John Mbadi Ng'ong'o

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 7231 to 7240 of 7463.

• 18 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I rise to seek a Ministerial Statement from the Ministry of Information and Communications. For the last three weeks, the people of the greater South Nyanza region have not been able to access Radio Maendeleo, Radio Lake Victoria and Radio Namulolwe. I am made to understand that the Royal Media Services has view
• 17 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, if you look at the Companies Act, it is a requirement that, for you to sign any audited account, you must be a certified Public Accountant or hold such equivalent qualification. The Controller and Auditor-General is the one legally mandated to sign all the accounts of state corporations and Government accounts. Why has the Government allowed someone who is not a qualified accountant to sign the accounts, take responsibility and hide under the Constitution? Why can the Ministry not advise the President to appoint a qualified auditor who can be legally and professionally allowed to sign ... view
• 17 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, the Assistant Minister talked about the file having been destroyed. How sure is he that the documents he is referring to were not forwarded by this person? view
• 17 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, my understanding is that when you forward documents to the Ministry, they should be kept in your personal file. If the file has been destroyed, how sure is the Assistant Minister that the individual concerned did not forward the documents to the Ministry before the file was destroyed? view
• 17 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, thank you for giving me this opportunity to contribute to this important Motion. Since Thursday last week when the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance read the 2009/2010 Budget, there have been many reactions, compliments, praises and a few critics. One thing that we have to accept is that no Budget in the world, whether it is organizational or personal, is ever 100 per cent perfect. What is important is acceptability. A Budget that enjoys wider acceptability passes the test of being good. I want to contribute to this Motion touching on two critical areas. ... view
• 17 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, a lot has been said about devolving funds. I really do not know whether to praise this because what did we expect? The main political parties in this country in 2007; the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM), the Party of National Unity (PNU) and the ODM (K) had some kind of devolution in their manifestos. I am being told that also NARC (K) but I do not know whether they had a manifesto that had devolution. Maybe the view
• 10 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, could the Minister confirm that by increasing the retirement age from 55 years to 60 years, in essence, what the Government is doing is to perpetuate inefficiency in Government by retaining people who cannot accept change and people who have been holding the same positions for a long time? view
• 10 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I thought the National Assembly is not physical but Parliament is. However, my point is that you do not expect Parliament to sit under a tree. You may easily say so, but parliamentary records are needed. We need the HANSARD and an organised system. I have heard hon. Members talk about councils of elders. If you want to be in a council of elders, you can go home and become one. However, we are elected by people to represent them as Members of the National Assembly. I believe that if we have--- view
• 10 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, if the hon. Member was patient enough to critically think about the usefulness of the HANSARD, she will realise that there are issues that can become contentious in future. We are legislating and we want to have authority. So, the HANSARD is very necessary. Handwritten reports can be challenged, but the HANSARD is verbatim and you cannot challenge it. That was the reason why I was talking about the HANSARD being critical in carrying out our duties. view
• 10 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, let me proceed a little further. Our system is a representative system of legislation. Members of this House come from different constituencies. The reason we are elected is to come and represent our regions and articulate the issues that affect them. I do not expect to carry a whole Parliament to Gwasi, to appreciate the needs of the people of Gwasi. If Members want to be domestic tourists, they are paid salary and, therefore, let them move around the country and see its physical features. I strongly oppose the idea of asking Kenyans to finance hon. ... view