John Mbadi Ng'ong'o

All parliamentary appearances

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• 22 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. Ms. Odhiambo made an allegation which I think is in order for her to clarify. I did not say that we castrate men. I only said we castrate men who misbehave by raping small children. view
• 16 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, first of all, let me apologise for coming in late. I was actually not very far from the Chamber, but I thought there were four Questions before mine. I hope you will accept my apology. view
• 16 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: asked the Minister for Education:- (a) what informed the Ministry’s decision to employ intern teachers instead of hiring teachers on permanent basis; and, (b) whether he could use the 2009/2010 allocation, which was meant to hire intern teachers, to recruit teachers on permanent basis to meet the shortfall in understaffed regions. view
• 16 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, when it comes to education of our children, I think a lot of care needs to be taken by the Government when they are making any decision. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, it is a fact that there is teachers shortage in this country. Given that the decision by the Government to employ intern teachers has not taken off because of the reasons that the Minister has enumerated--- Given that the Government has agreed that if the KNUT withdraws from the court then they will go ahead and employ teachers on permanent terms, what is stopping the ... view
• 16 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, you will realize that the Minister could not answer my Question well, because he was giving a long and winding speech that you get confused along the way. I thought Prof. Ongeri was a Medical Doctor and could summarize. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, having said that, when two bulls fight, it is the grass that suffers. From the Minister’s answer, I realized that the Ministry has no immediate intention of employing teachers on permanent terms. The Government has been giving us very nice figures of how students/pupil population is increasing in our schools. Could the Minister ... view
• 16 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, it is not the responsibility of the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister and Ministry of Finance to decide which district headquarters should be developed. The Assistant Minister has told us some of the criteria they used in deciding what district headquarters were to be developed. Could he specifically tell us why Nzambani District headquarter was not developed based on his criteria? What were the specific reasons? view
• 16 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, the Assistant Minister seems to be evading the Question, which is very specific. Could he tell us why Nzambani is not part of the 37 districts that are being developed? Is there a reason or it was arbitrary? view
• 16 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker. Is it in order for a Member of Parliament to take advantage of the privilege of the House to impute improper motives on a senior Member of the Government of the Republic of Kenya without a substantive Motion? view
• 16 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, allow me also to support the Motion that is brought before the House by the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance. Before I go into the specific proposals that he wants us to approve, I want to also say that it is true, as others have said before, that the Budget was prepared at a time that the economy is on the path to recovery. What we now need is, therefore, for the Government to embark on measures which would ensure sustainability and later accelerate economic growth in line with Vision 2030. view
• 16 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: It is important to state that when analyzing this year’s Budget, one needs to look at the two sides; the expenditure and the revenue. I think today what he has put before us is for us to look into the various proposals that would affect the Government’s attempt to raise revenue and taxes. view