John Mbadi Ng'ong'o

All parliamentary appearances

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• 26 Feb 2015 in National Assembly: Whichever the problems we may be having with those private companies, to me the best way to go is to have commercialisation of sugar production by private hands. As we move towards privatisation, I agree with my colleagues especially those who have opposed this Report and more particularly hon. Nyikal, hon. Jared K’Opiyo and Kobado. I also listened to hon. Onyango K’Oyoo who painfully argued like one who really represents sugar farmers. I agree that something drastic needs to be done if we are going to privatise these sugar factories. We need to see who is going to buy them ... view
• 26 Feb 2015 in National Assembly: fundraising in my place, it is immoral even on my part as the representative of the farmers. One thing that I also would not like to see, and with all due respect to other colleagues of mine who come from probably some parts of this country I may mention, is a situation where after selling these factories, they are relocated, the sugarcane is grown in Nyanza or in Western and transported all the way to another section of this country, say Central. For example fish comes from Lake Victoria but it is transported all the way to Thika for value ... view
• 17 Feb 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker. First of all, let me apologize. I lost my card during the long recess. I also would like to wish you and my colleagues a happy New Year although it is now old. This is the first time I am finding myself in this Parliament this session. First of all, I agree with you that the Constitution spells out under the Fifth Schedule what laws need to be passed at what time to actualise the 2010 Constitution. Article 226 of the Constitution on public audit and accounts is one of those Articles that are required by ... view
• 17 Feb 2015 in National Assembly: General, then you compromise the possible recommendations that will come, or the possible regulations that would come out of this office. I also wanted to speak on Clause 20 of this Bill with concerns budgets. We all know that for any auditor to be independent, function independently and do his work without any interference or intimidation, their budget needs to be cushioned. We need to ring-fence the Auditor-General’s budget and only subject it to the people’s representatives, and that is Parliament. As it is today, it is Parliament that determines how much should be given to the Auditor-General. This law ... view
• 17 Feb 2015 in National Assembly: Clause 31 on the certification of audit processes, I see that Clause 31(1)(c) reads:- “at the conclusion of audit examination of the financial statements of each State Organ, an exit meeting shall be held at which the Auditor- General shall submit a draft management letter which shall include findings and recommendations to the accounting officer and comments of the accounting officer on the Auditor-General’s findings and recommendations and the Auditor-General shall provide a copy of the report to the substantive head of that entity, if different from the accounting officer and, the Chairperson of the governing body, where applicable.” This ... view
• 17 Feb 2015 in National Assembly: I have an issue with “a draft management letter.” A management letter is a letter on internal weakness which the auditor does to the accounting officer recommending what changes need to be done. I do not understand why we should legislate for a draft. We need to say: “The Auditor-General shall submit a management letter to the accounting officer.” Whatever the accounting officer does with that letter then becomes an issue for them. However, having a draft then a final management letter to me is giving the Auditor-General too much paper work and unnecessary processes. You know the Government is ... view
• 18 Dec 2014 in National Assembly: On a point of order, hon. Speaker. I am standing on a point of order on matters of constitutionality. I want to straightaway take you to Article 118 of the Constitution. Article 118(2) says:- “Parliament may not exclude the public, or any media from any sitting unless in exceptional circumstances the relevant speaker has determined that there are justifiable reasons for the exclusion”. This flows from Article 118(1)(b) which says:- Parliament shall facilitate public participation and involvement in the legislative and the business of Parliament and its committees. As we speak, there are a number of my constituents - and ... view
• 18 Dec 2014 in National Assembly: On a point of order, hon. Speaker. I am standing on a point of order on matters of constitutionality. I want to straightaway take you to Article 118 of the Constitution. Article 118(2) says:- “Parliament may not exclude the public, or any media from any sitting unless in exceptional circumstances the relevant speaker has determined that there are justifiable reasons for the exclusion”. This flows from Article 118(1)(b) which says:- Parliament shall facilitate public participation and involvement in the legislative and the business of Parliament and its committees. As we speak, there are a number of my constituents - and ... view
• 18 Dec 2014 in National Assembly: Looking at the Public Gallery, you can see there is no one. I want to know why my people have been stopped from accessing Parliament, whether this decision came from the Chair and what is this exceptional circumstance? This is a matter of the 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 Dec 2014 in National Assembly: Looking at the Public Gallery, you can see there is no one. I want to know why my people have been stopped from accessing Parliament, whether this decision came from the Chair and what is this exceptional circumstance? This is a matter of the 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