John Mbadi Ng'ong'o

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 6421 to 6430 of 7480.

• 31 May 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Chairman, Sir, it is fine. If the Salaries and Remuneration Commission will be in place, I withdraw the amendment. view
• 31 May 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Chairman, Sir, I grudgingly withdraw the amendment. view
• 31 May 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Chairman, Sir, as Mr. Abdikadir says, we are transiting assets and liabilities, but we are not touching on the staff. It is important to observe that when the Act that set up the Interim Independent Electoral Commission of Kenya, one of the eight tasks that this House gave that Commission was to set up an efficient and effective secretariat. So, if we again give a loophole where all the staff can be retired, then we are going to be in a problem. Finally, it is also important that we become responsive to the plight of other Kenyans. You will ... view
• 31 May 2011 in National Assembly: Yes, Mr. Chairman, Sir. I am proceeding with my amendment. Mr. Chairman, Sir, I beg to move:- THAT, Clause 31 of the Bill be amended by- (b) inserting the following new sub-clause as sub-clause (3)- (3) A person who served as an officer of the former boundaries Commission shall be eligible, subject to the staff establishment of the employment, for employment by the Commission. Mr. Chairman, Sir, my amendment, as it appears on the Order Paper, was in two parts. I have withdrawn the first two parts, that is parts 31(a) and b(2), and I have moved only part 31(b)(3). ... view
• 31 May 2011 in National Assembly: No, Mr. Chairman. The first amendment is only dealing with the staff of the electoral commission, but I am dealing with an amendment to also consider those staff who were in the so-called Ligale Commission. Let me put it that simply, so that it can be understood; they should be given an opportunity to also serve in the new commission. view
• 31 May 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Chairman, Sir, the fears of hon. Otieno are taken care of because I talked of “subject to staff establishment”. The main reason as to why I brought this amendment is to also recognise the fact that those people have institutional memory wherever they are, even though they have gone home. As a country, we need that institutional memory in the new Commission. So, we should find a way of bringing that institutional memory back to the Commission. view
• 31 May 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Chairman, Sir, I normally do not like opposing my friend, Mr. Konchella. However, I think this matter was extensively discussed in various consultative meetings. I remember when we were in Naivasha we asked ourselves who the two people we will take out are. This would be restricting this Commission because, there are nine members and we have already pre-determined how four of them are to be recruited. I think this is going too far. I just urge my colleague that this may not be a very necessary amendment. Let us leave the Bill as it is. I oppose this ... view
• 31 May 2011 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Chairman, Sir. I was just pleading with my colleagues that before we effect hurried amendments, we must take into consideration the fact that these amendments were considered extensively by the Committee. On the amendment by hon. Lessonet, we must be very categorical when we provide for two nominees by the President and two nominees by the Prime Minister; that one must be a woman and one must be a man. If we bring on board paragraphs (c) and (d) without specifying that one should be of either gender, we will be negating what we ... view
• 31 May 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Chairman, Sir, I beg to move:- THAT the first Schedule be amended by inserting the following new paragraph after paragraph 1- (1A) The chairperson and members of the Selection Panel shall, before assuming office, take and subscribe the oath or affirmation of office prescribed in the Third Schedule. Mr. Chairman, Sir, what I intend to achieve with this amendment is to bring the members of the selection panel also to take oath of office. If you look at the oath of office prescribed in the Third Schedule, it is only the commissioners who are supposed to be subjected to ... view
• 31 May 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Chairman, Sir, I stand to oppose this amendment for two reasons. One, this Parliament is supposed to vet and approve appointments from the President. We cannot approve then it goes to the President and then it again comes back to Parliament. The procedure has always been that appointment is made and then we approve as Parliament. I do not understand why this should be changed. More importantly, is the amendment proposed under (b). We had discussed this matter earlier. It is like we are again insisting that out of the nine Commissioners who will be appointed, it is already ... view