John Mbadi Ng'ong'o

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 5631 to 5640 of 7480.

• 21 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, first of all, Article VII which sets out the Summit, which is the apex or highest body in terms of Inter-governmental relations, talks about the membership being the President or his Deputy and the 47 Governors. I would propose that we also include, as a permanent member of this Summit, the Cabinet Secretary in charge of Inter-governmental relations. This is because I think there will be need to have some information. This Ministry will be put specifically to work towards harmonizing the workings of the various county governments. So, I recommend that we probably include ... view
• 21 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, on the secretariats, and this even touches on the issue of the county secretary, which we debated earlier, I think we need to be specific on the qualifications. This is because these are very key positions in the county. We need to be very sure of what qualifications even the secretary responsible for the technical committee needs to have. view
• 21 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, there is a point that hon. Mungatana made, which I think needs to be re-emphasized and probably, put into the right perspective. Even as we create bodies to harmonize the various relationships amongst the counties and with the national government, we need to be careful lest we put a lot of strain and crowd out development at the county level, and have a lot of recurrent expenditure. When you talk of the technical committee or council being given the powers to create county working groups or committees, we need to control this. We need to ... view
• 21 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, Article 26 talks about the transfer of power and functions from the national Government to the county government and vice-versa. If you are transferring powers from the national Government to county governments, you need not only to notify the National Assembly, but also include the Senate. This is because the Senate’s role is to guard and protect the interests of the counties. Therefore, any recommendation of transfer of powers and functions, either from the national Government to county governments or vice-versa, you need to notify the Senate as well. view
• 21 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, on the issue of dispute resolution, the Bill has identified two types of conflicts. One, a dispute may arise between the national Government and county governments. Also, disputes may arise among the county governments themselves. We need to be clear that if there are disputes between the national Government and county governments, then that should go to the Summit if we are going to retain the two bodies. But if it is between the county governments, then that needs to go to the council. This needs to be very clear in the Bill so as ... view
• 21 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to again re-emphasize that, if possible, I would support hon. Mungatana’s view that we need to reduce the number of these bodies. This is because if you look at their functions, truly they can be harmonized and collapsed. view
• 21 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, finally, because of time, I want to ask the Government and probably, Members of Parliament, to propose an amendment to be very clear on what is to be done to the provincial administration. I think, as a country, we need to stop this cat and mouse game that we are playing with the provincial administration. It is either we have them or we do not have them. If you look at the Constitution, it is very clear that we have executive powers at two levels of Government; the national Government and county government. This, therefore, ... view
• 21 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, with those very many remarks, I beg to support the Bill. view
• 21 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I am sure you heard hon. Mureithi allege that hon. Musila was allocating some land. Could we get to understand how this happened and when? Did he do this when he was a Minister, Member of Parliament or has he at anytime worked in the Ministry of Lands to allocate this land? Could we get some clarification, because these things go on record? view
• 21 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. It was not my intention to interrupt the good professor. However, this Statement was requested by Mr. Eugene Wamalwa who is currently in the Justice and Legal Affairs Committee transacting business. The Statement sounds very specific. Probably, it would have benefited this House if the hon. Member who had requested for this Statement was present, so that we can benefit from what he knows about the issue. view