John Mbadi Ng'ong'o

Hon. Ng’ongo Thank you, Hon. Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to present a Petition on behalf of a concerned Kenyan regarding the employment practices at the Hotel Inter- Continental Nairobi. I, the undersigned, on behalf of a concerned citizen, draw the attention of the House to the following— THAT,...

Hon. Ng’ongo Hon. Speaker, since this is my first contribution, allow me to take 30 seconds to wish Members a happy New Year. It will be a very busy year and I wish all of us best of luck because we are all going for various seats. Some are ambitious...

Hon. Ng’ongo Standing Order No. 84. On 23rd November 2016, just before we went on the long recess and in my absence, Hon. A.B. Duale made serious allegations that firms associated with me or my relatives benefited inappropriately from the National Youth Service Hon. Ng’ongo(NYS) contracts. He went ahead to...

Hon. Ng’ongo Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, even without amendments, the Bill has to go through the Committee of the whole House. If that was the first one, we should have disposed of it in the normal manner without amendments, then go to the next one unless the Chair has decided...

Hon. Ng’ongo Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I oppose. I want to say the following; one, we have agreed no amendments and two, what you are saying can easily be brought here through miscellaneous amendments by the Attorney-General. He does it every year. Just tell the Attorney-General to bring up the...

Hon. Ng’ongo Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, even without amendments, the Bill has to go through the Committee of the whole House. If that was the first one, we should have disposed of it in the normal manner without amendments, then go to the next one unless the Chair has decided...

Hon. Ng’ongo Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I oppose. I want to say the following; one, we have agreed no amendments and two, what you are saying can easily be brought here through miscellaneous amendments by the Attorney-General. He does it every year. Just tell the Attorney-General to bring up the...

Hon. Ng’ongo Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. You have said exactly what I wanted to say. We have procedures that guide this House. The amendment before us is by Hon. Olago Aluoch. We need to restrict ourselves to discussing that amendment and dispose of it before going to another amendment...

Hon. Ng’ongo On a point of order, Hon. Deputy Speaker.

Hon. Ng’ongo Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. The matter before us is the issue that was raised by the Leader of the Majority Party, and which has been canvassed by many of us. The Leader of the Majority Party was questioning the procedure of passing the amendments. I think he...

Hon. Ng’ongo Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I want to support these amendments. Being a Member of the Committee, I know it could cause some concerns why I am doing so. I am going to explain shortly and briefly. It should be observed that the PAC was reconstituted. I appreciate the...

Hon. Ng’ongo On a point of order, Hon. Speaker.

Hon. Ng’ongo Thank you, Hon. Speaker. Recommendation No.20 reads as follows:- “Members of the Finance and Administration Committee of the Judicial Service Commission should be individually investigated by the Ethics and Anti- Corruption Commission for their roles in some of the financial improprieties and irregularities at the Judicial Service Commission.”

Hon. Ng’ongo Hon. Speaker, consider this amendment critically. By the way, you have gone ahead even to lead us the way I wanted to argue my point. There is no variation apart from attaching the names. Therefore, it makes no difference. I only have one problem. Allow me to say...

Hon. Ng’ongo Let me wind up, Hon. Speaker. I do not want to argue with the Chairman of my Committee. When you talk of investigations and calling of the EACC, I started by saying that you need to mention those instances. I know that there were very many allegations made...

Hon. Ng’ongo Hon. Speaker, the point of order by Hon. Chepkong’a is reinforcing what I am saying. On the issue of Mayfair Court or the Chief Justice’s house, he should mention it. He claims to have evidence, but I am also saying that on the Chief Justice’s house, it is...

Hon. Ng’ongo Hon. Speaker, if you allow me, because I know he is going to say what I want to say---

Hon. Ng’ongo Hon. Speaker, you know when Hon. Nyamweya speaks, you think he is telling the truth in all aspects. (Laughter) Let me leave it that way. The point is that when you come to the CJ, the JSC---

Hon. Ng’ongoLet me withdraw that.

Hon. Ng’ongo The Chief Justice’s house has come up and I want to avoid it.

Hon. Ng’ongo Hon. Speaker, if you look at Recommendation No.20 and our earlier recommendation, you will find that we are contradicting ourselves. We are blaming the CJ.

Hon. Ng’ongoYes, the CJ together---

Hon. Ng’ongoHon. Speaker, please just allow me to finish. We are the ones who have said that the CJ and the JSC allowed the Chief Registrar to do things the way she wanted. At the same time, when they intervene now through a committee, we again say that they should...

Hon. Ng’ongo Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I wished you happy 2016 while you were away. Now that you are on the Chair, allow me to just repeat that I wish you a very industrious

Hon. Ng’ongo Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, we have had a bit of light moments, but on a serious note, this is a matter that we need to be clear on the precedent. I want to remind Hon. Amina that the Standing Orders talk about Members and the Maasai that she...

Hon. Ng’ongo Thank you, Hon. Speaker. Indeed, the matter before us is weighty. Unlike the four speakers who have spoken ahead of me, I have the benefit of being an old Member of PAC. I have sat in the PAC all through from the time we started looking at this...

Hon. Ng’ongo Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. I rise to oppose these amendments. First of all, it should be noted that to constitute all commissions, you have specific and special selection panels and the procedure does not involve the PSC. In fact, if you go to the IEBC, you...

Hon. Ng’ongo Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I agree with you. I understand Hon. Chepkong’a and his Committee completely. Remember we are debating both the President’s reservations and the proposed additional amendment by the Committee together. I know we may not get the two-third majority, but it should go on record...

Hon. Ng’ongo Inaudible.

Hon. Ng’ongo Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, there is great --- (Laughter) Hon. Ng’ongo But, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman--- The Temporary Deputy Chairman (Hon. Kajwang') : The Member for Suba, when you start altercations with the Chair, then we do not get along. Hon. Ng’ongo I am seasoned enough! The Temporary...

Hon. Ng’ongo These are the kind of procedures that I do not like. I am on a point of order and he is also standing on a point of order. You should tell him to follow the procedure instead of reprimanding me, someone who is trying to correct the procedure....

Hon. Ng’ongo Thank you, hon. Speaker. First of all, let me apologize. I lost my card during the long recess. I also would like to wish you and my colleagues a happy New Year although it is now old. This is the first time I am finding myself in this...