John Mbadi Ng'ong'o

All parliamentary appearances

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• 20 Sep 2018 in National Assembly: What is out of order? You do not even understand what I am saying. So, I support. view
• 20 Sep 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker, this is a Procedural Motion and in supporting, may I say that first, we are aware that these are Special Sittings which were gazetted for Tuesday Afternoon Sitting and today’s Morning and Afternoon Sittings. After that we do not have any other sitting very soon. So, we have to conclude business for which the Special Sittings were convened - the Supplementary Budget Estimates and Consideration of the President’s Memorandum on the Finance Bill. Therefore, even as we are going to open up debate on the Supplementary Budget Estimates on the proposed reductions which will be moved ... view
• 20 Sep 2018 in National Assembly: Motion. This is a very important day, by the end of today we will have charted the destiny of this country in a positive or negative way. view
• 20 Sep 2018 in National Assembly: With those many remarks, I second the Motion. Thank you. view
• 20 Sep 2018 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I beg to second. view
• 20 Sep 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I want to remind my colleagues that we have been attacked left, right and centre by political analysts and economic experts that we do not engage our minds seriously on budgetary issues. I would request that we take advantage of this time to debate this Supplementary Budget soberly so that we can take responsibility after passing Supplementary Budget Estimates. Having said that, I stand here to support the Report of the Budget and Appropriations Committee on the Supplementary Budget Estimates I of 2018/2019. I want to start with admission that we need to recognise that as ... view
• 20 Sep 2018 in National Assembly: as a country, we are going to repay debts at Kshs870 billion. Salaries are estimated in this country to consume about Kshs650 billion. If you add that to the debt repayment, you are already hitting close to Kshs1.5 trillion. If you transfer Kshs314 billion to our 47 counties, then in essence, you are spending above Kshs1.8 trillion on debt repayment, paying salaries and transfers to the counties. If the project was Kshs1.9 trillion, simple arithmetic would put it that we have less than Kshs100 million to spend on other development matters. If you then transfer the NG-CDF at the rate ... view
• 20 Sep 2018 in National Assembly: Finally, I want to talk about roads. Remember we decided to put direct budgetary allocation of Kshs8.7 billion, but there is the usual road maintenance levy. The information that is there is that roads maintenance levy is going to move upwards to Kshs11 billion which, if you calculate, will translate to about Kshs35 million per constituency. Therefore, because of the times we are in, we decided to leave that direct allocation to the roads sector. Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I support the Supplementary Appropriations Bill. view
• 30 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. We sat in the HBC and agreed that we request the House to change the calendar. The date when we start the recess remains the same, 30 August 2018, but the resumption date be adjusted by an extra week to 2 October 2018 as opposed to 25 September 2018. The reason we wanted to come a little earlier was because we thought we may not be able to dispose of the Finance Bill, which has timelines ending in September, that is, 90 days from the date of passing the Appropriations Bill. So, we request that Members ... view
• 30 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, much as I may not have a problem with Parliament reigning in on these regulations that come up, banks just come with regulations, things that you ask yourself who gave them the powers to make laws. My concern is why we find it necessary to use the Finance Bill to bring such kinds of amendments. In my view, Finance Bill is supposed to deal with taxes and revenue-raising measures. If it is a matter of administration, Members of Parliament sometimes lack Bills to debate. Why can Members not make amendment to the Banking Act ... view