John Mbadi Ng'ong'o

All parliamentary appearances

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• 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
• 21 Jun 2023 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Hon. Temporary Chairlady. view
• 21 Jun 2023 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Chairlady, we all know that this is a House of records. You have to be factual and truthful. The Whip of the Majority Party is misleading the whole country, which is watching, that the last Parliament passed VAT on petroleum at 16 per cent and it was deferred. That is not correct. If he has forgotten, the last Parliament rejected 16 per cent VAT. We only allowed 8 per cent after the President’s Memorandum. There was no deferment. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be ... view
• 21 Jun 2023 in National Assembly: I have not voted. view
• 21 Jun 2023 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Chairlady. These amendments make me very excited. I am excited because the Committee listened to me and the entire Azimio One Kenya Alliance on this matter. We were being told that many commodities were being removed from zero-rating to exemption. I am happy that raw materials for pharmaceuticals will now be zero-rated in 147; Pest Control in 148; Raw materials for Pest Control Products, 149; Sugarcane transportation from farms to Milling Factories, 150; Fertilisers, 151; Raw Materials for Manufacture of Fertilisers, 152; and Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG), 153. I am very excited that these amendments have ... view
• 21 Jun 2023 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Chairlady, we will be into this unless we get the procedure right. We need to help Members. If Members have similar amendments to that of the Committee, the Committee's amendment take priority. Members need to understand that bit. Unfortunately, they have not understood it and that is why they are demanding that you allow them first. The moment we carry an amendment of the Committee, then all the amendments which are similar to the Committee’s amendment fall. That is the way we should proceed. There should be no any other argument about it so that we move forward. view
• 21 Jun 2023 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Chairlady, I agree that zero- rating is good. That is what we were talking about; moving commodities from zero-rating. However, allow me to ask the Chair of the Committee a question. He has sanitised and brought back all the commodities that were being removed from zero-rating to tax exemption, except maize flour, corn flour, cassava flour and wheat flour - all of which are very important. He has left them out. I want to know the rationale of leaving them out from the many other items that we complained about. These ones are very critical. With your permission, ... view
• 21 Jun 2023 in National Assembly: I want to talk about imported fish. Even though this amendment is making it better than what was in the original Bill, it is 10 per cent as opposed to 20 per cent, and Ksh100,000. However, I wish we can have an amendment where we remove this duty completely. We want to eat fish. The fish in the country is very expensive. The problem that we have is not the market where fishermen will take our fish. The market is there but there is no fish in this country. As we give capacity to local farming of fish, we should ... view
• 21 Jun 2023 in National Assembly: This is conditioned to June 2024. My only concern with this is that we may be setting a bad precedent that anytime a new regime is in place, we will be giving tax amnesty to people who refuse to pay taxes. I allow it but I am really disturbed that it will set a very bad precedent. view