John Mbadi Ng'ong'o

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 3971 to 3980 of 7480.

• 23 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: Of course, if you go to the role of the Senate, you will find that it is clearly spelt out under Article 96(3). It says that the Senate determines the allocation of national revenue among counties. That is the horizontal division of revenue. view
• 23 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, as I said, since the Supreme Court pronounced itself on this matter, I think we need to respect that court and go by that verdict. I would like to say that there were two outstanding issues between the National Assembly and the Senate which required mediation. The first one was that the Senate wanted us to amend Clause 4 of the Bill to provide for adequate funding for all Level 5 hospitals through allocation to functions from the national level of Government as opposed to the county level of government. The amendment further referred to Article ... view
• 23 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, when we sat as the National Assembly, we had to argue with the Senate on that amendment with regard to what they quoted. view
• 23 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: Article 187(2) that the Senate quoted says:- “If a function or power is transferred from a government at one level to a government at the other level- (a) arrangements shall be put in place to ensure that the resources necessary for the performance of the functions or exercise of the power are transferred.” Our argument against the Senate was that the way the Article was framed, if that was the basis, then the Senate implied that Level 5 hospitals were actually a function of the national Government which are being transferred to the county. However, our feeling was that in ... view
• 23 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: is a formula the Constitution has conditioned us to. That formula is generated by no other body apart from the Commission on Revenue Allocation (CRA) and can only be amended by the Senate at any time. However, the Senate promised us that they were in the process of looking again at that formula. Therefore, we looked at the time element and realized that we did not have enough time to ask the Senate to amend and change the formula to provide funds for the Level 5 hospitals. We recognized as a Committee that despite all the problems, we have Level ... view
• 23 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: We did not agree with the Senate on this because what the Constitution requires is that for every financial year, the equitable share of revenue raised nationally shall be allocated to county governments and it shall not be less than 15 per cent of all revenue collected by the national Government. It says that this will be calculated on the basis of the most recently audited accounts. So, you must demonstrate the calculation. We insisted that somewhere, there must be a calculation of 43 per cent. Finally, I have heard a number of us talk about the mismanagement of resources ... view
• 22 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Deputy Speaker. In addition to what my good friend, hon. Gumbo and my brother in-law has just mentioned, I wanted to remind the Chair and the Deputy Speaker that immediately we elected the Speaker, you had to swear. Hon. Deputy Speaker, you swore an oath to protect the Constitution and the dignity of Parliament. view
• 22 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: I have two points which have not been mentioned, or which I want to present for your consideration when you make your ruling. First of all, what the Leader of Majority has said is misrepresentation of facts and a misapplying of the Constitution. If you strictly read Article 241, you will find that there is a clear distinction between what is referred to as emergency, or disaster, and what is unrest and instability. view
• 22 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, you do not require to be an English student or lecturer to understand that what is happening in Lamu is unrest and instability and it does not qualify to be classified as emergency or disaster. What is meant by emergency or disaster is when there are floods, earthquake and such other situations. What is happening in Lamu clearly falls under Article 241(3)(c) and there is no ambiguity. 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 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: The drafters of the Constitution decided to separate emergency situations where we could deploy our troops first and inform Parliament later from events of unrest in the country. Instability as is being experienced currently in Lamu requires parliamentary approval before the KDF personnel can be deployed. view