Johnson Arthur Sakaja

All parliamentary appearances

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• 4 Mar 2021 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am not commenting on the Statement. I want to make a request. You have read out six Statements yet the Senators that sponsored them are not available. There is a long list of Statements by other Senators and all of them cannot be scheduled. Many Members are here on time but are told that their Statements will come later. Therefore, I request that you do not just defer the Statements but also put them at the end of the queue so that those that are available can table theirs. This is because these same ones will ... view
• 3 Mar 2021 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. Unfortunately, I have walked in late. I wanted to comment earlier on the issue of the Communication on the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI). On this matter, will just pick up from where Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr. has left off. I can see that the Senate Minority Leader is in the House. The Senate Majority Leader was here. I sympathize this this Committee, as the chair of a committee. The right to petition Parliament in Article 119 of the Constitution is an absolute right. Any Kenyan should be able to do that. That is one ... view
• 3 Mar 2021 in Senate: On this specific issue, I really sympathize with the good people of Taita Taveta and I hope that a solution can be found. The only way to deal with this issue is not just through the Petition. The Committee can actually just call the relevant stakeholders and deal with the matter in one sitting. It does not have to be dealt with per se in the traditional sense of a petition . We can be pragmatic. We have rules, but we ask, was the law made for man, or man made for the law? We can be able to circumvent ... view
• 3 Mar 2021 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, Sen. Pareno makes very strong points most times and today is not an exception. I will give an example to exhort Committee Chairpersons that we are the implementation Committee in our areas. There was a Petition that came to the House by Kenya Railways Pensioners where they had arrears of I think a year. They were suffering and languishing. In as much as we had finished with the Petition, Sen. (Dr.) Milgo will tell you that just today we have had the third follow up meeting. As of today we have been able to secure all ... view
• 3 Mar 2021 in Senate: Sen. Farhiya is reminding me of Wajir. They also had a similar issue. As much as we had already tabled the Petition, we went ahead and made sure all the staff were paid and they were very happy. I am not blowing any trumpet, but just encouraging fellow Chairpersons that once we have finished with any work, we do not dump it because we are own implementation Committee. We can even task our secretariat at every subsequent meeting to remind us of whatever is pending and the resolutions passed so that they can keep writing letters to Ministries and departments ... view
• 3 Mar 2021 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, I rise to support that this House adopts the report of the Sessional Committee on County Public Accounts and Investment Committee (CPAIC) on the consideration of the Audit Reports of the Bomet; Homa Bay; Isiolo; Kakamega; Kiambu; Laikipia; Kisumu; Mandera; Migori; Mombasa; Murang’a; Nandi; Nyeri; Samburu; Siaya; Tana River; Tharaka Nithi; Trans Nzoia; Turkana and Wajir County Executives for the Financial Year 2014/2015 (1st July, 2014 to 30th June, 2015), laid on the Table of the Senate on Thursday, 18th February, 2021. view
• 3 Mar 2021 in Senate: I will make very brief remarks because last week when we had a similar Motion, I was able to speak to it although that was another batch of audit reports. First, I would like to acknowledge a gentleman who went to a good school, Sen. Kajwang. The Senator for Homa Bay County, Sen. M. Kajwang, went to the Duke of York or popularly known as the Lenana School and that how he became very efficient in running the CPAIC. I do not want to compare Members as it is not right, but if you see the reports of the previous ... view
• 3 Mar 2021 in Senate: considering the audit reports of the former Governor of Isiolo County. In as much as the report will tell you the systemic issues, I think that Sen. Dullo, the Senator for Isiolo County, is interested in what is currently going on in her county. view
• 3 Mar 2021 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I am keen to look at the audit reports of Gov. Kidero. However, apart from the issues of system, I want to look at what is happening in Nairobi County now. I would like to know what the Deputy Governor, Ms. Kananu, and the Nairobi Metropolitan Services (NMS) are doing in Nairobi County. If we look at the current issues, we would be able to do real-time audit and oversight. This is a House of oversight and that is our most critical role. I am glad that we pushed the Controller of Budget to send each ... view
• 3 Mar 2021 in Senate: The NMS is doing a lot of good work, but the national Government budget is not sustainable for them. The NMS should be properly funded and oversighted. If you ask which vote the NMS is getting their money from even at the national Government level, no one will tell you that kind of information. This morning, the Committee on Labour and Social Welfare was discussing the issue of compensating the traders who were evicted from the Railways Club Ground. The members of the Railways Pension Scheme should also be compensated because their land where the NMS is putting up a ... view