John Mbadi Ng'ong'o

All parliamentary appearances

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• 1 Dec 2021 in National Assembly: I have not. view
• 1 Dec 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to contribute and register my thanks to the President’s Speech yesterday. We are all aware that this is a requirement of the Constitution. Article 132 of the Constitution is specific and requires the President to once every year, report, in an Address to the Nation, on measures that have been taken and progress made in terms of realising provisions of Article 10 of the Constitution on the principles and values of governance. So, we expected the President to fulfil, as a bare minimum, some elaboration on devolution, national unity, the rule ... view
• 1 Dec 2021 in National Assembly: State of the Nation Address President Uhuru Kenyatta will give to the people of Kenya. Therefore, it is in order and appropriate for him to also tell the country loudly, when the whole world is watching, what he has done. It cannot be denied that this Government has performed well in terms of infrastructural development, including roads, railway and port improvement. We would be very mean to President Uhuru Kenyatta, if we said that he has done little. He has done a lot. The only thing Kenyans have been talking about, and that is where I feel a little disappointed ... view
• 1 Dec 2021 in National Assembly: Deputy President, what about if we had an active Deputy President, very cooperative working with the President? Probably, we could have achieved 15 per cent. That takes me to this fundamental question which we must talk about. For us to have stability in this country, there is need to ask ourselves, going forward, the experiment we saw with the President and the Deputy President, is it what we want to see again in this country? If we are not going to amend our Constitution, then presidential candidates need to think twice and get their deputies or running mates with a ... view
• 1 Dec 2021 in National Assembly: said that they have done very well in universal healthcare. They have made tremendous progress with the support of this House. He also talked about food security and why he thinks they have not achieved. Not all objectives set will be met. However, if you feel the President does not perform, say so and stick to that lane. Hon. Speaker, you cannot say today that you did nothing and tomorrow change to again say that the Government has done very well. The following day, you are telling us that you will ride on your good achievement to win my next ... view
• 1 Dec 2021 in National Assembly: With those many remarks, I want to end my statement by saying that I thank the President for being candid, honest, and truthful. He opened his heart and even expressed his frustrations to us especially on the BBI. We will revisit the BBI once we assume power next year. There are good provisions in that document that we cannot let go. How can some constituencies like Othaya die? We must ensure that Othaya is protected even after the next general election. Thank you, Hon. Speaker. view
• 14 Oct 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. Indeed, this is a very critical moment in the history of this Parliament. This is one of those occasions when the National Assembly is being called upon to rise to the occasion when there is a problem affecting the lives of Kenyans. We would not be where we are today if the prices of petroleum products were not increased by the regulatory authority that has been tasked with the responsibility of continuously coming up with prices. However, I want to thank the Member who first brought this Petition to the House, Hon. Mule. I ... view
• 14 Oct 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, just allow me a minute to conclude. I agree with the suggestions made, and I do not agree with the immediate former Leader of the Majority Party. When we make decisions, we must take responsibility. The immediate former Leader of the Majority Party and I supported the 8 per cent VAT increase on petroleum products, and we cannot run away from that fact and say it is bad. When we were supporting it we were people of sound mind. We were adults and Members of Parliament. I still believe we need to tax petroleum products but ... view
• 13 Oct 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I rise to second this Motion which is basically realigning or assigning Members to other new assignments. There is no Member who has been de-whipped or removed completely from a committee as it has previously happened in certain instances. From my side, the Minority Side, there are only two changes, where we have moved, Hon. Ali from the Departmental Committee on Energy to Departmental Committee on Education and Research and placed Hon. Oimeke who is, let me say, a new Member in the House. He has never been assigned any committee before. So, the MP for ... view
• 13 Oct 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I know Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah is assuming his new role of opposition to Government, but he should do it within our Standing Orders and with respect to other Members of Parliament. As far as I am concerned, there is no conflict of interest regarding Hon. Oimeke coming into the Departmental Committee on Energy, because he no longer works in the energy sector. He is now a Member of Parliament. All of us have worked in various places before. By the way, departmental committees oversee the continuous activities of ministries, not the audited accounts, which is the work of ... view