Johnson Arthur Sakaja

All parliamentary appearances

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• 21 Jun 2022 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, thank you for this opportunity to support this Motion that the Senate do adjourn sine die. We have been in this House since 31st August, 2017. Meaning we have been here for four years, 9 months and 21 days or 57 months and 21 days or 1,755 days. Mr. Speaker, Sir, it has been a journey that is bitter sweet. There has been joy, tears, pain and happiness. I want to use the words of Max De Pree who says that the first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank ... view
• 21 Jun 2022 in Senate: The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate. view
• 21 Jun 2022 in Senate: Uber, Bolt, Taxify drivers et cetera are still sitting on the desk of Cabinet Secretary (CS) Macharia. Our drivers are suffering and crying. We need to push that he passes them to legislation. Today, we have had a bottom up economic forum and that is one of the issues that has come up from our drivers because they are losing a lot. We have lobbied against double taxation on my traders in Eastleigh by Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA). We have stopped impunity of regulations on importers in Nyamakima, Kamukunji and Dubois Road. We have helped to stop demolitions in Mukuru ... view
• 21 Jun 2022 in Senate: The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate. view
• 21 Jun 2022 in Senate: been by far one of the best performing committees in this House. Ms. Rose Mudibo who later left us to go to the Ministry of Health really assisted in the Committee on National Security and Foreign Relations. She did an amazing job and I am sure she is doing the same with CS Mutahi Kagwe. Mr. Charles Munyua in Committee on Justice Legal Affairs and Human Rights, Jeremy Chabari, Caroline Kerorei, Humphrey Ringera and Marale Sande, one of the best research officers I have ever come across. I hope you can second her to the Nairobi City County Government when ... view
• 21 Jun 2022 in Senate: we pray to God to order our steps. The Bible says God orders the steps of the righteous. God bless you. I thank you. view
• 16 Jun 2022 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I had earlier pressed for a Point of Order but we can just prosecute my point as I make my submissions. It has been the tradition of the House to bring Standing Orders towards the tail end for the next House. I believe that is what happened last time and that is also what happened in the National Assembly where I served in the last term. I have one concern which when the mover replies, will guide how I vote. Since 31st August, 2017, when we were sworn in as Senators, every one or two weeks when ... view
• 16 Jun 2022 in Senate: The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only.A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate. view
• 16 Jun 2022 in Senate: We have passed honorarium for former Councillors but they have not gotten a shilling. We passed a report on Solai Dam, we saw what happened. We have passed serious reports on our girls going to Saudi Arabia, being butchered and sent back in body bags. There is no Implementation Committee in this House. I would like to understand because maybe what you need to add is the process of amending Standing Orders because it is opaque, it is done behind closed doors then the report is rushed on the last day. I do not know how many Members here, including ... view
• 28 Apr 2022 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity to contribute to The Public Procurement and Asset Disposal (Amendment) Bill (National Assembly Bills No. 32 of 2021) that has come to us from the National Assembly. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Public Procurement and Asset Disposal Act is one of the most important pieces of law that we have in our country, but is also one of the most abused. It is an extensive statute that many times, if you look at audit reports of our counties, the Auditor-General’s reports of the national Government, Ministries and State agencies, you find ... view