John Mbadi Ng'ong'o

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 3801 to 3810 of 7480.

• 22 Oct 2014 in National Assembly: Yes, hon. Speaker. First, I wanted to start from what you have just said. Actually, when you talk of limitation, my understanding is that you are limiting time. It can even be a day. So, really limitation does not mean reduction of time. You can decide to reduce time that is allowable under Standing Order No.97(4), or increase it and in this case we are doing the unprecedented. I think that is why it is causing a bit of confusion. We are requesting this House to increase the time allowable to speak or contribute to these two Bills. The electronic ... view
• 22 Oct 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me this opportunity to contribute to this Motion. There are a few things that I want to say with regard to this Motion. First of all, is the way this Motion is worded; that this House is urging the Government to create a fund encompassing people of all ages and gender for development of entrepreneurial skills. All ages including one-month-old child? How can we create a fund to give money to a one-month-old child? view
• 22 Oct 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, having said that, I wanted to actually to also support the Motion as moved by hon. Nicholas Gumbo. I think we need to thank and congratulate hon. Gumbo because apart from the Bill that you have just carried, I also want to carry the Companies Bill, which is actually 1,090 pages; these two Bills really are very important. This is because we have been complaining about unfriendly business environment. Without going to the details of the Companies Bill or the Insolvency Bill, this is the Bill that, after this House passes it, the business environment should be friendly ... view
• 22 Oct 2014 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, even the Uwezo Fund is very clear that for the youth, it is between 18 and 35 years and for women, it is 18 years and above. So, you cannot say people of all ages. That is wrong. But more fundamentally, I think that the Mover of this Motion failed to appreciate why the Women Enterprise Development Fund, the Youth Enterprise Development Fund and the Uwezo Fund were created. Those funds were created because we had noticed a vacuum. We had noticed that there are marginalized members of this society who needed affirmative action so that ... view
• 22 Oct 2014 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, most of the youth, especially those who are between the ages of 18 and 35, are coming out of colleges but without employment. Therefore, there is need to give capacity to those youth to use their life more productively. But when you now water down those gains that have been made by creating a universal fund, first of all, are we going to create that fund as a country? Let us face it. The problem with Kenya is that we look for quick fixes to problems. The Mover of this Motion, whom I know is a ... view
• 22 Oct 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, if we could look at the HANSARD, it would be clear that I did not use the word “useless”. I used the words 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
• 22 Oct 2014 in National Assembly: “meaningless” and “no value”. Those are not un-parliamentary words. A Motion can be of no value. I maintain my words. This Motion has no value. view
• 22 Oct 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I am glad that hon. Anami--- view
• 22 Oct 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, let me use my last minute. view
• 22 Oct 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, you are the one who interrupted me. view