John Mbadi Ng'ong'o

All parliamentary appearances

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• 24 Nov 2020 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I know that it is unusual to allow Members to make any remarks on a Personal Statement, but the Hon. Member for Chepalungu is actually a very good friend of mine. We even walked in together. view
• 24 Nov 2020 in National Assembly: I want to state very clearly that last week on 19th November 2020, when this matter came up, the Member was in a mask as any other Member and I could not figure out who… view
• 24 Nov 2020 in National Assembly: I confirm and confess here that I asked loudly who the Member was. My definition of literacy is what, I think, confused him. That day, I want us to be sober on this and my good friend, who has talked very well this afternoon, I never mentioned one Raila Odinga in my entire speech and the Deputy Speaker can confirm that. The Hon. Member purported to rise on a point of order and started asking why I was implying that without Raila, there would be no peace in this country. I very well know the implication and the impact of ... view
• 24 Nov 2020 in National Assembly: That is why I am saying that his literacy should lead him to a point where he first of all thinks through issues before he raises them. That is what actually made me uncomfortable. But if his constituents misinterpreted that to mean that he did not go to school, I have also since carried out some background search and found out that he was in Standard Eight two years after I had left Lower Kabete, but then he finally found himself in Lower Kabete. I want to imagine that he got the same kind of training that I went through. ... view
• 24 Nov 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. view
• 19 Nov 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I want to comment on the first Petition by my friend, Hon. Owen Baya. I think, as a country, we must speak to this issue. It is very sad that you live in a country where your great great grandparents came to, you did not The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 19 Nov 2020 in National Assembly: even contribute to their movement to that country and then you are declared stateless in that country. In our Constitution, we are a country of contradiction. When you read Article 14 of the Constitution, one of the conditions to qualify as a citizen of this country is where a child found in Kenya who is or appears to be less than eight years of age and whose nationality and parents are not known is presumed to be a citizen by birth. Someone can just pass through Kenya and drop a child and leave that child here. So long as the ... view
• 19 Nov 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. My deputy staged a coup on me, but I can see on this one he has allowed me to proceed and second as the Leader of Minority Party. But he is seated on my seat. view
• 19 Nov 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. My deputy staged a coup on me, but I can see on this one he has allowed me to proceed and second as the Leader of Minority Party. But he is seated on my seat. view
• 19 Nov 2020 in National Assembly: I want to second this Motion. Yes, today morning is usually set aside for Private Members’ Motions and Bills. As the Leader of Majority Party has said, traditionally we have always allowed the immediate sittings after the President’s Speech to be set aside for debating it. In fact, the President’s Address to the Nation is such an important exercise in any democracy. This is because it spells out what the country has been able to achieve, what the Executive is doing and what it plans to do in the foreseeable future, mostly in the next one year. view