John Mbadi Ng'ong'o

All parliamentary appearances

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• 20 Aug 2015 in National Assembly: I am seasoned enough! view
• 20 Aug 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I must register my very serious reservations. 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
• 20 Aug 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I want to say without any fear of contradiction that I am finding it completely unacceptable to agree with the rulings of the Chair always. This is not the first time on what is misinformation in this House. Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, remember this is not the first time I am sitting in this House. On the issue of misleading the House, you should tell me the Standing Orders where it is defined the way you are putting it. view
• 20 Aug 2015 in National Assembly: These are the kind of procedures that I do not like. I am on a point of order and he is also standing on a point of order. You should tell him to follow the procedure instead of reprimanding me, someone who is trying to correct the procedure. This is something that I have no apologies to make about. view
• 19 Aug 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. First of all, we are becoming “too activist” in this country. This idea of bringing in KEPSA is not good. What is this amorphous body called KEPSA that you want to bring to education, and why do you want to make them part of this Board? We need to really interrogate issues before we think about them. Just because you have some friends in the private sector does not make them competent to run matters of education. view
• 18 Aug 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, it interesting that, again, this House is discussing something that I would call a relationship between the National Assembly and the Senate. I have said this before and I want to repeat it. It is high time that the people of Kenya engaged on whether we want to make the Senate the Upper House as it should be or what to do with it. The problem that we have is that we have given the Senate, the title “Senate” and yet, we did not make it the Upper House in the Constitution. That is an engagement that if ... view
• 18 Aug 2015 in National Assembly: Regarding what Hon. Chepkong’a has raised, Article 135 is correct because it gives any House of Parliament the powers to summon any person to appear before it. Any House is neither defined nor limited. Therefore, if you read that Article alone, then Senate is perfectly in order to summon any person. However, the question is when you are overseeing or summoning any officer, there must be a reason. That person is exercising accountability to the summoning authority. That is what then takes you to the responsibility of both Houses because the National Assembly has the responsibility to oversee national revenue. ... view
• 18 Aug 2015 in National Assembly: I was looking at the responsibility of the National Assembly under Article 95(5)(b). It says:- “The National Assembly - view
• 18 Aug 2015 in National Assembly: (b) exercises oversight of State organs.” 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
• 18 Aug 2015 in National Assembly: Any State organ therefore would be subjected to National Assembly oversight. I take it that KQ therefore being a State organ by virtue that the Government of Kenya is the single largest shareholder, then the National Assembly should oversee it. However, the role of oversight of the Senate that I see in terms of State organs is that it participates in the oversight of State officers by considering and determining any resolution to remove the President or the Deputy President from office in accordance with Article 145. So, the only time that I see the Constitution expressly providing oversight function ... view