John Mbadi Ng'ong'o

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 2901 to 2910 of 7480.

• 6 Dec 2017 in National Assembly: This is a timely Motion. I plead with the Departmental Committee on Environment and Natural Resources and the Committee on Implementation not to let this Motion remain as it is. It needs to be followed up. The Committee on Implementation that will be formed - and I am happy the Chair will come from the Minority side - I ask whoever will be lucky enough to be elected by the Members to chair that Committee to make sure that this Motion is implemented this time round so that in five years’ time, we can realise even 5 per cent forest ... view
• 6 Dec 2017 in National Assembly: There are very clear examples. Some of us who came to Nairobi earlier saw Uthiru through Kangemi area as you come to town being bare. There were no trees at all. In a period of just about five years, you can now see trees on both sides of the road. That demonstrates that if we are concerned on planting trees and protecting them, within a maximum time of 10 years, this country will be forested in a way that everybody will be happy about. When we go abroad to countries that take environmental issues seriously, we see how they treat ... view
• 6 Dec 2017 in National Assembly: Finally, I plead with the county governments to allocate a bit of money for environmental protection. I do not see why they cannot even have a target of planting one million trees. If that happened in our 47 counties, within five years, there will be a change in the forest cover in this country. view
• 6 Dec 2017 in National Assembly: With those many remarks, I support the Motion moved by Hon. William Chirchir. It is a good Motion and I urge the House to support the Member for Ainabkoi very strongly. Thank you. view
• 5 Dec 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I rise to second the Motion, which asks the House to approve the membership of the Committee on Selection. Both sides of the House have proposed their names after consultations. The Minority Party, which is a coalition of parties, after thorough consultations, also agreed to have representation in the Committee on Selection. I just want to mention that this Committee’s sole responsibility, as has been ably demonstrated by the Leader of the Majority Party, is to place members to various Committees of the House and help the leadership of the two sides of the House to ... view
• 5 Dec 2017 in National Assembly: This is because if you look at our Standing Orders, they require that before a Bill goes to the Second Reading, the relevant Departmental Committee should look at it and do a report to the House even before the Second Reading. In the event they are not ready with the Report, they should report that position. So, I could see the difficulty that the Chair was in, in trying to see the best way to handle a very unique situation that probably the House presented itself to. Finally, I must also say that a lot of things are going on ... view
• 5 Dec 2017 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I was just seconding the Motion. I do not know why my colleague and friend gets agitated. I just want to inform him that my position is not in contention. I am not threatened in any way. The NASA Coalition decided to give me this position because I merit it. If and when time comes that I do not merit it, someone else will. I am not really campaigning. I have just stated the facts as I know them. You may have a different opinion but that is your opinion. I have stated my opinion. I beg to ... view
• 5 Dec 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I have not risen to answer to that. I am sure it has been well taken care of. I rise to second the Motion which asks this House to approve Members to the Procedure and House Rules Committee. This is a very important Committee. The leadership of the House has realised that there are amendments that we need to make very quickly on our Standing Orders. Therefore, this Committee needs to be in place. We actually want to increase membership to committees. The numbers we have are restrictive while the house has 349 Members. This is ... view
• 5 Dec 2017 in National Assembly: Of course, he is from FORD-Kenya. That demonstrates the faith the people of Kisumu West have in him. We all know that, that region is an Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) territory almost 100 per cent. But still Hon. Olago has managed twice to win his seat on a FORD-Kenya ticket. Hon. Olago is an experienced lawyer in this country. He brings a wealth of experience and also professional background to help us work on house rules and procedures. We also have Hon. T.J. Kajwang’ who has served in the Chairpersons’ Panel, what we used to call the Speaker’s Panel. Members ... view
• 5 Dec 2017 in National Assembly: Hon. Ben Momanyi is another lawyer nominated to the Committee who comes from the Wiper Democratic Movement. He is also another experienced Member serving his second term. We also have Zuleikha Hassan who is serving a second term. We also have two Members who are serving for the first time in this Parliament. We have Hon. Beatrice Adagala who comes from the great county of Vihiga and a Member of Parliament from Amani National Congress. Hon. Speaker, I have no doubt in my mind, in the short time I have interacted with Hon. Adagala that she will also bring a ... view