John Mbadi Ng'ong'o

All parliamentary appearances

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• 11 Jun 2013 in National Assembly: Judiciary and the National Government came up with different formats of the Budget process. We advise that the law contemplates that the Cabinet Secretary responsible for Finance needs to bring to this House policies and rules that will govern the budget- making process so that there is a difference in the next financial year when we embark on the next Budget cycle which will begin by 30th August, this year. view
• 11 Jun 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, Sir, after this House approves these estimates today or immediately thereafter, we expect the Cabinet Secretary, within 21 days, to consolidate and publish in the Kenya Gazette and also make it public in the media for Kenyans to know which Budget we have passed. We hope that the Cabinet Secretary will make sure that, that particular provision of the Act is followed to the letter. view
• 11 Jun 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, Sir, I know that on Thursday we expect the Cabinet Secretary to come to this House and make policy highlights and spell out revenue raising measures, if we adjust our Standing Orders. He will spell out how exactly we will finance the Kshs1.6 trillion Budget that we have. This is not a small Budget but a record Budget. However, my only concern is that this Budget over-relies on the possibility of changing or amending the Value Added Tax Bill. Unless this Bill that is before this House is passed, we are not likely to raise the over Kshs900 ... view
• 11 Jun 2013 in National Assembly: That being the case, in the event that that VAT Bill will not be passed in its current form, then we run a risk of failing as a country to realize the revenue that we have projected to realize. In that case, we will either fail to implement some of the development projects or alternatively, we will have to borrow more either domestically or externally. You know the risk of domestic borrowing. This is because we will cloud the private sector from the market. view
• 11 Jun 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, Sir, some questions have been asked. I have heard some people raise the question on why we took away Kshs4 billion from the Treasury meant for constitutional implementation. The answer is simple. I remember sometime in 2011, before most of the commissions that we have today were put in place; that is before the various Acts setting these commissions were put in place, we decided to provide a solid line item or a block item in our Estimates. That is under the Treasury. That was so, so that the moment the commissions are in place the money would ... view
• 11 Jun 2013 in National Assembly: The Treasury has continued to carry along that Budget line even after various commissions are already in place; actually all of them that are contemplated in the Constitution are in place. Therefore, there was no need to budget under the Treasury a block figure for constitutional implementation because those amounts go to the line ministries. That is why the Departmental Committee concerned advised that we re- allocate that fund and I think it is perfectly in order. However, that raises the question of carefulness. If the Treasury can make such provisions which should not be there in the first place, ... view
• 11 Jun 2013 in National Assembly: Finally, I want to revisit the issue of how much goes to the county. I think this country needs to get the full detail of these things. The issue of Kshs210 billion and 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
• 11 Jun 2013 in National Assembly: Kshs258 billion---This is why sometimes I see dishonesty from the Senate, and with all due respect to the Senate, they are talking about the Kshs258 billion like it is a figure they have objectively derived from somewhere. The truth of the matter is that the Kshs258 billion is not new. This figure was arrived at by the Commission on Revenue Allocation (CRA). The Kshs238 billion was unconditional or sharable amount to be devolved while Kshs20 billion was conditional grant. What happened is that the CRA had a meeting with the Treasury, and that is what we were informed as a ... view
• 11 Jun 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, Sir, budget-making process is give and take. It is a consensus kind of process. So, once the National Assembly was given these figures, we were persuaded that for the first year the capacity is still lacking when the counties are setting up structures and that there is need to allocate them money but next year we will not tell them “because you failed to absorb, we are reducing your budget”. In fact, it is in the interest of the counties not to ask for too much in the first year. I am speaking this with authority as an ... view
• 11 Jun 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, our responsibility as elected leaders is not to look at governors and see them as mini-presidents in the counties. No! We want to ask them to do things that Kenyans wanted – Kenyans wanted devolution for a reason. They wanted devolution because the money that was lying idle in Nairobi was not benefiting anyone. If it was, only a few were benefitting. We do not want to devolve such inefficiency and ineffectiveness to our counties. view