Johnson Arthur Sakaja

All parliamentary appearances

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• 29 Apr 2021 in Senate: The Senate Majority is taking your attention. Before I proceed, I will need it. Yesterday, I made a request on the issue of time. I will need guidance before I proceed, to know how much time I wanted. I had requested for at least 40 minutes because there are general issues in the report that I want to talk about. Also, I have a minority report that might take more time to explain systematically. That is my kind request. I need your guidance. view
• 29 Apr 2021 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, from the onset, this first amendment that we are considering today is a historic moment for our country. The manner in which we process this as a House, the HANSARD of these deliberations, the reports of the Committee and the discussions in the public participation will create an important precedent for any future amendments to a Constitution by way of popular initiative. view
• 29 Apr 2021 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
• 29 Apr 2021 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, historically, there have been a lot of opportunities starting from 1963 where we had Legal Notice No. 718 of 1963, the Kenya Independence Order in Council and many other opportunities every year, for example, in 1964, 1965 until we culminated in what we have today as the Constitution of Kenya, 2010. Subsequently, this then becomes the first amendment of our Constitution. The need has been explained well. I heard the Mover, the Chairperson of the Committee and many Members who spoke to the need for building bridges and cohesion in our country and creating an equitable society. ... view
• 29 Apr 2021 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am glad that my Chairperson is here. One thing that we were emphatic about in the Committee was the issue of the Bill. There is one Constitution of Kenya (Amendment) Bill. There were no two Bills. What we found was that there were copies of the Bill that had errors. That is something that is at the discretion of this House to resolve. I have heard Sen. Wambua say that we can amend to sort out those areas. The question that arises then, which we also considered in our Committee, is what the threshold would be. view
• 29 Apr 2021 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, Standing Order No.162--- view
• 29 Apr 2021 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am in order to give my opinion and not just that, the emphatic resolution of the Joint Committee, and Sen. Omogeni can confirm this. The Joint Committee resolved, including at the Press Conference, that there is one Bill. view
• 29 Apr 2021 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
• 29 Apr 2021 in Senate: Allowing a discussion on different Bills will bring the issue of whether this is properly before us. If 34 county assemblies looked at one Bill and other county assemblies looked at another Bill, it should not be at this time. view
• 29 Apr 2021 in Senate: What I am saying is that during the deliberations of the Joint Committee, they found out that there is one Bill, but certain copies had errors. Yes, he is a senior counsel, but not in lexicography. He is a senior counsel in law, but there is a finding of the Joint Committee and it is in the Report. view