John Mbadi Ng'ong'o

All parliamentary appearances

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• 21 Mar 2018 in National Assembly: It has since been proved that this member did not understand the provision that was in the law. Because of such participation, out of ignorance, they ended up amending a very important clause in that Bill. In short, I am saying that those of us who probably are not well educated in ICT matters should try to be a bit cautious, listen to the experts and get to understand their explanation and then we make an informed opinion. What are some of the provisions of this law that are good? I will talk about those which I fear may infringe ... view
• 21 Mar 2018 in National Assembly: I know the Bill is long overdue. It is important that we have it. It has good provisions. I do not want to go into the details because I would take the whole afternoon discussing them, but any good Bill must also have bad clauses. This Bill has a provision that outlaws false publication. I know the world today is so concerned with fake news. It is the in- thing. It is what is now being discussed. Probably, this Bill will help fight this menace. This idea may be good, but there is a red alert that this offence is ... view
• 21 Mar 2018 in National Assembly: I want the Committee to look at that aspect. Even though that provision is good as it will help fight fake news, how is it going to affect the fundamental freedoms and our rights? Clause 23 of this Bill talks about seizure of stored computer data during an investigation. There is a requirement that an investigation officer can seize a computer system during investigation. This at first looks impractical. More importantly, how is the application going to be checked so that we do not allow police officers to misuse the same provision to punish innocent Kenyans? We have seen many ... view
• 21 Mar 2018 in National Assembly: and make sure that the product that is going to come out of this House is something we are going to be proud of in years to come. It should not be one where we will be blamed and told that we were in Parliament when it was passed. I am winding up in one second. That is when everybody will be shouting that we have passed a bad law, when we go to public rallies. I have seen situations where we pass laws here and we are the first ones to condemn how bad they are in public rallies. ... view
• 20 Mar 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. Let me also contribute to this Bill. First, there is this controversy as to whether this Bill should be before us or it is misplaced, so to speak. I have been looking at the Constitution and wondering. Looking at the functions and the responsibilities we have given to the counties, it is true that one of the functions of the counties is to look at issues regarding traffic, transport in terms of traffic management, street lighting, traffic and parking on county roads. Looking at it from that perspective, you can safely say that this is a ... view
• 20 Mar 2018 in National Assembly: Article 189(2) says: view
• 20 Mar 2018 in National Assembly: “Government at each level, and different governments at the county level, shall cooperate in the performance of functions and exercise of powers and, for that purpose, may set up joint committees and joint authorities.” view
• 20 Mar 2018 in National Assembly: My understanding is that Nairobi Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (NMSTA) will be considered as a joint authority between the county government and the national Government bringing in the Cabinet Secretary at the council together with some governors. I have an issue with the governors who have been brought here and I will mention that later, together with the Chairman who will be appointed. Looking at it that way, then it meets the threshold of that constitutional provision of being a joint authority. There are three fundamental questions that need to be addressed. One, if you are creating a legislation to ... view
• 20 Mar 2018 in National Assembly: I do not even want to mention Kisumu and Nakuru because, at least, it is easy to manage traffic in Kisumu and Nakuru--- Those of us who have been in Eldoret will agree with me that managing traffic in Eldoret sometimes becomes a nightmare. Therefore, the fundamental question we are asking is whether we will be coming up with pieces of legislation for each and every metropolitan area in this country. It would have been more decent and time-saving, if we looked at all the areas we could classify as metropolitan areas so that we have one piece of legislation. ... view
• 20 Mar 2018 in National Assembly: We are now spending so much time debating a Bill to manage traffic, transport and set fares in Nairobi. These are things that the County Government of Nairobi, through the Executive and the Legislature, should be handling. When we give the responsibility to another authority to create a board and a council with all the expenses relating to performing the responsibility of developing a policy of setting goals, objectives and priorities for the area – we are determining the financial contribution, approval of the master plan and strategic plan; then this will be a fully- pledged office with a budget. ... view