John Mbadi Ng'ong'o

All parliamentary appearances

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• 22 Sep 2020 in National Assembly: I have never failed to be here to vote for this amendment. Most of them have not been here, many of them. They get agitated when you say that. You should not be agitated. If you were elected to come here and represent women issues, please, do it and do it properly. Do not do it out there. It does not help. You talking and supporting Maraga will not help. This House is not going anywhere. Who is this mad man person who is going to dissolve Parliament at this point in time? It is not going to be dissolved. ... view
• 22 Sep 2020 in National Assembly: By the way, Hon. Speaker, with all due respect to lawyers, I am actually asking myself. I am an accountant. We are retiring at the age of 55 years or 60 years, maximum. What is the 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
• 22 Sep 2020 in National Assembly: rationale or the wisdom behind these 70 years? I am asking for lawyers. Does it mean that lawyers live longer and their minds are still sharp than some of us? view
• 22 Sep 2020 in National Assembly: That is something I am asking. I have just asked a question. There are positions which warrant that. The way I am looking at America and I am looking at some countries, I see it is with the President where we allow wisdom, an age going to 70 years or 80 years. You can see the two leading presidential contenders in America are over 74 years old. For the Chief Justice and even the Speaker, I think you should retire if you are tending towards 70 years. That is my thinking. I think you just retire and allow young people ... view
• 22 Sep 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. view
• 15 Sep 2020 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, my card had challenges and they are looking at it. Thank you very much for giving me an opportunity to support the Public Finance Management (Amendment) Bill (Senate Bill No.3 of 2019). view
• 15 Sep 2020 in National Assembly: I want to agree with the Mover and the Seconder of this amendment Bill that it is long overdue. I remember when we passed the Public Finance Management Act, it was anticipated that the National Treasury would put it in place. The responsibility of the overall financial management in this country lies with the Cabinet Secretary for the National Treasury. view
• 15 Sep 2020 in National Assembly: So, it was anticipated that the Cabinet Secretary for the National Treasury would introduce a legislation to Parliament which would help in trying to standardise, harmonise and make efficient the system of revenue collection in the counties. I understand why there was a delay in this. It was because immediately we passed the Constitution 2010, there was an obsession of protecting the counties in the little meaning of protection. Kenyans thought that any attempt to regulate the functioning of counties was trying to interfere with autonomy and independence of the counties. view
• 15 Sep 2020 in National Assembly: I think we got it wrong. There was need to standardise and harmonise revenue collection in our counties. As it is today, every county is operating like kiosks or private businesses. No one knows what is required to be done to help make efficient the collection of revenue in the counties. As Hon. Wanga correctly said, if you compare the amounts being raised as own source revenue by our counties, it is far less than what the local authorities like urban authorities and other authorities used to collect. This is purely because of the system of revenue collection. view
• 15 Sep 2020 in National Assembly: Local authority governments were keen in collecting revenue because it would be used to pay councilors and other officers. Right now, counties know that the salary is guaranteed from the shareable revenue from the national Government. Therefore, no one is careful or keen enough to ensure and enforce prudent and efficient collection of revenue. 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