John Mbadi Ng'ong'o

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 2521 to 2530 of 7480.

• 26 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, if the Budget and Appropriations Committee find that the Bill is a money Bill, then the procedure of reporting needs to come back to the National Assembly. The Speaker should communicate back to the Senate that the Bill could not proceed, so that they do not wait for it and yet it is not there in the first place. That is because we have not concurred with it. view
• 26 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: The Chair of the Budget and Appropriations Committee is not in the Chamber, but we will report back. I know that we are considering quite a number of Bills. We will check if there is any Bill from the Senate which we need to dispose of. We will concur and allow Parliament to proceed. If there are matters that touch on money Bills, then we will advise the plenary appropriately. view
• 26 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you. view
• 26 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I get a bit concerned when I hear some of these things. I am quoting some book we read in high school, which says that if you spare the rod, you spoil the child. I think Kenyans, and even Parliament, have been too nice to this CS. He is showing some kind of rogue behaviour and we are not taking any action. Before we know it, we will have spoilt the child to an extent we may not salvage. We need to be very candid to this CS even though he has been praised for doing some things. ... view
• 26 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: Listening to Jared Okello, it leaves no doubt that English is made and brewed in this country. On a serious note, on this matter of a Cabinet Secretary having been notified…We have defined that we would not give less than seven days’ notice to the Cabinet Secretary. That is for a purpose. It is also expected that any Cabinet Secretary who may not for whatever reason, be able to present himself or appear before Parliament to answer questions, should give even three or two days’ notice so that a Member should not move all the way from western Kenya. I ... view
• 26 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: Whenever anything touches on Hon. Jimmy Angwenyi’s area even remotely, he does not take his time to even listen to people. He is shouting but I will forgive him because he is my teacher. 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
• 26 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: Let me conclude by saying that, when they come for money as they present their Budget, you can never hear of any excuse from any Cabinet Secretary or Permanent Secretary. They will appear any time. But when they are asked to account for their activities and performance in office, then they have all kinds of excuses. If you allow this to continue, then Parliament will lose it. view
• 26 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: Finally, I think Hon. Matiang’i is getting used to this. He is the Cabinet Secretary that refused to appear in court. I think he has undermined one out of the three arms of Government, the Judiciary. Now that he is done with the Judiciary, he is targeting another arm of Government, which is the Legislature. Probably, the next person he will undermine is the appointing authority, the Executive. I think he needs to be dealt with. view
• 26 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. When we passed the 2010 Constitution, we made some shifts in the way we allow expenditure to be incurred in this country. We are very clear that for Government or Executive to spend any money, it must be appropriated by Parliament. Before the 2010 Constitution, there was a leeway that you could vote on account even before you pass the Appropriation Bill. However, Article 222 of the Constitution has made that impossible. Now, for Government to spend any money, Parliament must pass the Appropriation Bill. We can only vote on account if the President has not ... view
• 26 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: If we were to go for the seven days required for publication period, we will overshoot and pass to the next financial year and the Government would grind to a halt for lack of funds. This is because, from 1st July, no Government Ministry, department or agency, including Parliament, the Judiciary and any other body that expends public funds would be allowed by law to spend even a shilling unless this Bill is passed. view