John Mbadi Ng'ong'o

All parliamentary appearances

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• 21 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: per month to hold meetings and track expenditure. Let us be serious here. If we allocate them Kshs2 billion as they had proposed earlier, each elected Senator will get Kshs3, 262,411 per month. The nominated Senators will be allocated 6 per cent of the Fund. The amount which we have allocated in the Budget will still give them Kshs815, 602 per month. They can use that money to track expenditure, hold meetings and educate people on devolution. Who is educating the people on the national Government’s NG-CDF funds? Do we also give money to Members of the National Assembly to ... view
• 21 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: This is my last word. If Senators feel, for good reasons, that they have a large geographical area to monitor, let them just come and tell us that the money we are allocating for constituency office is not enough and we increase it for them. We should also give the women representatives more money because they have a big geographical area. view
• 21 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: I want to put it clearly even without looking at those reasons. Senators need to sit down with us and explain what this money is meant for. I said in the Budget and Appropriations Committee meeting that they were asking us to give them Kshs3 million per month for pocket money to go and give people in the villages. That is what they will use it for. You cannot use this money to track expenditure. There is already a system which tracks expenditure. It is even published in the Gazette by the Controller of Budget. They will use the money ... view
• 21 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: and give people pocket money. Members of the National Assembly will be seen as mean people because they have no money to give. If we give this money to the Senators, people will not be coming for our meetings because when the Senator calls them, he will be giving them handouts, for example Kshs1000. When you call people for meetings and then you do not give them some money, who will be coming to your meeting? view
• 21 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. view
• 20 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I think why Members would get a little confused is because of the subject matter. This matter has attracted national attention. That is why I would say that, before I put my thoughts to what was being discussed even if it is politics, we cannot play with the lives of Kenyans. Let us rule out that it is actually politics, instead of assuming that it is politics and the lives of our people are at risk. view
• 20 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: However, the question of whether this matter should be referred to either a select committee or a departmental committee, to me, is simple. There is nothing that stops two committees from working together as to form joint meetings of the committees. If the Departmental Committee on Agriculture, Livestock and Co-operatives feels that it has a mandate to investigate the matter and the Departmental Committee of Trade, Industry and Co-operatives 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
• 20 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: feels the same, why should they not come together? This is not the first time that departmental committees of this House are coming together to investigate a matter of this House. So, I would not have a problem of forming a select committee if there is a reason to do so. Those who are calling for the select committees can tell us. If there are doubts on some Members of these committees, then that is a matter that should be laid on the Table because our Standing Orders are very clear. My fear with forming a select committee on this ... view
• 20 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: If we have specific Members, say, in charge of trade, industry and co-operatives or the Departmental Committee on Agriculture, Livestock and Co-operatives or Departmental Committee on Administration and National Security whom we feel should not sit when these matters are being transacted, the leadership can even remove those Members from those committees. I am ready to remove, even temporarily, any Members of National Super Alliance (NASA) who Members have strong conviction and evidence that they should not sit in those committees. We will replace them with other Members for the period that this matter is going to be discussed. view
• 20 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: However, unless I am convinced as to why it is very important to form a select committee, I would be reluctant. When does the work of our departmental committees start and end. Tomorrow, another matter will come up and Members will call for a select committee. Hon. Speaker that is my view. I have given it in honesty. Hon. Members, in conclusion, if we are seriously seeing the magnitude of this problem, then issues of which committee deals with it should not even arise. We should deal with the substance. We should even monitor the situation. Hon. Duale, the Whips ... view