John Mbadi Ng'ong'o

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 5831 to 5840 of 7480.

• 22 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Rachel Shebesh, hon. Nkoidila ole Lankas, hon. Eseli Simiyu, Shakila Abdalla and, finally, hon. Joyce Laboso. This report was adopted unanimously and the recommendations herein were arrived at after thorough consultations with all the targeted stakeholders. It is my pleasure to commend and commit this report to the House for adoption. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I just want to mention a few findings. It is important to note at the beginning that in all the places where the Committee has interacted with Kenyans through open public hearing, one strong message that has been consistent is that the citizens of ... view
• 22 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: cause of fuel shortage in early May, 2011, and many other things which I may not mention at this time due to constraints of time. We did meet with officers from the Ministry of Energy led by the Permanent Secretary. We also met with the Minister and we had a very fruitful discussion. The Permanent Secretary attributed the high cost of fuel on the rising international crude oil prices. He talked about the weak value of the Kenyan currency to the dollar and the turmoil in the Middle East. It also emerged from the Ministry of Energy officials that the ... view
• 22 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: When we were discussing with the various stakeholders, Ministry and the various marketers, we were also agreeing on some things which could be corrected. Ours was not just to collect information and compile a report but we were also trying to look at how we could fix some of these issues. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, in discussing with the oil sector stakeholders identified above, the following measures were identified that would help reduce the cost of fuel and ensure consistency in supply, both in the short term and long term:- (i) Introduction or enforcement of strict penalties for storing ... view
• 22 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: from 3.8 in 2010 as I mentioned earlier to a high of 12.95 in May 2011 and the fall in the value of the Kenya Shilling against the main foreign currencies. The Committee sought clarifications on the following specific issues:- (i) How the tax system could benefit Kenyans and how quickly the proposed Excise tax waiver on oil products such as paraffin and diesel could be effected. (ii) How the Government could deal with any possible existing cartels in the maize sector. (iii) How the CBK and KRA were dealing with the issues of climate change if any and, effects ... view
• 22 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: constitute part of the Committee’s recommendations and should accordingly be considered alongside these recommendations offered here. The Committee strongly recommends the Government to expedite those 21 preliminary recommendations in addition to the final ones that are based on the analysis of the findings of the Committee. view
• 22 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Committee prepared a Motion to revive the Kenya Farmers Association (KFA). This Motion was moved by the Chairman of the Committee on the cost of living requesting the Government, through the Ministry of Agriculture, to extend a grant of Kshs1.3 billion to KFA. It was discussed and adopted by Parliament on Wednesday, 17th August, 2011. The Committee, therefore, recommends that the Committee on Implementation takes over this matter to ensure that the Government allocates this money to KFA immediately as resolved by Parliament. We will not go into the details of why this is ... view
• 22 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: We have talked about strategic oil reserve. I do not want to go into the details. We have also talked about inefficiency at the Mombasa Port. There is a paragraph on that. We have also mentioned about Kenya Petroleum Refineries, what needs to be done. I will not read the details. view
• 22 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, dealing with oil cartels in the oil industry, I think I should mention that the Government should operationalize the Competition Act and establish a strong and independent competition authority to address the cartel like tendencies prevalent in the energy sector. The authority should develop regulations that restrict what each player can and cannot do so that a single individual does not undertake importation, marketing and operation of retail pump station, to prevent monopolistic tendencies. We have also talked about the role of the National Oil Corporation of Kenya. I think something needs to be done ... view
• 22 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: On taxes on kerosene and diesel, I want to mention that to cut down the burden of the high cost of living to low income Kenyans, the Government should reduce the taxes imposed on diesel and zero-rate kerosene. That is well articulated, and I would only urge that even as we do that, I think it is also important to increase expenditure on the poor by, may be, making cash transfers. view
• 22 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, on the cereal sub-sector, a number of recommendations have been made about the Agricultural Finance Corporation and many other agencies, which I have already mentioned but it is important to note that Kenya has not filled its strategic grain reserve. So, we need to work towards that. view