John Mbadi Ng'ong'o

All parliamentary appearances

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• 11 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I am opposed to everything that he is trying to delete. I do not see why he is deleting these provisions. The explanation that he gave us was centred on the definition of a family. I would like my 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
• 11 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: friend, hon. Chepkong’a, to be very careful. The people who are exposed to serious violence are the ones he is trying to remove from this Bill. As a matter of fact, violence is low on those who are still living with you. If you have too much violence, they will run away. Please, do not attempt it. The people on whom you can employ violence with impunity are the ones he is trying to remove from the Bill. I oppose. view
• 11 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, is it in order for hon. Chepkong’a to mislead this House and in the process of misleading the House to go ahead and commit another offence of referring to past events? He is misleading the House because--- view
• 11 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: That is where I am heading to. You see, hon. Chepkong’a is referring to definition or meaning of “domestic relationship” in general but we are specific. It starts by saying that for the purposes of this Act--- So, when we are making amendments, we must be alive to the Act we are amending. It is the Protection Against Domestic Violence Bill. So for the purposes of what we are legislating, then “domestic relationship” is defined. Hon. Chepkong’a is actually defining “living”. view
• 11 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: He is misleading the House because he is not referring the House to the specific Bill we are legislating. view
• 11 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, by the way, we are not defining “domestic living”, we are defining “domestic relationship”. You do not have to live with somebody for you to have a relationship with him. view
• 11 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. When we attempt to legislate here, it is to cure some mischief. I look at this Bill from the point of protection against domestic violence. This Bill is supposed to protect some people against some domestic violence. So, we are not defining “family member” in general terms. view
• 11 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: It is all right. 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
• 11 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I would appeal to you not to debate. view
• 11 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I listened to all that hon. Member for Kiharu Constituency said. If that were the case, we know that we have the Penal Code which even covers the spouse anyway. Why are we legislating on domestic violence? Because we feel the laws that are there are not sufficient enough to deter this kind of misbehaviour. Therefore, that is why we are bringing even these other people you have had relationship with. We know that your level of interaction with them is higher than any other ordinary person. So, we are defining a family member in the ... view