John Mbadi Ng'ong'o

All parliamentary appearances

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• 15 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: I have talked broadly about the importance of coconut and the potential of this crop that is not being exploited by our Government. Sometimes I find the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries very interesting. Many times, they are so fixed on traditional ways of doing things that they think that when we talk about food security, we are only thinking about maize and if we try, rice. It is high time this Ministry became more creative and innovative. If food security, which is one of the Big Four Agenda, is to be realised in this country, we need to ... view
• 15 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: part of this country will produce at competitive advantage, take advantage of that and move it forward so that this country can not only be food secure, but also have the capacity to industrialise and develop. Hon. Owen Baya’s prayer is valid. We are all aware of what happened in 2016 to 2017. We are aware of the drought. In fact, in the past few days, we have had a charade in the name of the investigation of sugar that addressed heavily the importation of sugar last year in this country. When we were discussing this, it appeared to me ... view
• 15 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: The drought caused destruction. The coastal people and those who grow coconut lost a lot. That is what Hon. Owen Baya is saying. In such a case, a responsible Government needs to look for ways of compensating farmers to bring them back on their feet. In this country, for you to grow crops and be involved in agriculture in a more progressive way, you borrow money from the bank. When you borrow money, put it in your farm and then you lose the entire crop, what happens? Banks will come for the security that you had placed as collateral. A ... view
• 15 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: The coffee industry has been struggling for a very long time, but because of Government intervention, coffee farming has been kept afloat. Coffee farmers, a number of times, have had waiver on loans. They have had their loans written off using the taxpayers’ money. Remember we allocated money to bail out the Mumias Sugar Company, which was a good thing. We also gave money to the miraa industry, but I think it has been embezzled because I have not heard about it since it was given. In fact, it was money that we just threw away like money you would ... view
• 15 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: It is my prayer and wish that this matter is going to be taken seriously so that we can protect these farmers from possible financial distress that is facing them at the moment. With those few remarks, and I can see my time is up, I second the Motion. view
• 15 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 14 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I want to make a few comments with regard to the late Hon. Obwocha. First, I express my sincere sympathies and condolences to the family, friends, the people he represented and Kenyans at large. view
• 14 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I want to make a few comments with regard to the late Hon. Obwocha. First, I express my sincere sympathies and condolences to the family, friends, the people he represented and Kenyans at large. view
• 14 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: Even those of us who did not serve with him, we know that he served in the 7th, 8th and 9th Parliaments. Whereas I came in during the 10th Parliament, I know that his contributions in this Republic and Parliament were admirable. He served diligently as a Cabinet Secretary. Members will also remember that he was our auditor in the Parliamentary SACCO. He performed his duty diligently. As a professional colleague, I want to say that the accounting profession has lost some good brain and manpower. Fare thee well to him. view
• 14 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: Even those of us who did not serve with him, we know that he served in the 7th, 8th and 9th Parliaments. Whereas I came in during the 10th Parliament, I know that his contributions in this Republic and Parliament were admirable. He served diligently as a Cabinet Secretary. Members will also remember that he was our auditor in the Parliamentary SACCO. He performed his duty diligently. As a professional colleague, I want to say that the accounting profession has lost some good brain and manpower. Fare thee well to him. view