John Mbadi Ng'ong'o

All parliamentary appearances

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• 4 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I am really not so concerned about the ICC or whatever but, the point of order I want to raise is this: Our Standing Orders talk about statements of facts. The Leader of Majority Party has spoken very affirmatively and with confidence that the Commission was involved in coaching the witnesses for the ICC. Could I ask the Leader of Majority Party to substantiate that serious allegation leveled against a commission which does not have the capacity to defend itself on the Floor of this House? If he cannot substantiate that, then he has no choice but to ... view
• 4 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: On a point of order, hon. Speaker. Though I am reluctant to interrupt the General - you can see the way he is looking at me and I am almost getting scared. I know the General might not win this war now. The General keeps on reading a document here, which I am not sure whether it is admissible. This needs to be confirmed by the Chair; whether the document that the General is reading is admissible. Otherwise, this House will be entertained by an inadmissible document. So, could we have the document first certified and then we can gladly ... view
• 27 Feb 2014 in National Assembly: On a point of order, hon. Speaker. I wish our colleagues, the 47 county MPs--- view
• 27 Feb 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I wish our colleagues, the 47 county MPs would just exercise some patience and relax. I know this Bill has taken a bit of time but my issue was with regard to what the Leader of Majority Party said, it is correct that this Bill has been with us for some time and consultations have been going on, which have now gone on for too long. However, it is not correct to say that we can only proceed in concurrence with the Treasury. What the law says is that we proceed having taken into consideration the Treasury’s recommendations. ... view
• 27 Feb 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker. I appreciate the Statement by the Leader of Majority Party. My only concern, which I would request the Leader of Majority Party to pass to the House Business Committee, is that there are some Bills, like my VAT Amendment Bill - I thank the House Business Committee for putting it in the Order Paper. But the way it has been placed in the Order Paper makes it almost impossible to transact. You put other Bills ahead of it. This Bill, if it is not passed within a reasonable time, it will be of no value to ... view
• 27 Feb 2014 in National Assembly: amendment became necessary. So, I request the House Business Committee next week, to consider giving it priority so that, at least, we can transact it. Thank you. view
• 27 Feb 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I support this amendment because I believe this is a progressive amendment. I was concerned that we are subjecting the Commission to the consent of the Cabinet Secretary, which would have compromised the independence of the Commission in terms of appointing or hiring the officers and staff. So, if we get this right, then the amendment by my sister, Hon. Millie, which also would have been a better improvement on this particular clause, in the event that this amendment by the Committee did not come earlier--- So, I support. The electronic version of the Official Hansard ... view
• 27 Feb 2014 in National Assembly: Yes! view
• 27 Feb 2014 in National Assembly: For the time being, we only have one MP for Suba. In the next Parliament, we will have one for Suba North and another for Suba South, so there will be two MPs from Suba in the 12th Parliament. I pray that I will be one of them. view
• 27 Feb 2014 in National Assembly: I want to oppose this amendment. Listening to hon. Gikaria, I tend to be persuaded that we should allow the proposed amendment of a quorum of six to proceed. Truly, first of all, for one to be a member of a Commission, we must raise the threshold for quorum, so that if they are not performing, we dissolve it and have a new one. Again, hon. Gikaria said, we do not want a situation whereby only those who are in the police force are in attendance because we wanted to reform the police service through this Bill. So, I oppose. view