John Mbadi Ng'ong'o

All parliamentary appearances

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• 31 Jul 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. That Petition from my good friend, Mr. Stephen Mutoro, is timely. Hon. Speaker, people are suffering in silence from the practice of private health providers in the country fleecing Kenyans. Not long ago, a relative of mine, and for obvious reasons I will keep the name secret because medical conditions should not be discussed publicly, was taken ill early 2016. We took my relative to a private hospital in Kisumu. For three days, the only treatment the relative received was blood which we donated. In fact, almost all of us donated blood because she was losing ... view
• 31 Jul 2018 in National Assembly: I could not access it that evening, I would have not even been allowed to get my patient out of Kisumu. view
• 31 Jul 2018 in National Assembly: You pay close to Kshs1 million and your patient is not even treated and you have donated blood. I asked all the relatives I knew around Kisumu, including the immediate former Governor, who volunteered to donate blood. It is a sad thing. Leading private hospitals in the country practise this and we may name some of them. The hospital in Kisumu which treated me this way is Avenue Hospital. I have learnt that some of the private hospitals are just nursing homes. The best they can do is nurse patients. I also know that there are some that do very ... view
• 31 Jul 2018 in National Assembly: I conclude by asking the Committee that is going to look into this matter to expand it. The Departmental Committee on Health needs to expand and look at the private hospitals. We concentrate only on public hospitals yet many Kenyans go to private hospitals where they are fleeced. It is a sad thing we should not just take lightly. The Petition by Mr. Mutoro needs to be looked into. If the lady passed on and one is asked, after just 12 hours, to pay Kshs800,000, that is very sad! For what? Is it for the death of the lady or ... view
• 31 Jul 2018 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, thank you. The issue that Hon. Pukose has raised is weighty and it goes to the core of our Constitution regarding freedom of the 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
• 31 Jul 2018 in National Assembly: Press. The people of Kenya did something very positive in opening up parliamentary proceedings, whether in the plenary or committees, to public scrutiny and public coverage. But that does not give the media the ticket to scandalize Members of Parliament. I am not denying that Members of Parliament have acted sometimes in ways that the public could question. But the media would do justice to this country if they highlighted specific, definite cases where Members of Parliament have either misbehaved or acted in a way that is against the interest of the public. When you resort to condemnation, which is ... view
• 31 Jul 2018 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I was just tying it to the headline of The Standard Newspaper today. Yesterday, it was the JSC that actually won a case against SRC on the number of sittings that should be fixed, which I agree with, because largely you are SRC and this is JSC and you are controlling how many times they should sit. But in the 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
• 31 Jul 2018 in National Assembly: newspaper today, you would think it is Parliament that won a case, because the headline is about how Members of Parliament and MCAs are going to make millions from this ruling which is in favour of JSC. In fact, if you do not read between the lines, you would think JSC represents Members of Parliament. I do not understand how when it comes to remuneration, it is all about Parliament. We need to ask journalists in this country to exercise professionalism. They should act like the Judiciary. They should not act out of emotions. They should be objective and assess ... view
• 31 Jul 2018 in National Assembly: It is something that we need to address seriously with the media. We are not telling them not to cover the bad things that happen here in this House. I have spoken about some behaviour by Members of Committees, by ourselves in a way that would compromise our integrity. But that does not give them a blanket cheque to start scandalizing all the 418 of us - both Members of Parliament (MPs) from the National Assembly and the Senate. It is unfair, unjust and I do not know whether to classify that newspaper as gutter press. But if it is ... view
• 31 Jul 2018 in National Assembly: Otherwise, I support Hon. Dr. Pukose. view