John Mbadi Ng'ong'o

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 5241 to 5250 of 7480.

• 30 May 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to thank the Prime Minister for the two Statements. However, my clarifications will be on the progress of the implementation of the new Constitution. I am concerned about the two Bills that the Prime Minister has rightly pointed out that are at the heart of the constitutional implementation. They are the County Governments Bill and more specifically the Public Finance Management Bill because of the revenue funds for the county governments. These Bills had an 18 months deadline. These Bills are before the House but there is a requirement that we extend the time ... view
• 30 May 2012 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. My point of order is on a different matter. The Public Audit Act is very clear that the Controller and Auditor- General, who is now the Auditor-General, shall prepare a report on audit conducted by his office and submit to the Minister for Finance. That is provided for in Section 9. Clause 10 says that the Minister shall lay each report, under Section 9, before the National Assembly not later than seven days after the National Assembly first meets after the Minister has received the report. I have information that the Auditor-General ... view
• 30 May 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I believe that, that report has not been tabled in the House up to today, which is way past the seven-days deadline. view
• 30 May 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, Sub-section 2 of Section 10 says that if the Minister fails to lay the report before the National Assembly as required under this Section, the Controller and Auditor General shall forthwith submit a copy of the Report to the Speaker of the National Assembly to be presented by him to the National Assembly. So, I am urging the Chair to take advantage of that provision so that we can have the advantage of having the Auditor-General’s report tabled in the House to be committed to the Public Accounts Committee for the eventual disposal by the House. view
• 30 May 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, fundamental as the issues raised by hon. Khalwale are, I want to remind the Chair that we are not working in a vacuum. We have the law with us. We have the rules. view
• 30 May 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I said that because it was your ruling which was sought. view
• 30 May 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, let me then remind the House that we are not working in a vacuum. We have the rules with us – rules which were passed in this House. I would have expected that hon. Khalwale and hon. Mungatana would have raised the concerns that they are raising today when we were debating the rules because the rule is very clear that a party shall nominate for election under these rules any number of candidates not exceeding three times. So, as long as the number you have brought to us is not more than three times your slot, ... view
• 30 May 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, finally, I want to address the issue that hon. Bonny Khalwale addressed with regard to fairness and competitiveness. In terms of fairness, I remember that this exercise started by placing adverts in the media, inviting applications from members of the public. In the advertisement, it was indicated specifically that if you want to represent the ODM side of the Grand Coalition, you must apply, indicating so. So, interested parties were required to apply, specifying which political parties they wanted to represent. That is openness. Mr. Speaker, Sir, a number of Kenyans applied. Sixty-five people applied to represent ... view
• 30 May 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, if I am not going to speak to that matter, then I have concluded my contribution. view
• 30 May 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am obliged but these rebel Members of ODM should be attending Parliamentary Group meetings, if they still want to be considered when the ODM is making decisions. Nobody will help them when they are out there, and when they do not attend Parliamentary Group meetings. view