John Mbadi Ng'ong'o

All parliamentary appearances

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• 28 Mar 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. view
• 28 Mar 2019 in National Assembly: Yes, Hon. Speaker, Grace Akoth view
• 28 Mar 2019 in National Assembly: . Thank you, Hon. Speaker for giving me this opportunity. I just wanted to clarify to Hon. Angwenyi that Millie is a brand, so he must say it well. Having said this, I think I am very passionate about this issue because in this House, I have been accused when talking about children issues of having personal interest. Yet, the people who accuse me are likely to have more personal interest than me because I do not have a child. I have never given birth, but they have children. So, they have more personal interest than me on children issues. view
• 28 Mar 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I would want to urge that even as you are making that decision, we look at other provisions of the Constitution. What the Chair of the Committee is saying is not even an issue of conflict of interest. It is an issue where the Chair of the Committee must be in charge of his Committee and tell the Members who are out of order and throw them out if he needs to. It is not an issue of conflict of interest. There are certain issues that have arisen that we must look at. I want to agree with ... view
• 28 Mar 2019 in National Assembly: Having said that Hon. Speaker, I want to give an example because I heard one of the Members alluding to the fact that he should not be in those committees. I was in the Departmental Committee on Agriculture and Livestock in the last Parliament. I do not know anything to do with agriculture and fisheries. Because Mbita people are farmers and fishermen, I had to learn about fishing and agriculture. I do not know about a goat and cow. I did not grow up The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of ... view
• 28 Mar 2019 in National Assembly: in a very rural setting. However, I learnt about goats, cows and fish because that is what I represent. When I stand here, there is no day that passes without talking about fish, goats and cows but I have no expertise on them. I have that personal interest because those are my constituents. Therefore, I do not know how you expect a Member who has joined Parliament with the interest of teachers to sit in the Departmental Committee on Agriculture and Livestock or Members Services and Facilities Committee. All Members here at some point have very personal interests. If it ... view
• 28 Mar 2019 in National Assembly: I want to encourage that even as we are looking at that, it is an issue where we should also look at Article 73(2) of the Constitution that talks about responsibility of leadership which is the challenge we are facing. Members need to behave even when they are in those Committees. There is also the application of Bill of Rights which is Article 20 of the Constitution. When we are interpreting the Bill of Rights, we must take into account the values that underlie an open and democratic society based on human dignity, equality, equity and freedom. Sorry, Hon. Speaker ... view
• 28 Mar 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. You are right. I am proud to be the Leader of the Minority Party of the National Assembly and not the Leader of the Majority Party who is Hon. Duale. There is that separation and clear demarcation. Allow me to support the Report of the PAC. One of the cardinal functions of the National Assembly or Parliament world over is to oversee. It oversees the Executive and other agencies through parliamentary committees. The PA) is one of the oldest committees of Parliament in any jurisdiction, and more so in the Commonwealth countries. view
• 28 Mar 2019 in National Assembly: The PAC has a cardinal responsibility of overseeing the expenditure by the Executive, following the audit by the Office of the Auditor-General or the Controller and Auditor-General Office, as it used to be called. This is one of those committees chaired by the Opposition or Minority Party in any jurisdiction. It is understood that the Opposition or Minority Party would check the performance or execution of the functions and expenditure of public funds by the Executive in a better way. I want to, first, congratulate this Committee for doing a thorough job of looking at the Auditor-General’s report regarding the ... view
• 28 Mar 2019 in National Assembly: I remember we came up with the laws in this House regarding the electoral processes the 2007 General Election and Constitution 2010. After the 2007 electoral process, which resulted into very unfortunate circumstances - we are all aware of - Kenyans with the help of our friends, decided to look at the entire electoral process. We even invited an expert, Justice Kriegler, who came to this country and made clear recommendations. I sat in the Constitutional Implementation Oversight Committee which was tasked with the responsibility of reviewing all the laws that actualised the Constitution. That was when the Departmental Committee ... view