John Mbadi Ng'ong'o

All parliamentary appearances

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• 15 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, Hon. Speaker. I stand here, indeed, with a very heavy heart to convey my condolences to the family, relatives, friends and, of course, the great people of Gem Constituency, and to pay tribute to a fallen hero who was also a very good friend of mine, a comrade, political mentor and a reliable stalwart, a Member of my Party, the Orange Democratic Movement, (ODM), the late Hon. Washington Jakoyo Midiwo. Even adding the article ‘the’ and following it with ‘late’ is very difficult for me to pronounce before the name “Washington Jakoyo Midiwo”. I got to ... view
• 15 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: During his time in this House, we all remember that Midiwo served in various House committees, but I want to single out the Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning, and the Joint Committee on Parliamentary Broadcasting and Library. He also served in the House Business Committee by virtue of his position in the leadership of the House. He also served in the Departmental Committee on Defence and Foreign Relations, among others. I am reminded that he also served in the Members Services Committee. view
• 15 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Jakoyo served as the Whip of the ODM in this House from 15th January 2008 to 2013. Later on, after being re-elected for the third time under the new Constitution, he served as the first Deputy Leader of the Minority Party in the National Assembly of the Republic of Kenya. We all remember Jakoyo’s contribution. He used to sit around here. He consistently sat on this row. view
• 15 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: Yesterday, the sun set and the clouds gathered, then we got the sad news of his demise, which was sudden. It was truly sudden because on Friday, I had a conversation with the late Washington Jakoyo Midiwo and I agreed with him that we would meet on Sunday evening to The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 15 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: discuss issues of ODM. On Saturday, I tried reaching him. His phone went through, but he did not pick my calls. That was very unusual of Jakoyo Midiwo. Those who had been communicating with him know that his phone is always on. There was no single time I had ever tried to reach out to him and his phone was either off or he did not pick. If he did not pick the call, he called you back almost immediately, but it was unusual this time round. However, I did not read much into it, and I did not expect ... view
• 15 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: Allow me, Hon. Speaker, to take a few minutes because I know many of my colleagues will also want to have opportunity to condole and share their grief over the death of our colleague. view
• 15 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: I called Hon. Jakoyo Midowo, my political mentor and, indeed, he was. I must confess that I have had two political mentors, and both of them are now late; the late Gerald Otieno Kajwang’, who started mentoring me into politics before I even came to Parliament and Jakoyo Midiwo, who immediately I came in here, gave me opportunity and immediately spotted some potential and put me very close to him. He introduced me to parliamentary procedures and allowed me space to grow. Jakoyo was someone who had no jealous. He would want you to grow as much as he grew ... view
• 15 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: Because I profess the Seventh Day Adventist faith, I will not say “may God rest his soul in eternal peace” because we believe that is a judgment that is left to God. However, he served this country. He lived his life. Thank you very much. I pray for the family. Thank you, Hon. Speaker. view
• 9 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I also want to thank the Chair of the Departmental Committee on Administration and National Security, although I had to really run when he was issuing that Statement. I was in my office and I watched him talking about this matter. I had to run here and listen because this is a matter that was brought by the Member for Nyatike. I want to thank the Chair for that detailed response and I just want to assure him that there is no way Gwassi and Karungu people would fight. That cannot happen. I am very certain ... view
• 9 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: So, there is no way we can really fight. The only thing that I want to ask is not to waste too much time on this matter or on commission of inquiry. These two communities have no problem. That is where we disagree with my colleague, the Member for Nyatike. There is no problem between Karungu and Gwassi people. They know exactly where the boundary is. No one will evict those who have shops on the sides of Gwassi, whether they are Karungu people or not. They will remain there. They are Kenyans. They The electronic version of the Official ... view