John Mbadi Ng'ong'o

All parliamentary appearances

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• 15 Oct 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, what I said - I think the hon. Member did not listen to me - is that the President of Kenya is one Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta and he is deputized by William Ruto. They are in power. Let them investigate. They do not have to wait for NGOs to investigate for them. Why do they not bring--- view
• 14 Oct 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, sometimes I think that probably we were too generous to the Cabinet Secretaries before we understood that this was a serious commitment for them in appearing before the Committee on General Oversight but this worries me. I say this because I know you are a lawyer of repute in this country and I have no doubt about that. I have also listened to a number of lawyers including hon. Kaluma who is also a very polished lawyer. I have also listened to hon. Kajwang’ who is one of the lawyers who made me have an interest in law ... view
• 14 Oct 2014 in National Assembly: someone called Nyachae and I do not see it. In fact, we do not even share it with the President. This is solely the responsibility of the National Assembly to make amendments to Standing Orders and create committees as we so wish so long as that would result in orderly conduct of business in the House. Therefore, I ask myself where this notion; this position taken by the Attorney General and the CIC that when we create the Committee on General Oversight we are acting unconstitutionally, is coming from. view
• 14 Oct 2014 in National Assembly: It again takes me back to a period in time last year when we were worried that we were approaching June when we expected the Government Estimates of revenue and expenditure to be presented to the people of Kenya. The concern was how it would be done. Was it going to be done at the KICC? Was it going to be done at Uhuru Park or would it be done at the National Assembly? The practice across East Africa is that the Ministers of finance in the other countries read the budget before Parliament. So, we were going to be ... view
• 14 Oct 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, how then has the Attorney General since realized that what we did at that time and this one, although he is not talking about the Cabinet Secretary responsible for finance coming to the House, is not constitutional? He is only talking about this particular oversight and this then baffles me. The law is clear that Cabinet Secretaries under Article 153 would be required to come to Committees of Parliament, and those Committees are not specified in the Constitution, to answer to issues that relate to their dockets. I think that is what we have done. Let me say ... view
• 14 Oct 2014 in National Assembly: Allow me to say one thing that I wanted to say: When I listened to Mr. Nyachae threatening to take Parliament to court, the first question I asked myself is who was going to pay for that cost. He is going to hire lawyers to represent him for no reason at all. So, it is time to hold Mr. Nyachae accountable for any expenditure that is incurred unnecessarily because whatever he is going to take us to court on is something that we should not allow him to do. So, if Mr. Nyachae spends public money to satisfy his ego ... view
• 14 Oct 2014 in National Assembly: Finally, I wish the Leader of Majority Party was here but his deputy is here. There was a time I raised a concern in this House with regard to the position which was created called the “Head of Public Service.” We cannot vet Cabinet Secretaries and their boss is not vetted. I raised this concern and at that time the Leader of Majority Party did not see my point. He thought I had issues with Mr. Kinyua. He is my friend; we have interacted a lot with him when he was at the Treasury but I felt that, that position ... view
• 10 Sep 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker for giving me this opportunity to contribute to this historic moment. I call it historic because it is the first time in the history of this country that Parliament is vetting and approving nominees for various positions of ambassadors and high commissioners to our commissions abroad. I have heard people talk about age, questioning the age of Prof. Sam Ongeri among others. But for those of us who served with Prof. Sam Ongeri in this Parliament and the late hon. Michuki, we will attest to the fact that age is just but a number. Actually, I ... view
• 10 Sep 2014 in National Assembly: Yes, it is true. To sell TNA in Suba is not easy, but this gentleman did that. Secondly, it is the issue of gender. Instead of having, at least, 8 women, we have only four. This is not acceptable! I want to ask the President, if he is watching these deliberations or whoever is watching on his behalf that gender parity is necessary. You need to do it in all appointments, together with Subas being considered. In fact, in the next appointment, I would like to see someone like Mr. Jack Otana getting an appointment. Finally, I heard hon. Ichung’wah ... view
• 28 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker. I am not in the best of health today. My voice, as you can clearly hear, is not the normal voice but I hope Kenyans will bear with me. I rise to second this Motion. Ordinarily, this is a Procedural Motion but allow me first to take this opportunity to officially congratulate my two colleagues--- Hon. Kuria who was actually with me in campus at one point, although he was two years ahead of me, but we happened to have gone to school at the same time before he decided to go and study hawking as ... view