
• 9 May 2019 in National Assembly: Finally, I want to just plead with others who have been appointed to other mediation committees that we should go there with open minds. I do not want to agree with what Senator Mutula Kilonzo Jnr. said in the Senate, that when you go to the Mediation Committee, we should go with red eyes. I do not think our Members should go to the Mediation Committee with red eyes on the Division of Revenue Bill, let us go with soft eyes. These are eyes that can convince and are ready to accept where Senators make a strong point. Let us ... view
• 9 May 2019 in National Assembly: I support. Thank you. view
• 9 May 2019 in National Assembly: I just want to concur that was an oversight. We should not try to make other commissioners sit in another commission. The picture it is giving is that this other commission is a lower or inferior one compared to the other commission. Thank you. view
• 9 May 2019 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. view
• 9 May 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I do not have a problem with the amendment being proposed by the Chair. In my contribution I alluded to such amendment, but I am worried by the way the Chair is moving the amendment. This is a House of procedure, I expected the Chair to first read the proposed amendment then he goes ahead to explain. Alternatively, he would say, clearly “as proposed on the Order Paper”. But the Chair has started by explaining to us before moving the amendment. I think too much experience is becoming a problem. view
• 9 May 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I wanted to raise something else but I realise that we have not concluded this amendment. I want to say that I am the one who raised this matter of stigmatisation yesterday. You have started to see some of our friends in the civil society wanting to go to court to stop former Members of Parliament from sitting in boards of parastatals. The way I look at you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, you are still a very young man compared to me. You never know when you can leave Parliament. Politics is so interesting. ... view
• 9 May 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, we agree that lawyers are learned friends. That is given to them. But I realised in the 10th Parliament, again just the same way we mishandled and stereotyped Members of Parliament we also babysat the lawyers too much. In fact, I think we gave too much space for lawyers. If you look at the pieces of legislation that we passed at that time - that the positions that we created, even in other commissions and bodies where other professions were required - you will find a professional in that profession and a lawyer. Lawyers were put ... view
• 8 May 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. The reasons for requesting this House to agree with us or with the House Business Committee on allowing businesses that are sponsored by Majority or Minority parties to be debated on a day that we need to be debating Private Members’ Motions and Bills have been given. The Leader of the Majority Party has talked about our colleagues who are not in Committees and need to be members of such. On the issue of national cohesion, we will understand why it is important that we debate it now. There is the issue of Public Accounts ... view