John Mbadi Ng'ong'o

All parliamentary appearances

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• 1 Sep 2011 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. view
• 1 Sep 2011 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I want to seek the following clarifications from the Leader of Government Business and the Chair of the House Business Committee. It is now over eight months since the controversy in this Committee began. The functions of this Committee have been transferred to another Committee, which is a great burden to the other Committee. However, those functions have been discharged fairly effectively by that Committee. I am aware, and I am sure the Leader of Government Business is aware that one party of the Coalition has withdrawn its Membership from ... view
• 1 Sep 2011 in National Assembly: Thank you Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. The clarification I am seeking is: When Ambassador Francis K. Muthaura, Permanent Secretary and Secretary to the Cabinet wrote this letter to give these directives, was the Government aware that this House is supposed to legislate on the operations, functions, structures and content of the county governments as spelt out under Schedule Five? If so, after the PS issued that circular, has he not pre-empted what this House is likely to legislate on? Finally, when Ambassador Francis Muthaura wrote this letter, were there consultations within the Government, knowing very well this is a ... view
• 1 Sep 2011 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. Is it in order for the Minister to mislead this House when the letter written, the headline of the letter from Ambassador Muthaura, without going into the content is:- “Roll Out of Devolved Governments” “Staffing of County Offices” That is without reading the details. What does that tell the Minister? Even if the intention was different, is it in order for him to mislead us when the title of the letter is very clear on what the Central Government is doing? It wants to take staff to the devolved governments! view
• 30 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I am rising on a point of order to seek your guidance and ruling on the Motion that is before us. The Minister has moved a Motion, but I remember that this House passed a Budget Committee report. It was adopted by this House, and it recommended that we give more funds to the Ministry’s budget to buy cancer equipment and machines. That has not been included in the Vote of Medical Services. I need your guidance because this House needs to be sure that whatever we pass, or adopt, as a ... view
• 30 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. First of all, I would like to appreciate the guidance that I got from the Chair. Looking at the Motion that is before us, which states that a sum not exceeding a specific amount be issued from the Consolidated Fund--- I have an issue with this as a matter of obeying the Constitution. If you look at Article 206 of the Constitution, specifically at Article 206(2), there are three ways through which Parliament can authorize withdrawal of funds from the Consolidated Fund; I want to read the relevant part which states that: ... view
• 30 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, asking this House to approve withdrawal of funds from the Consolidated Fund via a Motion, is unconstitutional. view
• 30 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: I want to also add that my other concern is if you look at Article 221 of the Constitution, it is very clear that this Parliament now has an added responsibility in the Budget making process. I say this because Parliament is required to listen to the people of Kenya and incorporate the representations from the people of Kenya in the Budget Committee report. Once that is done and this House adopts it, it is unconstitutional to have this House again approve figures that are contrary to what this House adopted as having come from the Budget Committee. So, even ... view
• 30 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. view
• 30 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Thank you Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise to oppose the Motion. I am pleading with this House to stop the Executive from proceeding the way they are. The people of Kenya, on 4th August, 2010, voted for a new Constitution. They voted for a new Constitution because they felt that they wanted a change in the way things were being done. The people of Kenya also wanted a change in public finance management in this country. That is why the Constitution we have has given the budget making process to Parliament to drive it. That is because we are ... view