John Mbadi Ng'ong'o

All parliamentary appearances

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• 22 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I also want to appreciate your ruling, although a number of us are a bit uncomfortable, but we will live with it. Mr. Speaker, Sir, in your ruling you did indicate the practices, but I did not hear you speak to Article 256(1)(b) which we raised at the point that we were canvassing this issue, and which in my view was trying to cure some of these practices which were undesirable to the people of Kenya. It says that a Bill to amend this Constitution may not address any other matter apart ... view
• 22 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to move the following Motion:- view
• 22 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: THAT, this House adopts the report of the Parliamentary Select Committee on Cost of Living laid on the Table of the House on Tuesday, October 25, 2011. view
• 22 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I want to start by saying that I was not prepared to move this Motion, but given that I am a Member of this Committee, and that I participated actively in the sittings and deliberations of the Report, I would still be competent enough to move the Motion. view
• 22 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: I would, first of all, like to give the background to this particular Motion. The Report that we are debating today is the final Report of the Parliamentary Select Committee on cost of Living, following a preliminary Report dated 7th June, 2011 already presented to the Government by the Committee, which is also annexed to this Report. view
• 22 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, we felt that it was important for us to give a preliminary Report. This was necessitated by the fact that the creation of this Committee became necessary because there was a crisis in this country, and the crisis was with regard to the rising cost of living. Therefore, as a Committee, we felt it was important that even before we do our final Report, which would encompass some long-term measures to address this problem, it was important that we give to the Government a preliminary Report which, if acted upon, would have helped to alleviate some ... view
• 22 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: The Committee accordingly sought extension of its time twice. We are glad that this House did grant extension period of 9th June and also 4th August, 2011, to conclude the longer term aspects of its mandate. This Report has effectively responded to that need for deeper inquiry and includes specific legislative proposals which we have tasked a number of our Committee Members. If this House adopts the Report, a number of the membership of that Committee will pick various legislations to push through this House. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I do not want to go into the details of ... view
• 22 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: (viii) Interrogate the cost of staple food crops in the country, the ability of Kenyans, especially the under-privileged to afford basic foodstuffs and any existing measures to ensure all people have access to food. (ix) Establish the country’s state of preparedness to handle severe food shortages caused by among others famine and disruptions in the production and supply chain. (x) Quantify the cost of running the Government and the savings expected from any austerity measures that may be considered to reduce avoidable State expenditure. (xi) Establish the relationship between unemployment, the wage levels and the living standards of Kenyans. (xii) ... view
• 22 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Minister, Clerk of the Kenya National Assembly, PS, Ministry of State for Planning, National Development and Vision 2030, Minister for Medical Services, PS, Ministry of Public Health and Sanitation, PS, Ministry of Public Service and management of Mumias, Nzoia, SONY and Muhoroni Sugar companies. The Committee also conducted on-site fact finding missions to the following places:- National Cereals and Produce Board depot in Eldoret, Unga Millers Eldoret, Kenya Seed Company Limited, Kitale; private maize traders in Kitale and Kiminini; Kenya Petroleum Refineries Limited in Mombasa, Kenya Pipeline Corporation oil jetty in Kipevu, Mombasa and Mombasa Maize Millers; Grain Bulk Handling ... view
• 22 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, we went to Bomet where we held meetings with maize and dairy farmers and the general public. In Narok, we met wheat and maize farmers, livestock farmers and the general public. In Nyeri, we met tea and coffee farmers and the general public. At Embu, we did meet with the general public, while in Meru we met with farmers, traders and the general public. In Lodwar, we met with the pastoralists and the general public. In Lokichar, that is in Turkana County, we met pastoralists and the general public while in Kitui we met with ... view