Johnson Arthur Sakaja

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• 2 Mar 2021 in Senate: the criteria that was used to select them, the amounts given and the historical information on the disbursements and the beneficiaries. The Standing Committee on Labour and Social Welfare is keen to know how the State Department of Social Protection plans to link some of these programmes - we have written to them - to other programmes like the Uwezo Fund, Women Enterprise Fund, bursaries et cetera. This is because orphaned and vulnerable children are growing and the Committee is concerned about how the State Department of Social Protection will manage these children in their transition to adulthood. The Committee ... view
• 2 Mar 2021 in Senate: Madam Deputy Speaker, I would like to give a clarification to the Members. I am grateful to the Members who have spoken and the kind words. That is what encourages us to keep working. This is part of our mandate. If you hear what Members have said this is an important issue throughout the country. I can confirm that my secretariat is listening and these concerns are being forwarded to the Ministry. We had already written to them the breakdown per county, the number of beneficiaries, the issue of Mpesa and technology. Incidentally, it is many of the old people ... view
• 2 Mar 2021 in Senate: The issue of NHIF, I thank Sen. Wambua for raising the councillors’ one-off payments, how to reengage those who fall off and recruitment of new beneficiaries. Without pre-empting our debate on adjournment on Thursday, in case we go on recess as per our calendar we will have sent this information and gotten responses. Because of the huge interest from Members, we shall invite the Cabinet Secretary. I commend the Cabinet Secretary for Labour and Social protection who has been helpful and available. We shall invite him with his Permanent Secretary to this chamber The electronic version of the Senate Hansard ... view
• 2 Mar 2021 in Senate: and have a meeting of the whole House. So that the Senators having information before hand, can ask these questions because it is of huge interests. Senators, we can organise the meeting in the next two weeks. We must realise that the social protection policy was made 10 years ago. It is dated June 2011. Even while the Ministry is reviewing it, it is an opportune time for us to inform them on what is working and what is not. Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker and the Senators for contributing. view
• 25 Feb 2021 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I would just like to inform the good Chairperson of the Committee on Finance and Budget. He has mentioned the Prompt Payment Bill twice as a Bill being pushed by the BBI. I hope he is informed that he himself has voted on that Bill twice in this House. It is sponsored by me and Sen. Farhiya. However, I think BBI has copied it, but imitation is the best form of flattery. So, refer to the Sen. Sakaja‘s Prompt payment Bill because that is the one the Senate has been voting on before BBI. view
• 25 Feb 2021 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I acknowledge the work that has been done by the Committee in trying to hurriedly, given the timelines, consolidate a report from all the committees that have had to submit their views on the BPS in less than two days. This is something I have raised earlier. Section 25 of the PFM Act has never been followed to the letter. Section 25(7) of the PFM Act states that- ―Parliament shall, not later than fourteen days after the Budget Policy Statement is submitted to Parliament, table and discuss a report containing its recommendations and pass a ... view
• 25 Feb 2021 in Senate: It talks about a report by Parliament. Parliament is the National Assembly and the Senate. What we have been doing is sending two reports; a Senate Report and a National Assembly Report. I am not a lawyer, but I know it would have been easy for the drafters to say the National Assembly and the Senate shall submit their report of the review on the BPS. view
• 25 Feb 2021 in Senate: What has been happening and it is very sad is that the National Treasury has been receiving two reports and putting one in the shredder, that is the Senate report, and considering the National Assembly report. For the past seven or so years, there has not been consideration of what the Senate presents on the BPS. Unless we insist that in the next financial year, there shall be one report that moves from one House and goes to the other House, amended and passed as one report of Parliament, then we might be doing this in vain. This is because ... view
• 25 Feb 2021 in Senate: The Budget Review Outlook Paper (BROP) comes in October, but the estimates go to the National Assembly alone. The estimates are informed by the BPS. So, that is something we need to think about as a House. view
• 25 Feb 2021 in Senate: The able Chairman has said that his Committee wants to review the timelines as well as the PFM provisions. Please propose the amendments because it is your Committee that has the mandate to propose those amendments to the PFM Act. Having said that, I am glad the Committee has noted. There is a lot of use of high-sounding words which many times mean nothing. You may find the PBS having a theme that sounds nice. I do not know what the theme here is. They talk about fiscal consolidation and it sounds nice. However, if you look at the actual ... view