John Mbadi Ng'ong'o

All parliamentary appearances

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• 20 Mar 2018 in National Assembly: is probably the rural thinking in my mind - where if there is a problem, then my constituents would run to me and I know who to target my hustles and tackle rather than being part of a system that you may not even make much impact. In fact that is why I disagreed with Members who wanted to be in the management committees of counties, where Senators were supposed to chair and governors were supposed to be secretary and Members were to form the county board. I was not for the idea because I do not want to be ... view
• 15 Mar 2018 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I beg to move the following Motion: view
• 15 Mar 2018 in National Assembly: THAT, acknowledging that the meeting between His Excellency, The President, The Hon. Uhuru Kenyatta and the distinguished Leader of the NASA Coalition, The Right Hon. Raila Odinga of Friday, 9th March 2018 putting aside political differences through building bridges marked an important and historic moment for the country; Aware that this extraordinary opportunity will enable Kenyans to face and address the challenges currently faced, and openly and honestly discuss successes and failures and finally formulate and implement the necessary corrective measures for the country to move forward; Cognisant that, ahead of and immediately after the 2017 general elections, Kenya witnessed ... view
• 15 Mar 2018 in National Assembly: He is probably shocked. Thank you, Hon. Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to contribute to the Division of Revenue Bill 2018. I want to start from somewhere, but before I do that, there is something that I need to point out given that I heard the Leader of the Majority Party speak about. I also heard one of my colleagues speak about it regarding the CRA and the fact that CRA sits in IBEC and the figures they give should be the same as the figures that come from the National Treasury. Hon. Speaker, and with due respect, I ... view
• 15 Mar 2018 in National Assembly: Those principles of… view
• 15 Mar 2018 in National Assembly: What is it, Mheshimiwa ? You seem to be shouting. Madam Speaker is now in the Chair. It is clear to me that there is a criterion to follow when we evaluate the Division of Revenue Bill. 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
• 15 Mar 2018 in National Assembly: One of them is national interest. We need to look at the provision for payment of public debt. We must look at how county governments are supposed to run among other issues. As a Parliament, what we need to interrogate is whether the suggestion on how to divide revenue that is supposed to be raised nationally follows the principles of Article 203 of the Constitution. Looking at the figures, it is clear that counties will get an equitable share of Kshs314 billion out of the total shareable revenue, which is Kshs1.688 trillion. Therefore, this leaves the national Government with Kshs1.369 ... view
• 15 Mar 2018 in National Assembly: This percentage share of Kshs314 billion is actually 18 per cent of the shareable revenue. I know we are looking at the historical data which the Constitution has spelt out as at the last audited and approved accounts of Kshs935 billion which gives 33.6 per cent. Looking at it in terms of sharing between the national Government and the county governments, county governments will be taking shareable revenue of about 18 per cent and leaving the rest to the national Government. The question we need to ask is whether this is enough or sufficient to finance all the functions that ... view
• 15 Mar 2018 in National Assembly: The equitable share has increased from Kshs302 billion to Ksh314 billion, that is, 4 per cent. It is said that this takes into consideration the revenue growth, but if you look at it in terms of inflation, you will realise that we have not added counties any money in terms of shareable revenue. I think as a country, we need to sit down and discuss whether we are giving enough resources to the counties before even we talk about accountability. To me, this excuse of accountability is, at its very best, just an excuse. We have the machinery and infrastructure ... view
• 15 Mar 2018 in National Assembly: polytechnics. The youth polytechnics are just the same way they were before devolution. Something needs to be done to ensure that, that money actually reaches the intended persons and spent on the intended purpose. The other question is who is responsible for county roads. Again, we need to be clear about that this financial year. At least, it is very clear that we are allocating about Kshs8 billion, which is 15 per cent of the fuel levy fund for the maintenance of county roads. I want to ask governors, county management and MCAs in our counties, please, this Kshs8 billion, ... view