John Mbadi Ng'ong'o

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 3941 to 3950 of 7480.

• 31 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you hon. Speaker. The Constitution Implementation Oversight Committee has a responsibility to work on behalf of this House to ensure that the Bills that are needed to implement the Constitution, especially those set out in the Schedule to the Constitution, are brought to the House within a record time. Looking at the three Bills for which we are required to reduce the publication period--- To me, Public Service is one of those areas of contention in this country in terms of inclusivity and how best we should manage the public sector without allowing public service employees to be victimized ... view
• 31 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: I cannot overemphasize what hon. Amina Abdala has spoken to. When the quality of the Bills that we pass in this House becomes a subject of public debate, it is this House that takes the blame. We know very well that the process of generating Bills involves getting a lot of contributions from many players. As we make a decision in this House, we should look at the implications. I would, therefore, urge that this House seriously opposes the reduction of the publication period and gives this Bill sufficient time. view
• 31 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: It does us no harm, really, to extend time by one month, so that we end up with quality Bills. If we extend time, then this House should go on recess; by the time we come back committees will have looked at these Bills, and then we engage on these Bills appropriately. Finally, allow me to raise two important issues to the Constitution Implementation Oversight Committee. Without casting aspersions I know hon. Baiya, who is a good friend of mine--- I worked with him; I sat with him in this Committee in the last Parliament, and he knows very well ... view
• 31 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: Bill that we require to reform what used to be called the Provincial Administration. I think this House needs to dispose of this subject and decide how we integrate the so called Provincial Administration into the new system. I would urge the Chair to look into that. Finally, looking at the functions of this Committee, I tend to think that it is narrowing its functions to only the first responsibility they have in the Constitution; that responsibility is preparation of legislation required by the Constitution. But there is a more fundamental responsibility, in my, view placed on this Committee, but ... view
• 31 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker. I actually wanted to remind my good friend, hon. (Eng) Gumbo, that I was actually a Minister close to nine months. That is quite significant. Actually, if you remember the time of Moi, it used to be even shorter. You could be a Minister for two months. I do not have any award from the State and I have made contributions. Someone who got 2940 votes, to be exact, has such titles. Anyway, thank hon. Speaker. Now, getting back to the point, I have been listening to the Mover of the Bill, the Leader of Majority ... view
• 31 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I did a summary, I did not carry the Bill with me. I did not need to carry that huge document with me. view
• 31 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: What I am saying is that when we make such amendments, then what are we doing? First, it is unconstitutional, two; it is not a good practice. There is also a proposed amendment to allow NIS not to seek court order to get to our private property. That I also feel is wrong. As a House, we decided to make that provision in law, so that these bodies that have been misused over the years by the Executive to harass politicians and innocent Kenyans are not used again to abuse those powers. I happy that the Leader of Majority Party ... view
• 31 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: If you do the same to the civil society, then you are taking this country several steps backwards and we had made good steps forward. view
• 31 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, the other amendment that I find interesting is the amendment to the Salaries and Remuneration Commission Act, which hon. Gumbo has spoken to. One of the functions of this Commission is to help this country cut on the wage bill. You cannot do that when you are increasing the wage bill yourself. One of the functions of this Commission was to help in setting up the salaries for State officers, which it has done. The only other task remaining is to review the salary structures for other public servants and advise the Government. We are aware ... view
• 31 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: Then, what would this Commission be doing in office from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. every day? The possibility is that when these people have nothing to do they are going to interfere with the work of the secretariat. You will find them involved in procurement and the day to day running of the Commission, which was not the intention of the people who passed the various Acts to set up this Commission. It is not even the intention of the Constitution. Therefore, we need to tell the Salaries and Remuneration Commission that they must be part time as we ... view