John Mbadi Ng'ong'o

All parliamentary appearances

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• 27 Jun 2023 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Chairlady. Whereas the amendment by the Committee has improved the situation where we were simply legislating to surrender our powers to the Executive, I still think that the Committee should have gone a step further on two grounds. One is the idea of allowing plus 5 per cent. I do not even want to talk about more or less. When it comes to money matters, you cannot tell someone to spend 55 per cent but then they can spend up to 60 per cent. You do not do that. The moment you do that, you have ... view
• 27 Jun 2023 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Chairlady. Whereas the amendment by the Committee has improved the situation where we were simply legislating to surrender our powers to the Executive, I still think that the Committee should have gone a step further on two grounds. One is the idea of allowing plus 5 per cent. I do not even want to talk about more or less. When it comes to money matters, you cannot tell someone to spend 55 per cent but then they can spend up to 60 per cent. You do not do that. The moment you do that, you have ... view
• 22 Jun 2023 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I do not want to say much on this Bill. Hon. Ndindi Nyoro is the sixth Chairperson of this Committee, both the current Budget and Appropriations Committee and predecessor Committee. The first one was Hon. Martin Ogindo, then we came to Hon. Elias Mbau, Hon. Mutava Musyimi, Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah, Hon. Kanini Kega and now we have Hon. Ndindi Nyoro. Hon. Ndindi Nyoro is coming out as a very good Member of this Committee. He explains a lot to Members to understand what is contained in the Budget Estimates. Firstly, Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has ... view
• 22 Jun 2023 in National Assembly: I agree with the Chairperson that certain expenditure under Recurrent are capital in nature. Education is one of them. I said before that we should consider relooking at education as a capital expenditure. There is no investment which is as important as education. I want the Chairperson of the Budget and Appropriations Committee to be looking at the luxury lines, all the time when we are making the Budget. They are four: domestic travels, foreign travels, hospitality, fuel and maintenance. This is where we have a lot of wastage. I want to appeal to this House and the country at ... view
• 22 Jun 2023 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. view
• 22 Jun 2023 in National Assembly: Thank you Hon. Speaker. I will do five minutes or less. First of all, I want to agree that we have spoken about this matter for years now that, we need to move away from absolute numbers and anchor our debt to GDP. Why that is necessary is simply because to measure a country’s economic growth, it is measured in terms of GDP in net present value or at times some people measure it in nominal terms. For us to determine our ability to pay or repay our debts, it should be anchored on economic growth. It is from economic ... view
• 22 Jun 2023 in National Assembly: or her opinion must be taken as given and that will bring controversy. Hon. Speaker, I want to be conscious of time and yield at this stage. Thank you very much. view
• 21 Jun 2023 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Hon. Deputy Speaker. view
• 21 Jun 2023 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker I want to appeal for sober debate in this matter. The question before us is about the right of Kenyans to picket and express themselves vis-a-vis what the Leader of the Majority Party has said about the security of Members of Parliament. Those are two issues we need to deal with as a House. I agree that Parliament, as an institution, must be protected from any kind of harm, threat or insecurity witnessed elsewhere in the world. We do not want to have a situation like what happened at the Capitol Hill, USA, when supporters of former ... view
• 21 Jun 2023 in National Assembly: The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view