John Mbadi Ng'ong'o

All parliamentary appearances

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• 26 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I kindly beg the House to withdraw this amendment because from the deliberations, then we move on. view
• 26 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I beg to move:- THAT, Clause 76 of the Bill be amended- view
• 26 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: (a) by renumbering the present provision as Subclause (1); and view
• 26 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: (b) by inserting the following new Subclauses after Subclause (1)- “(2) An electoral dispute under sub-section (1) shall be determined within seven days of the lodging of the dispute with the Commission. (3) Notwithstanding Subsection (2), where a dispute under sub-section (1) relates to a prospective nomination or election, the dispute shall be determined before the date of the nomination or election, whichever is applicable”. Madam Temporary Deputy Chairlady, Clause 76 talks about those electoral disputes that the IIEC can address. We are setting the timeline so that the people are not kept in suspense for a long time. view
• 26 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I am not a lawyer, but I am persuaded that this (b) is very important where it is because the vote which was procured through bribery, I believe that the judge could ask the petitioner to produce a witness and if a witness can confirm that hon. Mbadi bribed 50 voters, those 50 can be reduced from my total number of vote. That is the import of this. view
• 26 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I beg to move:- THAT, Clause 85 of the Bill be amended by inserting the words “a minor” after the words “by reason of”. view
• 26 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: This is to add the word “minor” so that the Clause can read as follows:- “No election shall be declared to be void by reason of a minor non-compliance with any written law.” view
• 26 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: This is meant to ensure that if there is significant non-compliance with the written law relating to election, then the election should be declared void. view
• 26 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I beg to move:- THAT, Clause 86 of the Bill be deleted and substituted with the following new clause- “An election court shall award the costs of and incidental to a petition and such costs shall follow the cause. “ view
• 26 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: The opinion of the Committee was that there are some Kenyans who go through election petitions and win. It is established that the mistake was with the electoral commission but they are denied the costs. So, the costs need to be paid. There were examples given. view