John Mbadi Ng'ong'o

All parliamentary appearances

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• 28 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. It is okay, if my time is over. Maybe, I will make my contribution as we debate the PAC Report. Thank you, I support. view
• 27 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. How I wish that my friend just mentioned the name of the MP. This is a matter that ought to be dealt with: not to gag Members but just so that they can be factual. I saw Hon. Kutuny on the programme. Much as I may not have the information about what he is saying but something caught my attention. When he said that he has been bringing petitions over maize issues and these are killed at the HBC, I got concerned because I sit in the HBC and I may be put in a group ... view
• 27 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: First, the HBC does not deal with issues of petitions. Maybe Hon. Kutuny is not aware. I do not know if he has ever sat in the HBC. We probably need to rotate Members so that they get orientation on what issues the HBC deals with. To Kenyans out there who do not know what the HBC deals with, they would take it that Members of the HBC led by the Speaker and where the Leader of the Majority Party and Leader of the Minority Party sit, are sort of cartel to frustrate petitions which should go a long way ... view
• 27 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I do not know what you are required to do here but mine is to make Kenyans understand that it is not true that petitions go through the HBC. If you want to bring a petition to this House, the only person whom you seek his authority is Hon. Speaker just to be aware of what you want to bring and see whether it is not violating any provisions of the Constitution or the law and then you read it here. Members of the HBC will hear you for the first time then. view
• 27 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: So, I was a bit concerned because Kenyans know who Members of the HBC are and Hon. Kutuny made it clear that we are frustrating his efforts to interrogate this matter of the maize scandal. I would want Hon. Kutuny to bring this matter procedurally. If it is through a Motion then it will go through the HBC and I would be the first person to support such a Motion. view
• 27 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: However, he should not scandalise us by making wild allegations before Kenyans and beyond this country because NTV is watched across the region. That was not fair. Members of this House need to be factual in what they say. They may end up making us look so bad when we walk around and are seen as Members who are trying to frustrate MPs from holding people to account. I would be one person who would want to see people held to account on issues of maize. If there is a Kenyan out there who is making maize farmers to suffer, ... view
• 27 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: If you are cornered and have no answer, we are politicians and should look for a better way of escaping. You know sometimes you are being interviewed and you have no answer. I have found myself in such circumstances before. Out of experience you find a way of manoeuvring and get away with it. I think Hon. Kutuny did not have an answer for that but that was very unfortunate. view
• 27 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I did not want to contribute to this Bill because we have overcontributed to it. The Leader of the Majority Party said something which caught my attention. He referred to COFEK and my friend, Mutoro, as busybodies. Mutoro is a very nice gentleman. He probably reacted that way out of anger. I have known him for long. He is a gentleman and a nice person. His interest has been to fight for the consumers in this country. He should have lobbied us more. I was not even aware that he had issues with this Bill. I ... view
• 27 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I was just about to finish. I do not think Mutoro has threatened Hon. Duale. He has just stated the obvious that Hon. Duale will not be an MP forever. None of us will be MPs forever. Mutoro probably just stated the same. No one will be there forever. Even Mutoro will not live forever. He will also not be the head of COFEK forever. He was stating the obvious. I do not see any threat. If I was the Leader of the Majority Party, I would have ignored him. Saying that you will not be an MP ... view
• 22 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I also thank you for allowing me to contribute to this Motion that has been presented to this House by the Committee on Powers and Privileges. Let me start by saying that I agree with the Committee that the conduct of our friends, the two Hon. Members, was demeaning to Parliament. This happened early this year. These Hon. Members were barely four or five months in Parliament. I know that during that time, there was quite some tension in the country. The political environment was tense after the elections of last year. That leads me ... view