John Mbadi Ng'ong'o

All parliamentary appearances

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• 17 Apr 2018 in National Assembly: (c) appointed by the President.” That applies only where the Constitution does not provide otherwise. The Constitution has provided otherwise under Article 171 of the Constitution on how to appoint members of the JSC. There are people who hold that opinion. There are others who also feel that, that opinion is not correct. Hon. Speaker, Hon. T.J. Kajwang’ was consulting with you when I was saying that, according to Article 171 of the Constitution, there are other members of the JSC. Many of them were elected by the Supreme Court Judges, High Court Judges and Magistrates Courts. There were also ... view
• 17 Apr 2018 in National Assembly: I also would like Members to look at Article 248 of the Constitution which lists all the commissions including the JSC and compare it with Article 250 which we have made reference to. Article 250(2)(b) talks about approval by the National Assembly and therefore we have no choice because the JSC falls under Article 248. That same Article says that each commission 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
• 17 Apr 2018 in National Assembly: shall consist of at least three, but not more than nine members. The JSC has more than nine members. So, to me, it is clear that that provision would not be applicable to the JSC because the Constitution provides otherwise. Therefore, those of us with a contrary view that even on the matter of approval the Constitution provides otherwise should be listened to. That is a matter I leave to the courts to determine, unlike my friend Hon. Maanzo, who I disagreed with. He had already formed a serious opinion. I caution him to be very careful and not assume ... view
• 17 Apr 2018 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I agree with you that this is a matter we needed to canvass. In fact, I agree with you further that our Standing Orders allow the Speaker, that even if it is a matter that is sub view
• 17 Apr 2018 in National Assembly: , to guide the House by allowing us to comment, but when you see we are leaving the rein you can bring us back. That is why it was very important to have a lawyer in your seat. Sometimes, I see people attempting to elect a non-lawyer. We need to respect professions but also understand that there is capacity. I can do very well as a speaker but with advice of a counsel or a legal team. But, will I be referring to a legal team every time I am on the Speaker’s Chair? That will be costly to this ... view
• 17 Apr 2018 in National Assembly: I conclude by urging my colleagues that we can support this Motion in its form, even after amending it. I want to give some kind of peace to the MP for Seme that, even with this amendment, I think that the Motion is not bad. That is the way I see it and I ask my colleagues to look at it that way. Otherwise, I will not forget to say that the Committee also gave us too much headache for nothing. The Committee made the recommendation which we deleted. Why did they make that recommendation when they knew it was ... view
• 17 Apr 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I support. view
• 29 Mar 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I have shared with the MP for Nyando. He has written to the Hon. Speaker requesting to move an Adjournment Motion under Standing Order 33 to discuss a matter that is urgent and of national importance. I think his fear is that this is the last day that this House is sitting before we break for recess later today. So, I think he is a bit anxious that if that matter will not be approved before the afternoon sitting, it may be overtaken by events or rather it may lose the salt because we do ... view
• 29 Mar 2018 in National Assembly: important and your office needs to look at it favourably so that in the afternoon, the Nyando MP is allowed to request this House to allocate time for debate. view
• 29 Mar 2018 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Hon. Deputy Speaker. view