John Mbadi Ng'ong'o

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 6171 to 6180 of 7480.

• 26 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I beg to move:- THAT clause 108 of the Bill be amended by inserting the following new subclause after Subclause (2)- “(3) A person who is convicted of an offence under this Act shall not be eligible for election or nomination in an election under this Act for a period of ten years following the date of conviction”. view
• 26 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Chairlady, we realized that people get involved in many election irregularities knowingly and cause a lot of harm to this country. Therefore, if you have been convicted of an offense, you should be barred from contesting for a period of not less than ten years following the date of conviction. view
• 26 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Madam Temporary Deputy Chairlady. The Bill is very clear. It says a person who contravenes a provision in this Act. So, this is not another offence that is not in the Act. It is already provided for. It is the offences under the Act. If you are convicted as a result of committing an offence under the Act, then whatever we are proposing will apply. view
• 26 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I beg to move:- THAT, Clause 109 of the Bill be amended by inserting the following new subclause after Subclause (2)- “(3) A member of the Commission or any person designated by the Commission shall have the power to impound or to order the impounding of any state resources that are used in an election campaign”. We have been complaining about the misuse of State resources in campaigns. This is meant to make sure that we do not lament why the Election Commission cannot take action and yet, they have no way of taking action. We ... view
• 26 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Chairlady, there is no harm if the same law is repeated. It is superfluous. view
• 26 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I beg to move:- THAT clause 111 of the Bill be further amended in paragraph (z) of Subclause (1) by inserting the words “with reasonable grounds” after the word “provide”. view
• 26 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: This is just to add with “with reasonable grounds” before the word “provide” so that the election can also only be postponed with reasonable grounds. view
• 26 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I have to support. Certainly, in matters of English Language, I am sure hon. Orengo is better than me. If it were matters of calculations, I would not have accepted. view
• 26 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I want to say one thing. Let us not attempt to cure a fundamental problem by having a poor legislation. Let us not have a lazy kind of way of fixing this. Let us have a way of having this matter discussed properly. You cannot legislate on how the Electoral Commission is going to manage elections. view
• 26 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Chairlady, this amendment, by all standards is lazy because it is not helping anything. If you attempt to solve a problem in a way that is not solving it, then you are lazy. That is a lazy way of doing it. view