John Mbadi Ng'ong'o

All parliamentary appearances

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• 24 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Chairlady, he cannot inform me. This guy is an economist or industrialist! Why is he informing me and I have not allowed him to do so. The rules are that I have to say “yes” when I am to be informed. I have not said “yes”. Therefore, I do not want any information. Anyway, let me allow him to inform me. view
• 24 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: Hon. Members, we will split it, so that we have the first part and the second part. view
• 24 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: Hon. Members, we will split it, so that we have the first part and the second part. view
• 24 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Chairlady, after serious consultations with the Chair of the Constitutional Implementation Oversight Committee (CIOC), the Chair of the Defence and Foreign Relations Committee, who are my good friends; and my Chief Whip and the Minister for Finance and, surprisingly, the Minister for Transport; I wish to withdraw the amendment, so that I can leave the in-coming president to deal with the current office holder of the NIS. view
• 24 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Chairlady, after serious consultations with the Chair of the Constitutional Implementation Oversight Committee (CIOC), the Chair of the Defence and Foreign Relations Committee, who are my good friends; and my Chief Whip and the Minister for Finance and, surprisingly, the Minister for Transport; I wish to withdraw the amendment, so that I can leave the in-coming president to deal with the current office holder of the NIS. view
• 24 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I stand to oppose this amendment. I want us to listen. This is a very dangerous amendment. First of all, Clause 86(2) has already saved the current Director-General (DG) and it says: “Subject to Section 31(2) of the Sixth Schedule to the Constitution, a person who immediately before the commencement of this Act was a Director-General of the National Security Intelligence Service shall continue to hold office for the unexpired period of the term.” Madam Temporary Deputy Chairlady, if you suspend Section 7 which says: “There shall be a Director-General of the Service who shall be ... view
• 24 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I stand to oppose this amendment. I want us to listen. This is a very dangerous amendment. First of all, Clause 86(2) has already saved the current Director-General (DG) and it says: “Subject to Section 31(2) of the Sixth Schedule to the Constitution, a person who immediately before the commencement of this Act was a Director-General of the National Security Intelligence Service shall continue to hold office for the unexpired period of the term.” Madam Temporary Deputy Chairlady, if you suspend Section 7 which says: “There shall be a Director-General of the Service who shall be ... view
• 24 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I want to go by the amendment as proposed by the Attorney-General. Let us support the further amendment. What we want to cure here is where I would be working for an organization and have a company closely associated with me in a way that I can control that company and at the same time I can control the organization that I work for. Therefore, I will be able to influence the tendering. “Controlling interest” in financial parlance is very clear. It means that if there is no other person having an interest more than ... view
• 24 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I want to go by the amendment as proposed by the Attorney-General. Let us support the further amendment. What we want to cure here is where I would be working for an organization and have a company closely associated with me in a way that I can control that company and at the same time I can control the organization that I work for. Therefore, I will be able to influence the tendering. “Controlling interest” in financial parlance is very clear. It means that if there is no other person having an interest more than ... view
• 24 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, the Minister of State for Internal Security is very competent. That is why he is running two Ministries. Why has he given this responsibility to hon. Githae, the Minister for Finance, who is causing confusion in this House? Could we demand that the substantive Minister – the real Minister for internal security – who knows what security is all about, takes over and runs this business? view