Johnson Arthur Sakaja

All parliamentary appearances

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• 13 Apr 2021 in Senate: Madam Deputy Speaker, in supporting the Division of Revenue Bill, I have heard what Sen. Kibiru and the rest have said. Indeed, getting us to Kshs370 billion was not an easy task. It has come after a long convolution process, but a process that is the essence of what Parliament is. Parliament is here to parlay, debate, parlance, and see who gets what. If we did not go through that, it would have taken the Senate of the Republic of Kenya more than 10 years - if you look at how the increments have been done over the years - ... view
• 13 Apr 2021 in Senate: Despite everything that was said, I am proud that as the Senator of Nairobi, I was able to move Nairobi County from Kshs15 billion to Kshs25 billion and beyond as we move ahead. It was worth the sacrifice. We hope that we can ensure that there is fuller accountability for that money. view
• 13 Apr 2021 in Senate: I will associate myself with the sentiments of Sen. (Dr.) Ochillo-Ayacko in terms of the role of the Senate in this process. Some things must be thought out as we move forward as a Senate. If you look at some of the proposals in the BBI that I support, we view
• 13 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
• 13 Apr 2021 in Senate: really need to look at some of the proposals and what they mean in terms of the role of the Senate, especially when it comes to the division of revenue. view
• 13 Apr 2021 in Senate: Madam Deputy Speaker, we have allocated money to counties. The proposal of capping per capita gives us problems because if it is implementable, we have to come back and amend. I have held the fact that it is not, because if you remove the linked amount to the seven counties because their per capita, it is more than three times the rest or the lowest, then that extra money can only be applied to all the counties. There is no provision in law where you can divide sharable revenue to less than 47 counties. That is a part that we ... view
• 13 Apr 2021 in Senate: Further to that, this is part of the process. We have done the BPS and we are now doing the division of revenue. We need to ask ourselves very serious questions as a country. If you look at what remains at the top of the budget structure right now, many people have been asking where the extra 35 per cent in the BBI will be coming from. It is not an extra 35 per cent. It is still from 100 per cent. Instead of doing 85 per cent, we are now getting more. view
• 13 Apr 2021 in Senate: Counties have been getting allocations that are way beyond that. If you look at the first year of devolution, it was way beyond that. I think it was 30 per cent. The next year it was also be above. We are talking about the last audit revenue. However, if you look at where we are today, in a month debt servicing is at Kshs53 billion. Salaries and pensions are at Kshs53 billion. Operation and maintenance comes to Kshs50 billion. Counties are getting Kshs26 billion. The development budget of the national Government is Kshs25 billion. That is a total of Kshs206 ... view
• 13 Apr 2021 in Senate: If you remove the debt servicing, salaries, operational maintenance and counties, because that is nondiscretionary, if it a first charge to the Consolidated Fund, then the only amount where we can get headroom is Kshs25 billion monthly. I think that the Committee on Finance and Budget needs to step up and address this issue. view
• 13 Apr 2021 in Senate: Appropriation is done by the National Assembly. However, since we are a part of this process, we need to come in as the Senate and address the matter of the headroom that we will remain with as a county. I have just received the Exchequer release report today for Nairobi County. Every quarter we get a report of how much our counties are able to get. When it comes to the approved budget plus the supplementary budget, up until March, the Exchequer release in Nairobi is still Kshs1.2 billion. view