John Mbadi Ng'ong'o

All parliamentary appearances

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• 19 Jul 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I rise to second this Bill. I want to start by saying that, as a country, we have gone through a transformation. I think my colleagues will remember that in this country, if you were expecting any public appointment, then what you needed to do was to always have a radio and listen to 1.00 p.m. news to hear whether or not your name is mentioned. If you were occupying a public office, chances were that always at 1.00 p.m. every day, you were to rush to where there was a radio or television to listen ... view
• 19 Jul 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, the people of this country made a move last year and decided to transform the system of governance. We decided and said as a country: “Enough is enough. We want to see change.” We realized that change through constitutional review and, now, we have a new Constitution in place. This Constitution calls upon those who are making public appointments to do it in a systematic and procedural manner. It calls upon those who are privileged to make any public appointment to do it in a way that is transparent and that would follow some system of ... view
• 19 Jul 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I remember when we went through the vetting process of the judicial officers; the Chief Justice (CJ), Deputy Chief Justice (DCJ) and the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP). People were asking: “Fine, we like the vetting, but where is the benchmark? Is it methodological? Was it done objectively?” This Bill is going to address many, if not all of those concerns. I like this Bill because, first, it has given us a procedure of vetting public appointees. This particular Bill is not only addressing those officers or offices which the Constitution requires Parliament to approve, but ... view
• 19 Jul 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, this Bill makes the approval hearing open and transparent, unless there is a clear reason provided in law as to why that cannot be done. So, we will not be asking the relevant Committees of the House to allow for public participation. We will not ask them to open it to public. It is now going to be a legal requirement. It is going to be embedded in the Statutes that wherever you are required to do approval hearings, you must do it in the open. Kenyans must see it and it must be transparent. view
• 19 Jul 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I am also happy with the way this Bill has covered the particular areas like what issues the relevant Committee of the House that is going to carry out approval hearings is supposed to look into. Are you going to ask any other question? No! You are supposed to confine yourself to academic qualifications and credentials, professional training and experience of that particular nominee and personal integrity and background. This is in line with Chapter Six of the Constitution. On leadership and integrity, you must demonstrate that your integrity is beyond reproach. You must demonstrate that ... view
• 19 Jul 2011 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I really want to accommodate the Minister but he has gone on and on until I now feel I should raise this point of order. Is it in order for him to imply that once members of the public have elected their representatives, those members of the public have no direct say on matters affecting them? The Constitution is very clear. It says that sovereign authority belongs to the people of Kenya, and that they can exercise it either directly or through their elected representatives. So, the people can exercise ... view
• 16 Jun 2011 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. Is it in order for the Member to insinuate that the Talai were rejected in Gwassi yet they were brought there in 1934? We welcomed them and they lived with us until when there was population explosion, when we asked them kindly to go back to where they had come from. They had been brought there to die. There were a lot of tsetse flies in Gwassi, and they were brought there to die. We welcomed them and gave them land until when they felt they wanted to go back because ... view
• 16 Jun 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I need to clarify the history a bit just in one minute. The colonial Government brought the Talai Community to Lambwe Valley in Gwassi Constituency to die because there was a lot of tse tse fly. These people were warriors. So, we accommodated them with our tse tse fly and they did not die. Then later on after the colonial Government became a bit friendly to them, they decided to come back to Kericho. We did not chase them. That fact needs to be put correctly. view
• 16 Jun 2011 in National Assembly: asked the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance:- view
• 16 Jun 2011 in National Assembly: (a) whether he is aware that the Central Bank of Kenya is operating without a properly constituted board, and if so, what are the reasons for the anomaly, and, view