John Mbadi Ng'ong'o

All parliamentary appearances

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• 21 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: I want to start with the provisions of Article 117 of Powers, Privileges and Immunities, of the Constitution. It states: view
• 21 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: “There shall be freedom of speech and debate in Parliament. Parliament may, for the purpose of the orderly and effective discharge of the business of Parliament, provide for the powers, privileges and immunities of Parliament, its committees, the leader of the majority party, the leader of the minority party, the chairpersons of committees and Members.” 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
• 21 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: So, Hon. Speaker, we are allowed to enact law to provide for our freedom of speech, freedom of debate and even immunities. That is why the Powers and Privileges Act became necessary. We are allowed to create rules through the Standing Orders. I am sure we are all aware of this. Articles 124 and 125 of the Constitution create the avenue for us to come up with Standing Orders to guide our operations. This is important because we have already been given the powers, as a Parliament, to control ourselves and debate in this House. When the Judiciary dictates to ... view
• 21 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: I do not even think you should pronounce yourself on this. What is there to pronounce yourself on? It is clear in law and it is in the Constitution. You have spoken about it before. Even your predecessors have spoken to it. Hon. Junet is reminding me that you are the Chairman of the Parliamentary Service Commission. Yes you are and can pronounce yourself on this, but you are just going to re-emphasize what is provided in law. view
• 21 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: Probably what we need is some kind of high level engagement with the Judiciary because we do not want those unnecessary fights between two arms of Government. We need to engage with the Judiciary. If the Chief Justice is listening, I know he does not have direct control over the judges on what they rule on. But when they hold their meeting - I do not know what kind of meetings they hold - they should be advised on what kind of orders they can give. Some of those orders look ridiculous and give credence to some people who are ... view
• 21 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker view
• 21 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: (Inaudible ) view
• 21 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I want to thank you for indulging me. My colleagues have said a lot. I want our colleagues in the Senate to understand that the objection to these Regulations is not because we do not want them to perform their functions. Some of us may find ourselves in the Senate soon. view
• 21 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: I want to address one issue. Members have been asking what this money is meant for. The objective of the Fund is to facilitate a Senator to carry out monitoring and evaluation activities in exercise of the Senate’s oversight role. They will also undertake county expenditure tracking surveys. The Controller of Budget tracks the expenditure and gives it to the county assemblies and the Senate. The Senate should look at those reports instead of asking for more funds. The funds will also help them to promote citizen engagement on issues which affect the counties by undertaking civic education and community ... view
• 21 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: The time is short. I thought I would have enough time. I heard Members talking about Ksh3 million per constituency. I do not know where they got that from. This is how it is. The nominated Senators will get 6 per cent of the Fund. 1 per cent will go to administration of the Fund and another 1 per cent to the board. Ninety-two per cent of the Fund will go to the elected Senators, who are 47. If you allocate them Kshs1billion, each senator will have Ksh1, 631, 206 The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for ... view