John Mbadi Ng'ong'o

All parliamentary appearances

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• 5 Jul 2018 in National Assembly: As I finish, allow me to say that the National Treasury is also sleeping on the job. It needs to bring some amendments even to the Public Finance Management (PFM) Act. In the PFM Act, Section 6, we have expressly stated that any law that is in conflict with the PFM Act in so far as collection of taxes or expenditure are concerned, the PFM Act overrides any other law. view
• 5 Jul 2018 in National Assembly: So, we need to capture some of these things that are not so clear so that the issue Hon. T.J. Kajwang’ has raised would have not come up if these matters were expressly stated in law. view
• 5 Jul 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker view
• 4 Jul 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I have no much information about this forest; the representative of that area is well placed to address the issues of concern to his constituents. I am sure that it is for the benefit of his constituents that he has brought this Petition. As National Assembly, we would be reluctant to de-gazette forests but if there is need, the law allows this House to approve gazettement and de-gazettement. view
• 4 Jul 2018 in National Assembly: As the Committee looks into it, my concern is that the Forestry Department needs to be careful on protection of their forests. They should fence them off so that the public knows the forest boundaries, because that is the biggest problem. You may realise that some of the parts that are treated as forests are not even forests. We need to be clear on demarcation of forests but I support my good friend, Hon. Kioni. He is someone who understands what we need as a country in terms of protection of forests. You would not ask for de-gazettement if it ... view
• 4 Jul 2018 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, that is really intimidating. I want to second the Motion that seeks the leave of this House to extend the time period available for the Committee to consider this nominee for the position of the SRC Chair. I just want to say one or two things because the real debate will come once the Committee is done with vetting the individual. I personally do not know him much and so, I want to see how he answers questions before the Committee. Therefore, it is important to us that this time is extended. As the Leader of the Majority ... view
• 4 Jul 2018 in National Assembly: depicts their responsibilities did something laughable. The starting point of how they graded State officers in this country is laughable. It is laughable because you find Members of the National Assembly and Senators who oversee the Executive, vet and approve appointments and the Budget and who can even impeach the President are 43rd in the pecking order. The excuse they give is that there is no defined academic qualification for being a Member of Parliament. It is laughable that the only tool you use to grade employees in this country is academic qualifications. Who says that those of us in ... view
• 4 Jul 2018 in National Assembly: As I conclude, I want to come out very clearly that we have been having wrong members in the Commission. They are people who are not open minded enough to appreciate the roles and responsibility of every office. They listen a lot to what comes out of the streets and play populism. You cannot manage a Commission with populism. Some of us can now speak easily for Members of Parliament because God willing, I will not be in this House again after the 12th Parliament. When I leave Parliament, I still want to see an institution that is capacitated. I ... view
• 4 Jul 2018 in National Assembly: Finally, I was forgetting this point. When the Committee vets a person, it should not look at us, but his capacity in analysing and assessing the worth and the value of each office to appreciate it in terms of remuneration. Somebody may think that we are being over-concerned because we want this Commission to fix our salary. We want to be treated fairly. Let all Kenyans be treated fairly, for example, teachers, doctors and nurses. You agree with me that SRC is the cause of the frequent strikes that we have been seeing in this country, from the doctors’ strike ... view
• 4 Jul 2018 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, thank you for those many remarks. I second the Motion. view