John Mbadi Ng'ong'o

All parliamentary appearances

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• 13 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. The day on which this amendment Bill will pass in its current form will be a very sad day for me. The Constitution is very clear. Some of us have spoken to it. If you look at Article 249(2) (b), you will appreciate that it gives all constitutional commissions total independence. They are independent, and not subject to direction or control by any person or authority. Clause 3 of the amendment Bill seeks to delete Section 10 of the existing Act and substitute therefor the following new paragraph:- The electronic version of the Official ... view
• 13 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: “---on the recommendation of the Inspector-General and approval of the Cabinet Secretary, develop and keep under review all matters relating to human resources policies of members of the service.” view
• 13 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: Article 246 of the Constitution, clearly, defines the functions of the Commission to include recruitment and appointment of persons to hold or act in offices in the service, confirming the same appointments and determining promotions and transfers within NPS as well as observing due process and exercise disciplinary control. These provisions are clearly about human resource matters. So, what are we doing? Once we pass this amendment, we will be limiting the work of NPSC as clearly defined and provided for in the commission and subjecting the commission not only to the Inspector-General Police, but also to the Cabinet Secretary. ... view
• 13 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, you read this again with me. Clause 5 says “…which the Commission may, with the consent of the Cabinet Secretary---”. What if the Cabinet Secretary says no? It states:- “Appoint those officers and staff as may be necessary for the proper discharge of its functions under this Act.” view
• 13 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: We have so many commissions. What we do with these commissions is to approve their budgets as Parliament. Once we approve their budgets, it is the duty of the 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
• 13 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: commission to look at the desired establishment and the positions that they need to have and recruit accordingly. You cannot subject a commission to the consent of Sub-cabinet Secretary in order to make decisions of this nature. view
• 13 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I want to plead and I am happy that this House has decided to remove the “Berlin Wall” that has been around for some time. There has been this “Berlin Wall” in this House dividing the Jubilee Coalition and the CORD Coalition. Unfortunately, recently, in the case of the Ministry of Lands and the Judicial Service Commission, we decided to remove the wall. This is another case where this House needs to continue removing the walls and make decisions that are good for this country. I want to remind this House that Kimaiyo is there for ... view
• 13 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, my plea would be that these amendments are not good for this country. As a matter of fact, looking at the Memorandum of Objects and Reasons, this is a Bill that is a candidate for defeat. These amendments are making this Bill a candidate for defeat. If you want us--- I want to correct that--- Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, you were right to say that it will require six months. If we feel as a country that we need to re-introduce this Bill or a similar one, we can still do it, with the approval of ... view
• 12 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady, if it were the case of my wife, it would be very easy to deal with it because I would, as I always do, just register my property jointly with her. I am trying to protect my daughter, whose husband I do not know how he will behave. We allowed an amendment on Clause 6(c), which, in my view, is very dangerous. We are saying that the property must be jointly owned and acquired. So, those two conditions have to be met. If we do that, we have to retain paragraph (d). I know that I ... view
• 7 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker, Sir. I have listened to the programme of the week and even after, which has been articulately presented to the House by the Leader of Majority Party. I did check and realized that the VAT (Amendment) Bill or proposed VAT (Amendment) Bill has been signed by your office and that was done on 1st November, 2013. Hon. Speaker, Sir, given the importance of that Bill I would request that the House Business Committee prioritizes it as soon as it comes out of the Government Printer. That is a plea that I would put to this House. ... view