John Mbadi Ng'ong'o

All parliamentary appearances

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• 20 Dec 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, allow me to indicate that Standing Order No.27 which is regular session of the House comes before Standing Order No.29, then Standing Order No.30. Hon. Speaker, the argument here and the intention of these Standing Orders was that Standing Order No.30 covers Standing Order Nos. 27 and 29 and any other previous Standing Order. There was nothing so difficult for this House, when they were making these Standing Orders, to exempt special sittings. view
• 20 Dec 2016 in National Assembly: I hear some people talking about NYS. I am not your President who appointed a lady whom we think had some relationship with him to go and mess up the NYS. It is your President who appointed his girlfriend to the Ministry. Do not talk to me about NYS. I am not the one who appointed Waiguru to go and embezzle funds. Ask your President what interest he had in Waiguru. Do not ask me again. Did I appoint Waiguru? He is the one who appointed Waiguru and he knows why he appointed her. Ask your President. It is not ... view
• 17 Nov 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me this opportunity to contribute to the Contempt of Court Bill of 2016. My understanding and that of many is that the court or judicial system of any country is meant to check the State organs and other bodies, which if not, would not act in the best interest of the citizenry of that country. Respect for courts is mandatory if a democracy is to function. I want to remind ourselves what happened in the United States of America in 2000. If the Americans had not respected the verdict of the courts ... view
• 17 Nov 2016 in National Assembly: This Bill on contempt of court talks about upholding the dignity and authority of the courts and respecting them. In whatever decisions they make, no matter how much we disagree with them, it is mandatory to respect the court system. We should not undermine it. view
• 17 Nov 2016 in National Assembly: However, there have been grey areas. We must admit that it has not been very clear to us what constitutes contempt of court. I am happy today that if this Bill is passed into law, it will come out clearly to explain exactly what it is meant by contempt of court. I see that the Bill has defined what is civil and criminal contempt. More fundamentally and in line with the provisions of Articles 33, 34 and 35 of the Constitution on freedoms of expression and other freedoms that are enjoyed by the people of Kenya which include freedom of ... view
• 17 Nov 2016 in National Assembly: I am happy this Bill is defining the process of defence to contempt of court if it is proved to the satisfaction of the courts. Of course, I am not worried about the court proving because you must have someone to prove that you have acted in good faith. It is, of course, their jurisdiction to prove that you have acted in good faith. It is the single responsibility of the court to interpret the law. If this is subjected to court’s interpretation, there is really nothing wrong. We expect our judicial officers to exercise their authority in a manner ... view
• 17 Nov 2016 in National Assembly: then that is not contempt of court. Many times people have spoken on matters of national interest and you are told that you are mentioning a matter that is before court and, therefore, it is contempt of court. I am happy that we are now legislating to define that if I have made a fair comment that is in the best interests of the people of Kenya, then that will not be construed to mean that I am in contempt of court. Therefore, I will not fear that I will be subjected to punishment. Clause 14(1) states that a person ... view
• 16 Nov 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me this opportunity to contribute to the Motion before us. We are being asked by the Committee on Delegated Legislation to reject these regulations on the procedure for management of Funds, namely, the Senate monitoring and evaluation. I also want to join my colleagues who are opposing the Motion. My opposition to this Motion is based on the Report of the Committee. 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
• 16 Nov 2016 in National Assembly: I see that the Committee bases its decision on three grounds. The first ground is that there is lack of compliance with the Public Finance Management Regulations, 2015. Remember, we are talking about one regulation not being in compliance with another regulation. It is not the Public Finance Management Act, the way I read it, unless it is a mistake. But why would one regulation strictly be in compliance with another regulation? There is no law anywhere that insubordinates a regulation to another regulation. Even the strict reading of the Public Finance Management Regulations, 2015, does not provide any ground ... view
• 16 Nov 2016 in National Assembly: They have just listed the provisions of the Public Finance Management Regulations, 2015, but they have not given us the details as to how there is inconsistency. The other two grounds are very flimsy. Regulation 13 on the establishment of the Senate Monitoring and Evaluation Committee provides for the establishment of the Senate Monitoring and Evaluation Committee whose function is to oversee money allocated to the Fund. The Committee observed that this would create conflict of interest since the membership of the Committee comprises the same Members who would be directly responsible for receiving and distribution of the Funds’ money view