John Mbadi Ng'ong'o

All parliamentary appearances

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• 7 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, I just wanted to say two things. One is that we need to balance between experience and encouraging those who are coming up to get to positions which they were traditionally barred from. Something that I just want to find out as this Committee is going to look at this matter is what was the genesis of 15 years? Probably, there was a reason for it those days. Currently, it may be sufficient to have 10 years, for example. So, I want the Committee not to be just confined into thinking about the traditional way of doing ... view
• 7 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: ( off record). view
• 7 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I start by thanking and congratulating this Committee headed by my friend for doing a good job. I also want to support what my colleagues who spoke before me have said. The Committee has managed to bring a Report on audited accounts of quite a number of constituencies which we have discussed. For the first time, we have discussed them in a more organised manner. We have been able to discuss reports of constituencies. This a plus for the Committee in terms of bringing a Report on how political parties spend money ... view
• 7 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: to them. We all know that Kenya decided through the Constitution promulgated in 2010 to create a multiparty democracy country. By doing so, we also went a step further in deepening democracy to allocate annual revenue to political parties to be managed by the Registrar of Political Parties so that they are run professionally and independently, without relying on the patronage of specific individuals or donors. In fact, the Act governing the management of political parties is very clear that there is a percentage one is allowed to contribute in a particular financial year to a political party of choice. ... view
• 7 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: I am speaking as the Chairman of Orange Democratic Movement Party, which is one of the largest parties in this country in terms of membership and in terms of elected Members. I am also speaking as one who is deeply involved in management of resources of that particular political party. It makes sense to be prudent in managing finances. Political parties compete to form the Government. There is no way you can convince us that you can run a Government if you cannot demonstrate prudent financial management of resources that are allocated to that political party. On that breath, I ... view
• 7 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: The law stipulating how much money should be allocated to political parties is in place. The reason why we decided to put a specific amount of money defined in law is that we did not want the matter of allocating funds to political parties to be at the discretion of the National Treasury. Every time, the National Treasury is part of a Government and there is one political party that will be in power at any particular time. Allowing one political party to determine how much money should be allocated to other competing political parties is not rational. Therefore, I ... view
• 7 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: Let me give an example from my party. We have been housed from 2005 to date, over 13 years, at one location. I think we are the only political party in the country that has been located in one location longest. I do not know of any other political party that has maintained its headquarters that long in one specific physical location. Because of some misunderstanding with the landlord, he woke up one morning and gave us a notice to vacate his premises in three to six months. He probably did this, and it is unfortunate because he was my ... view
• 7 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: That should happen to all major political parties in the country if not all. By so doing if, for example, you want KANU, we know where to find it. In fact, if you asked me today, since it lost its headquarters at the Kenyatta International Convention Centre (KICC), I would not show you where the headquarters of the Independence party is. Much as it has faced attrition over the years, and it is now a small party, we still have historical ties with it. It is the Independence party and we should respect it. If such a party cannot have ... view
• 7 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: I would like to know clearly where I will go to find FORD-K, and my partner in the National Super Alliance (NASA), the Amani National Congress (ANC). I hear Hon. Ferdinand mentioning the headquarters of FORD-K, but that House is either rented or has been provided by one of the party big wigs, probably himself. I know he is a man of means. Until when will we be relying on philanthropy and goodwill of specific politicians? That is something that needs to be looked into. view
• 7 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: I listened to the Chair of the Committee when he was moving the Motion passionately talking about independent Members in this House and suggesting that they should benefit from the Political Parties Fund. I disagree with him. I remind him that independent Members do not belong to a political party. As a matter of fact, there is nothing ideological or in principles that independent Members share in common. view