John Mbadi Ng'ong'o

All parliamentary appearances

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• 29 Sep 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. Allow me to take this opportunity to thank this House most sincerely for doing a job that I think is in the interest of this country. I want to thank the Leader of the Majority Party. I thank the Committee for burning midnight oil to ensure that this very important Bill is processed, transacted and dealt with in this House. Many people have been talking about universal health coverage without thinking of the processes that are leading to that. You remember - and this House will recall - that the Government even attempted to ... view
• 28 Sep 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I thank Hon. Omboko Milemba for representing teachers very well in this House. Much as I appreciate the work of the TSC - and they have been doing very good work in many areas - the Committee needs to sit down with them and rescind this. I ask myself whether 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
• 28 Sep 2021 in National Assembly: the TSC looks at the pay-slips of teachers. Our teachers are underpaid. They are suffering. Some of them have taken loans. Out of nowhere, you come up with a policy that requires them to again spend money on their improvement so as to offer services to their employer. Even here, Members of Parliament take refresher courses. We go for benchmarking. That is funded through taxpayers' money. Why would we subject teachers to pay for their refresher courses? It does not make sense at all. I hope the Chair of the Committee, Florence, will deal with this issue very fast before ... view
• 28 Sep 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. Before you put the Question on this matter which touches on Regulations that were forwarded to this House by the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) and were committed to the Committee, I wish to raise a matter of national importance which touches on the same IEBC. Over the weekend, it was variously and widely reported that the IEBC, through its Chairman, had expressed fears, went to the extent of accusing Parliament and the National Treasury for interfering with their work and that there was a possibility that the elections next year are likely to be ... view
• 28 Sep 2021 in National Assembly: That is not a matter that we can just let go. Therefore, I stand here to seek your intervention to have the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs intervene and invite the leadership of the IEBC. They will therefore, clearly tell us what they think this House has not done to help us have credible elections next year. That is not something we can gamble with. We know the consequences, if we do not properly conduct elections in this country. This country has faced those consequences in every electoral cycle. We cannot, again, sit and wait for the IEBC ... view
• 28 Sep 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Chairman, I beg to move: THAT, Clause 4 of the Bill be amended— (a) by inserting the following new paragraph immediately after paragraph (b) — (ba) in paragraph (f), by deleting the words “to advise the Minister” and substituting therefor the words “to advise the national government and county governments”; (b) in paragraph (c) — (i) by deleting the words “including communication and stakeholder engagement” appearing in the proposed new paragraph (g) and substituting therefor the words “with respect to health insurance”; (ii) by inserting the following new paragraph immediately after the proposed paragraph (g) — view
• 28 Sep 2021 in National Assembly: (ga) to administer employee benefits as provided under this Act on behalf of employers in respect of their employees; Hon. Chairman, apart from what has been carried by the Chairperson, which was also part of my amendment, there are further two amendments, which are basically to create clarity on the functions of the Board. Their function is to advise the national Government and the county governments. Is that what you proposed? No. If not, then this is another one. This is simply to take care of the current Constitution that recognises both national and county governments as opposed to when ... view
• 28 Sep 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Chairman, I think we are just slaves of history. This is because if you are talking about county governments, you will talk about CEC. The CECs are not defined in this Act. Therefore, it is more decent, tidier and neater to leave it that the advice is to the county government. The governor can choose whoever requires the advice. When it comes to the level of the national Government, there is no reason why we have to condition this advice only to the Cabinet Secretary for Health. This is because if you talk about the CS, it definitely means ... view
• 28 Sep 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Chairman, I do not think this is a very controversial thing. I can withdraw it so that we move on. view
• 28 Sep 2021 in National Assembly: No, just the first one. The proposed amendment (a). view