John Mbadi Ng'ong'o

All parliamentary appearances

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• 6 Aug 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, this particular provision gives the Senate more powers in terms of deciding on the County Allocation of Revenue Bill. Therefore, my view would be that this House--- For us to even make amendments to any Bill, we require a two-thirds majority which is not very easy. I think this was deliberate. The role of the Senate is to determine allocation of revenue among the counties and that is the role that the people of Kenya gave it through a referendum in 2010. view
• 6 Aug 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I know that there are few provisions in this Bill that probably in our view as the Budget and Appropriations Committee should have not been there. There is the issue of trying to amend the Public Finance Management (PFM) Act. I was one of the people who were very instrumental in coming up with the Public Finance Management Act when it was still a Bill and one of the provisions we made in that Act is that, that Act will supersede any other legislation when it comes to public finance management in this country. Therefore it ... view
• 6 Aug 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I am one of the people who believe that trying to amend other Acts using different Acts is actually not very right. It is actually wrong because when you are amending the specific Act, then you take into consideration that particular Act in totality. Trying to amend Section 17 of the Public Finance Management Act through this Bill probably could contradict other provisions of the Act. I know that 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
• 6 Aug 2013 in National Assembly: when it comes to cash flow and releasing of cash to counties, it is a function of Intergovernmental Budget and Economic Council, which council incorporates all the governors and also includes even the Deputy President and the Treasury. So, when you just make amendments to that Act without considering other provisions, it is not very tidy. However, because of the time limitation, it is wrong that the Senate could keep this Bill this far too long. This Bill was with the Senate in April. Actually, there is no justification why the Senate could only send this Bill to the National ... view
• 6 Aug 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, because of that I know and I probably want to believe that what I read in the media is not true, that someone wanted to portray the National Assembly as fighting devolution. You do not need to do that. I think this country needs to move forward. This country needs to be doing things that are beneficial to the voters and not things that portray us as superior to each other. If that was the reason, then it is unfortunate. It is least expected from a House that calls itself the Upper House. If you are ... view
• 6 Aug 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, because of that and because probably someone wanted this House to appear like we are fighting devolution, I think we can pass this Bill as it is and this offending clause in the Public Finance Management Act can again be amended later. This House can do a separate amendment to the Act. So, I have contrary view to what some of my colleagues are saying; that we must make amendments today. Getting a two-thirds majority to make amendments to the County Allocation of Revenue Bill, may be a tall order. view
• 6 Aug 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, one thing that I also wanted to talk about concerning this Bill is that we had differences with the Senate over how much to allocate to counties. No one is now asking why the counties, through the governors, are requesting the national Government not to give them Kshs70 billion to pay salaries. These are some of the things we are talking about. Before you even tell us to give the Senate Kshs200 billion or Kshs300 billion - they may need even Kshs400 billion - do the costing of the functions. That is very important. Once you ... view
• 6 Aug 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, finally, I am disturbed by the way the Government through various offices is politicising devolution. I am concerned because we need to do things as per the law. We need to devolve according to the law and if something has not been devolved, say so. If it is devolved, say so. This issue about road 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
• 6 Aug 2013 in National Assembly: funds is not tidy. I think we need to be very clear on where the money for roads is. For me, I have heard some people saying that there are lucrative tenders for roads. No Member of Parliament here even in the Tenth Parliament participated in the tendering for the roads. What Members of Parliament were doing is that they were deciding that this road should get this much and this road, because of its importance, should get this much. The rest are done through the Kenya Rural Roads Authority (KERRA). That is the tendering and everything else. I never ... view
• 6 Aug 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I was saying that it may not be really palatable. Some truth needs to be told. The Cabinet that the President has is incompetent. If I was advising the President, I would have told him to dissolve this Cabinet and form a new one. This is because you cannot have a Cabinet that does not even make decisions and a Cabinet that requires you to always be calling people at State House and in Karen to make simple decisions that are already in law. This is a Cabinet that should go home and we reconstitute ... view