John Mbadi Ng'ong'o

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• 30 Nov 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, Hon. Speaker, for the honour that is bestowed to my position in the Standing Orders. I want to thank my colleagues from the Minority side who showed confidence in me to lead them as the Leader of the Minority Party. I do not take it for granted. view
• 30 Nov 2017 in National Assembly: I want to make my contribution on this Motion on approval of nominees to various constituency committees of the National Government Constituencies Development Fund (NG- CDF). I want to first start by thanking the selection committees of these constituencies which came up with these names, so that we can have for all the constituencies. I know the committees of a number of constituencies were approved. They are over 170. We have additional ones now. Before going to the details of these appointments, I want to talk about the NG-CDF and its The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is ... view
• 30 Nov 2017 in National Assembly: impact on the development of this country. It is also my pleasure to recognise it because I was worried at one point that the Constituencies Development Fund (CDF) as we used to know it, was almost dying when this matter was still in court. I thank God that the court saw sense that the objective of the NG-CDF is still relevant because we still have national Government functions which are being performed even with devolution. Devolution has just devolved some functions but it has left some at the national level. It is still very relevant to have specific approach and ... view
• 30 Nov 2017 in National Assembly: Looking at the transformation that CDF has brought to the grassroots development in this country, no one in his or her right senses would dispute that it has made positive contribution. Those of us who are keen to remember the pre-CDF period and post CDF period, even if you do not like the fund, will agree that it has made a contribution in this country. I also know that there are a number of instances and areas where this fund has been misappropriated just like any other fund in this country. We want the institutions like the Office of the ... view
• 30 Nov 2017 in National Assembly: The reason why at times we fight so hard to have national Government leadership is because of this perception that when you get it, you will access resources that probably you would otherwise not access, if your party or your candidate of choice is not in power. We should not only devolve at the county level but also the national Government funds and the national Government functions. If we devolve them properly with resources following these programmes so that every region feels properly catered for that resources are being received at the counties and constituencies regardless of who is in ... view
• 30 Nov 2017 in National Assembly: Let us not think of devolving NG-CDF in terms of percentages. Let us objectively calculate the functions that NG-CDF is supposed to implement in our constituencies. If it is education, how much do we want to allocate for primary schools to improve the infrastructure? How much do we want to allocate to secondary schools to improve the infrastructure? How much do we want to put for our security? How much do we want to put for the specific functions that we want the NG-CDF to help us implement? Once we get the amount, we can then budget and allocate that ... view
• 30 Nov 2017 in National Assembly: I hope no one will take offence with this. Sometimes you ask yourself whether leaders utilise NG-CDF properly. When you watch news, you see some children still sitting under trees. In this era of NG-CDF, some children are still doing exams in mud walled classrooms. That is a shame as leaders from that area. I am being very careful. I am not saying Member of Parliament because as a matter of fact NG-CDF is not supposed be administered and managed by the Members of Parliament, as it is today. Therefore, we are speaking to the committees in those constituencies to ... view
• 30 Nov 2017 in National Assembly: In a nutshell, I am saying and pleading to those committees. I am not pleading to my colleagues here. You are no longer in charge of NG-CDF. Even the courts affirmed the same. If you try to touch NG-CDF, you will be in trouble. You will be jailed. You are no longer in charge of NG-CDF. Those committees which are in charge of NG-CDF should make sure that they prioritise the needs of those areas properly. As Members of Parliament, I still insist that the law we passed which gave us the powers to oversee the CDF must be implemented. ... view
• 30 Nov 2017 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, if there is any money that needs to be properly ring-fenced, it is NG-CDF. I do not want to conclude by mentioning the Senate and its oversight role on county funds. This time round, I plead with our brothers and sisters in the Senate to take their work more seriously. If it is lack of funds that make senators not to perform the function of overseeing, Hon. Speaker, as the Chairman of Parliamentary Service Commission, and we as a House, during the budget- making process, need to provide some money to the Senate to use in its oversight ... view
• 30 Nov 2017 in National Assembly: The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view