John Mbadi Ng'ong'o

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 7371 to 7380 of 7463.

• 12 Nov 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I have listened to the Assistant Minister answering this Question, and I am tempted to ask him some questions. Before the Ministry decides to upgrade a college into a constituent college of a university, does it conduct proper feasibility study to know whether it will have personnel in place and formalise the university before it even admits students? It is really terrible if students who were admitted in the 2007/2008 Academic Year are yet to report. The Assistant Minister has said that they will have to wait until January, 2009. We are talking about the lives ... view
• 12 Nov 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, thank you for giving me the opportunity to complete my contribution. I was about to complete my contribution to this Bill. Let me repeat that I support the Bill. There was a point that was raised by Mr. Mungatana regarding the amounts that are voted, approved or treated as having been disbursed and coming through the Press that they are already disbursed but we have not received them in our constituencies. That point was put very clearly because it is truly creating concern because the constituents feel that we have the money for the roads and ... view
• 12 Nov 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I wanted to make a contribution on distribution of resources in this country. In my yesterday's contribution, I mentioned that we need to put more emphasis on development expenditure. I have an example of the roads network in my constituency. If you look at the contribution of the fish industry in this country, it contributes about Kshs7 billion to our economy. Out of that, Suba District contributes 70 per cent out of which Gwassi Constituency contributes more than 60 per cent. If you translate that into monetary terms, you realise that Gwassi Constituency alone contributes ... view
• 11 Nov 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to ask the Minister of State for Provincial Administration and Internal Security the following Question by Private Notice. (a) Could the Minister confirm that the Ugandan security forces have continuously been harassing Kenyan fishermen near Migingo Island, the latest being a few weeks ago, and state what immediate steps he has taken? (b) Why do Kenyan security forces not have a base on the island, while Uganda has one? (c) Could the Government also consider establishing a new Kenya Navy base in Lake Victoria to protect the country's territorial waters? (d) What concrete steps ... view
• 11 Nov 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, while I thank the Assistant Minister for giving a detailed and elaborate answer to this Question, Migingo Island is very visible whether it is in Kenya or Uganda. If Migingo Island is in Kenya how come, for all these years, we have had the presence of Ugandan forces on our land and yet the primary responsibility of the Government is to protect its soil? Why has the Kenyan Government allowed Ugandan forces to be present on Migingo Island for all these years and to harass our fishermen? view
• 11 Nov 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, on the Assistant Minister's own admission, the Ugandan security team has been imposing heavy fines on the Kenyan fishermen. Now that this matter will be resolved between the two countries, could the Assistant Minister give an undertaking that the Kenyan fishermen who have been charged Kshs50,000 per year, will be compensated by the Ugandan Government for this money which was taken illegally from them? view
• 11 Nov 2008 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. You heard the Assistant Minister say that those who go to Koinange Street have a problem of not knowing something. Is he in order to imply that going to Koinange Street is not acceptable? view
• 11 Nov 2008 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity to contribute to this very important Bill. I rise to support the Finance Bill. I must first start by also joining my colleagues in congratulating the Minister because of his zeal. He takes his work with a lot of interest and concern. Many proposals that are made in this particular Bill show the kind of proactive approach there is in running this economy. I want to mention that if we really want to develop as a country, it is high time we took radical steps to reform this ... view
• 4 Nov 2008 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I would like to thank the Minister for that detailed Ministerial Statement touching on that very important issue. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, it is very clear that the inflation rate in Kenya is very high. Actually, as we speak here today, the rate of inflation is at 28.2 per cent which, for a long time, we have not witnessed in this country. There must a reason to that. I want to get some clarification from the Minister. Number one, the Minister has talked about a draft National Payment and Settlement System that is being ... view
• 30 Oct 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, last week, I asked for a Ministerial Statement from the Ministry of Finance, and I was promised that the Statement would be brought yesterday. But, up to now, I have not heard of any response to that. view