John Mbadi Ng'ong'o

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• 21 Sep 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. First, allow me to sincerely thank you very much for bringing the Petition that was forwarded to you by concerned Kenyans and also allowing Hon. Mule to bring a Petition. I thank Hon. Mule for taking up this matter. It is a clear demonstration that Hon. Mule knows what to do. I have seen many of my colleagues addressing this matter outside the precincts of Parliament even though we were on recess. The right place to deal with this matter is on the Floor of the National Assembly, not in funerals. Mourning and complaining with Kenyans ... view
• 21 Sep 2021 in National Assembly: necessary. We need them for the development of our roads. That is a fact. However, it could be that we are putting some petroleum levy funds somewhere to use when the fuel prices go up or the shilling is depreciating and the dollar is becoming stronger against our local currency. In that sense, the levy may not be necessary as part of or as a component of the cost of petroleum products. Hon. Speaker, this is a matter which the Committee needs to deal with urgently, and bring the report to the House. If there will be any amendment, which ... view
• 1 Sep 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. Let me also join my colleagues in praising and thanking the Committee for a job well done. I also thank the Chairlady of the Committee, Hon. Florence Mutua, who is a prominent member of my party. The way the Report has been drafted is orderly and very easy to read. I also want to thank the Clerk Assistant of this Committee for drafting a properly arranged Report. Sometimes we get reports that are very difficult to read, or which you really require time to make anything out of them. I just want to say a couple ... view
• 1 Sep 2021 in National Assembly: others with master’s degrees and in relevant fields. Four of them have solid education backgrounds and one has extensive knowledge in human resource and organisational behaviour, as my colleagues have rightly observed. The second thing that we may need to look at is fairness in the entire process. The process began with applications from 299 Kenyans. Out of that, the panel shortlisted 35 qualified Kenyans, who were then interviewed and 12 names forwarded to the President. If you look at the list of the 12 names, you realise that the President has picked Nos. 2, 3, 4, 6 and 7. ... view
• 1 Sep 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I also want to thank Hon. Duale for bringing up this matter, so that the House would engage its mind on it. Hon. Duale has specifically sought your intervention and probably ruling on how we should proceed with various legislations that are before this House, namely, the proposed constitutional amendments. We have a number of them. I do not want to discuss the rulings and the judgments of the courts, the Court of Appeal and the High Court, because if we were to do that, then we would need to follow another procedure. However, I would ... view
• 1 Sep 2021 in National Assembly: enactment of the 2010 Constitution that cannot be taken away. Therefore, whatever the courts have said and whatever the rulings of the various judges, the power to legislate must remain with this House. That is my starting point. Secondly, following in line with what the Leader of the Majority party has said, if we can have a Constitution that the people cannot amend, in my view, that becomes constitutional slavery. I do not think the people of Kenya are ready to be put to slavery of whatever kind. Therefore, regardless of what the judges and the courts have said, the ... view
• 1 Sep 2021 in National Assembly: Finally, because a lot has been said and I do not want to go into the substance and discuss the issues that were brought up, how on earth would one imagine that we have a Constitution that Parliament cannot amend? All the Parliaments in the world amend constitutions and so it cannot be that people’s representatives can only make statute amendments and not amendments to the supreme law. We can. That is why we are the peoples’ representatives. There is that safeguard of protecting certain clauses which is, again, basic in many jurisdictions. People have called it names such as ... view
• 1 Sep 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I also want to support the Motion to approve the four commissioners to join the other commissioners. The courts have declared that this Commission is not properly constituted although, again, we ask fundamental questions as to whether a lot of illegalities have happened in this country as a result of that decision by the courts, but that is subject for another day. I think we have, as a country, been a bit careless and negligent by allowing ourselves to run for months or a very long period of time without a properly constituted commission. The interviews ... view
• 1 Sep 2021 in National Assembly: certain significant and major decisions, including staff realignment. I have information that a lot of staff realignment has taken place at the IEBC. We want these four commissioners to get on board the IEBC, sit down with the other three and correct any misdeeds that the three commissioners have probably done. If that is done, we will be happy with the process. Something else that I wanted to point out to the four commissioners as they join the Commission is that the integrity of the election is important. The process leading to the election is as important for the integrity ... view
• 1 Sep 2021 in National Assembly: hope they are going to get into this Commission and do a job that is transparent, work that will be verifiable, and work that Kenyans can support. As to the fate of the other three commissioners, I know there are people who have said we have called for those commissioners to go home, et cetera. I chair a party. My party has not pronounced itself on what to do with those three commissioners. Probably we will, because I am not the sole decision maker. What I know is that if the outcome of an election that you preside over has ... view