Johnson Arthur Sakaja

All parliamentary appearances

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• 24 Mar 2022 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. Let us move to other things. view
• 22 Mar 2022 in Senate: Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker, for this opportunity. I rise to support The Division of Revenue Bill (National Assembly Bills No.8 of 2022). I thank the Senate Majority Leader for moving this important Bill. This is the most important function of both the Senate and the National Assembly because it underpins the most important part of our Constitution, which is devolution and our county governments. In terms of the philosophy around devolution, we must get it right that devolution is not about the national Government supporting county governments. Devolution is a relationship between two levels of Government. Division of Revenue ... view
• 22 Mar 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
• 22 Mar 2022 in Senate: India has the Provincial Gross Domestic Product (GDP) as one of the variables, such that a county is able to produce or grow in terms of its production. view
• 22 Mar 2022 in Senate: Of course, you will not compare the economic growth of Nairobi City County to Mandera County. It is incentivised to do those activities that increase the amount of money that the county gets. Therefore, we have variables that measure darkness and not light, and we need to move that. In this next phase, we need to look at that. view
• 22 Mar 2022 in Senate: Secondly, counties have not been thinking out of the box on how to increase their revenue. We always talk about dividing the pie and the bread, but no one talks about baking the bread. Soon, we might need a committee on revenue generation because we only have a Commission on Revenue Allocation (CRA). When everybody talks on paper about allocation in a middle-income economy like ours, then you are in trouble. You will have a challenge down the line. Remember our debt levels, the challenge of unemployment and the cost of living. We really need to have creativity within our ... view
• 22 Mar 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
• 22 Mar 2022 in Senate: Development money that has been spent throughout the financial year is Kshs771,509,137. That tells you that there is a huge problem. That is 6 per cent of what should have been spent throughout the year and we are already going to the end of the financial year. That tells you that very little is happening apart from paying of salaries. That is why you are seeing your streets not being cleaned and no new projects being done on roads. We are unable to address the water issues and the Nairobian is being pinched because of these low releases, yet from ... view
• 22 Mar 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
• 22 Mar 2022 in Senate: You will find they have bought so many cars and painted them blue. Will they change? They have branded everything in blue and red. Will they change back because the county assembly has a law that talks about the colours that it needs to have? All those things need to be done. In this Division of Revenue Bill, I expected a very important thing to be addressed. When you look at the factors, one of them is national interest. National interest at a time like this must factor what is happening globally and will affect us. What is happening in ... view