John Mbadi Ng'ong'o

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 7181 to 7190 of 7463.

• 9 Sep 2009 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me the opportunity to also support this Bill. I would like to thank the Mover of this Bill, Mr. Ethuro for bringing a timely Bill. This is the right time to bring this Bill. If possible to have this House pass it as fast as possible. view
• 9 Sep 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I belong only to one political party, and that is ODM. We took time to get into the Grand Coalition Government. One of the reasons for this was that we did not want a big Cabinet. We wanted a lean Cabinet. I therefore, think I will just be following what my party wants by insisting that--- view
• 9 Sep 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, we should lead by example, as one hon. Member is shouting at the back. We should lead by example by having this Bill passed. Once it is an Act of Parliament, it should be implemented immediately. Let us have a leaner Cabinet so as to cut on the cost of running this Government. I do not see anything wrong with that. We have played politics and now it is the time to work. Let us work by offloading some Ministers. At the moment, there is a lot of political bickering. There is a lot of ... view
• 9 Sep 2009 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity to also support the amendment. I think we are losing the substance of the Motion before us. The Motion before us is not whether we should get people out of Mau Forest or not. We are simply saying that this matter is emotive and is serious. The matter should be referred to the relevant Departmental Committee so that it can look at it. Who knows whether the Committee will even come up with harsher recommendations than what has been spelt out in the Report by the Task Force? This Report ... view
• 9 Sep 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, a lot has been said about the urgency of the matter and nobody should deny that. However, we have just asked for seven days. I think my colleague who moved the amendment to the Motion requested for; that the Committee should be given seven days to look at this Report and then report to the House. Thereafter, we can adopt the Report. I urge that we go that route. With regard to arresting loggers and those who burn charcoal in the forest, I do not think we have to wait for the adoption of this Report to ... view
• 9 Sep 2009 in National Assembly: I support that we refer this matter to the Committee which will subject it to scrutiny. view
• 3 Sep 2009 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. One of the main reasons I have stood here is because lawyers had almost turned this argument to be one among the lawyers. However, we want to tell them that all Members of Parliament can argue in this case. view
• 3 Sep 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the appointments of the Director and Assistant Director are provided for in Section 8(3) and (4) of the Anti-Corruption and Economic Crimes Act. The arguments the hon. Members who support this appointment are putting forward are in the First Schedule, Section 3(2). Any legal provision looks at the spirit of the law rather than the letter of the law. The reason the section that recommends the appointment of the Director talks about the approval coming from the House is simply to give the Kenyan public, which is supposed to pay the Director and the Assistant Director, the ... view
• 3 Sep 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, if there is a contradiction between the schedules to a particular Act, then you cannot insist that there is no problem there. But as far as I am concerned, there is no contradiction. Clause 3(2) of the First Schedule of the Act states as follows:- “The person who has held the office as a Director may be reappointed but may not serve as the Director for more than two terms.” view
• 3 Sep 2009 in National Assembly: If I look at the spirit of this particular provision, it automatically assumes that you will follow the provisions of Clause 8(3) and Clause 3(4) which, therefore, means that it is only giving the responsibility to the appointing authority, which is Parliament, because the President is only doing it in a ceremonial way. The President cannot appoint somebody who has not been approved by Parliament. Even if Parliament approves that so and so should be appointed without specifically saying that the person should be the Director or Assistant Director, the President has no powers to make that appointment because the ... view