John Mbadi Ng'ong'o

All parliamentary appearances

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• 25 Jul 2018 in National Assembly: I have two things to say: one, there is the rule on relevance in the House and the Hon. Member for Changamwe, who is a very good friend of mine and a Member of my party, should know that when he is given an opportunity to contribute in the House, he should take into account the aspect of relevance. I do not see how the temperature and the heat in Russia is relevant in whatever he was going to say. view
• 25 Jul 2018 in National Assembly: Two, and finally, I also agree with what Hon. Omboko Milemba has said. The matter of Russia has attracted public attention. We are people’s representatives and we should not act like we are not concerned about what Kenyans say. They may be right or wrong but they have spoken and that is why, I think, our Speaker said that there will be a report written to the House from Members who went to Russia. However, if we turn it into a joke, it will appear that we are despising Kenyans and that is certainly not right. Whatever resources that were ... view
• 25 Jul 2018 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I am aware that the Chairman of the Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning is moving a very important Motion. He has made a very serious allegation that requires substantiation. When a Chairperson of a Committee says that the Committee is being interfered with to the extent that it becomes a significant issue to be raised here, it raises a lot of questions. Kenyans will ask and seek to know who is interfering and harassing Members. It must be someone who is senior. In order not to allow this allegation to go and allow speculations to fly ... view
• 25 Jul 2018 in National Assembly: So, the Hon. Member for Changamwe needs to apologise to the House and Kenyans for trivialising a very important aspect. view
• 25 Jul 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you. view
• 25 Jul 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. He will be voted back again and again and probably he will get an opportunity when some of us will be grandfathers in the village. He will have his time. I rise to also support the Committee in its Report which rejects this nominee. I am particularly happy and want to say that those of us pushing the Committee not to vet that candidate were wrong. view
• 25 Jul 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I had started by saying that there are those of us who were pushing the Committee not to even vet the nominee but I want to disagree with them because part of the vetting is for record purposes. In future, similar appointments and nominations may come and the future Parliament should benefit from precedence that we are setting; that if a Member who has been nominated has issues such as 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
• 25 Jul 2018 in National Assembly: what Dr. Chumo has, then that appointment will be rejected. So, we are setting a precedent here that the vetting includes analysing whether the person qualifies. view
• 25 Jul 2018 in National Assembly: I started by saying that I am particularly happy because our Constitution is working. The people of Kenya decided to give the responsibility of nominating Chair of the Salaries and Remunerations Commission (SRC) to the President - that is the Executive. However, the vetting of the same and approval was given to Parliament and later the appointment would be done by the President. Therefore, Parliament is exercising its right responsibility and role of vetting and approving the nominee by the President. So, if we reject the nomination by the President, it clearly indicates that institutions that the people of Kenya ... view
• 25 Jul 2018 in National Assembly: I know that people have been asking why the name was forwarded to Parliament with all the issues around the nominee and that the President should have been advised. Yes, investigations have been going on for a while and so, this information should have been with the various agencies such as National Intelligence Services (NIS), Director of Criminal Investigations (DCI), the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) and many other institutions that have the responsibility of doing background checks. Probably, what we may need to ask the President and not ask him to respond to us but just take note of, ... view