John Mbadi Ng'ong'o

All parliamentary appearances

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• 26 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Chairlady, even if you only give 12 names, chances are that the 12 may not find their way finally because --- view
• 26 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Chairlady, can you just allow me to make my point? I think hon. Kimunya had a point. Let us have a hypothetical situation where one political party could win all the seats. view
• 26 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Please, can you allow me make my point, hon. Martha? You also made yours. I think we have democracy. Suppose one political party wins all the seats in a county, for example, it is entitled to all nominations. You will give the names that were forwarded which were fixed. Suppose one dies, God forbid, and the Constitution says that you are supposed to use the list which had already been given, how then would you cure this? Will you allow other parties to give names? What is the problem with having more than the maximum number allowable for nomination? I ... view
• 26 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, basically, I think we are arguing too much about the same thing. I think so as to progress, we could do two things. I understand the argument of both parties. The argument of the Committee was that we do not want the Government to load the Commission with unnecessary staff that they do not require, although the Bill also takes care of that. It says that it is upon the request. The other fear that the Committee had is that the Commission would be denied the opportunity to recruit staff by being starved of funds. ... view
• 26 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Chairlady, the Committee looked at this matter critically. Let us also not appear like we want to make this inoperational. We need to legislate things that can be implemented and 75 per cent is impossible. Again, if you look at the conditions that we have put, for one to be considered a non-performer, they are very difficult that any busybody will not have an opportunity to petition and even for the court to award that petition. So, let us leave the amendment as the Chairman had proposed. view
• 26 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Chairlady, if over 50 per cent of your voters have said that you did not represent them well, it is only fair that you leave the arena for others to compete. I do not see why you should again subject your electorate to decide whether to vote for you if a few weeks ago, over 50 per cent of registers rejected you. Article 49 says so. I do not see why such a candidate or Member of Parliament after dissatisfying his constituents that much should be allowed again to stand. To me, that amendment should not be ... view
• 26 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, first of all, I would like to plead and appeal to my lady colleagues in this House. I want to put it on record that we are not fighting the one-third representation of women. I am urging the Cabinet to kindly sit next week and come up with proposals of how, in the next Parliament, we will have at, least, one-third of either gender representation in this Parliament, so that we can pass a constitutional amendment to make the operation of the one-third rule possible. Trying to put that provision in this legislation will not ... view
• 26 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I think Madam Shebesh has refused to listen properly. For any legislation to be brought to this House, especially a constitutional amendment, it requires consultations. Let us avoid this idea of telling us that some people are demonstrating. So many people have demonstrated in this country. If there are people demonstrating, demonstrations are provided for in the Constitution. There is nothing wrong. view
• 26 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am still contributing. They have raised a point of order and I am responding. What I am saying is that a demonstration is a constitutional right. Let us not look at demonstrations as a crime. Kenyans are picketing and demonstrating. That is perfectly right because we will listen to their views. We shall take their views into consideration as we debate. view
• 26 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker. view