John Mbadi Ng'ong'o

All parliamentary appearances

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• 1 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Deputy Speaker for giving me the opportunity to make my contribution to the Speech by the President as given to this House last Thursday. First of all, this Motion is in fulfilment of Article 132 of the Constitution. The architecture and structure of the same must follow the requirement of the Constitution. To that extent, I must admit and accept that the President fulfilled the requirement of Article 132 of the Constitution, which requires him to speak to the nation on a wide range of issues including the fulfilment or measures taken and progress made in terms ... view
• 1 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: I want to speak to a few issues because I hardly have five minutes to make my contribution. Firstly, he spoke about national reconciliation and healing. That is a welcome gesture to this country. We need national unity. The President needs to go a long way to make sure that this country is united in terms of action. The highest office in the land is the one that is responsible for ensuring that people remain cohesive and together by action. That would give a very good example. His apology to the nation is appreciated and commended even though when other ... view
• 1 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: Even though the President made a public apology, which is commendable, because an apology is something that you need to commend, I would agree with those Members who have said that we need to understand the scope of that apology. I agreed with the Speaker yesterday when he made a ruling with regard to the procedure of introducing the addendum to the report. What we were interested in is the substance over form. As an accountant, I know that one of the principles of accounting is that you need to emphasise more on substance rather than the legal form of ... view
• 1 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: I was speaking to the issue of public apology. I would have wanted to hear the President citing specific cases of apology. If it is the case of those who have lost their lives in this country through murder, we know of Pio Gama Pinto, J.M. Kariuki, Thomas Joseph Mboya Odhiambo, Robert Ouko and Mbai among others. The President should 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
• 1 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: have been specific to the members of these families, so that we are sure what he is apologising for. view
• 1 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: More fundamentally, if you are aplogising for past crimes, we need to know the specific past crimes. For instance, if it is the case of the post-election violence, this just happened the other day. You cannot tell me that over 1,000 Kenyans can lose their lives and you cannot even have evidence on one person. That is carelessness and negligence on the part of this administration and the previous administration. We need to have, at least, some people arrested, arraigned in court, judged and prosecuted for these crimes. view
• 1 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: With regard to the issue of historical injustices, land has been grabbed in this country. For example, people at the coast are squatters because their land has been taken away. This is something that can be traced and we would want to see people returning the land. You cannot just give a blanket apology and then you think it is going to be life as usual. view
• 1 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: Allow me to go to the hot topic that has caught the attention of this country. From the outset, we must support the fight against corruption. We will support any attempt and any initiative to tackle corruption. But in the process of talking corruption, you must demonstrate seriousness. I want to talk to the President straight and tell him that he may be having very good intentions, but his advisers are letting him down. When it comes to cases of corruption, you need to bring, especially to the august House, water tight serious cases that have been investigated to some ... view
• 1 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, I can read it. It is here in the Report. What is here to substantiate? It says clearly states the former IIEC senior officials. The Report states that “allegations that officials of the defunct IIEC were bribed to offer contracts”. This was public. We saw Isaack Hassan going to the Integrity Centre over this issue. He should leave office as early as this afternoon. This is very clear. Whoever cheated him that he would be protected should be told that he misled him. If you are auditing governors in terms of lifestyle, audit all of them. Why ... view
• 1 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: graders and a chopper. What about other public officers in this country who have bought choppers? Why can you not bring their names here? We do not want the fight against corruption to be policitised. That is what we are saying in short. For example, Marianne Kittany, a very young lady, is alleged to have taken Kshs100 million from the Office of the Deputy President to bribe Members of Parliament. You have not even listed one Member of Parliament who was bribed. If it is the Members who had signed the petition against Ms. Ann Waiguru, why can you not ... view