Johnson Arthur Sakaja

All parliamentary appearances

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• 23 Sep 2020 in Senate: I want to assure our frontline health workers that they are fighters. There are people who value you in the Senate of the Republic of Kenya. We will keep fighting for our doctors and nurses. view
• 23 Sep 2020 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, we have seen a whole lot of confusion in the education sector. The Cabinet Secretary (CS) for Education, who is the former Vice Chancellor, is my good friend. He remembers me from my days in the Student Organization of Nairobi University (SONU). He says that he has been misquoted, but he sounds like he is always speaking from both sides of the mouth. view
• 23 Sep 2020 in Senate: Very early on, we agreed to accept that there is no education in 2020. What is the rush? We must accept that education will not happen in 2020. They started telling us that there are lessons on television. If you switch on the Kenya Television Network (KTN) today, you will see Class Six, Science. Tomorrow, it is Class Three, English. What curriculum is that? Not all children across the country can access the internet, phones or radios. Even televisions are not everywhere. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, we have not built the capacity of our schools. I can assure you that ... view
• 23 Sep 2020 in Senate: We said that it will be easy for us to tell because of their relationship with the banks. In the last financial year, a time like now, if this was your turnover, especially for those in the hospitality sector, whether it is restaurants or tourism, and you are able to show that because of COVID-19 your income has gone down and you are not able to keep your staff, then you get a Credit Guarantee and it can be a concessionary loan at very low rates. We are forgetting the number of people who are hurting from COVID-19. I am ... view
• 23 Sep 2020 in Senate: In our Committee, part of the Secretariat was the Deputy Director of the Parliamentary Budget Office. How is it that when the Bill is taken to the National Assembly, which is 20 steps across, with the same Parliamentary Budget Office, which had told us to amend many sections, it becomes a Money Bill? You know how long it takes us to make amendments in this House, so as not to make a Bill a Money Bill. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I urge the Senate Majority Leader to take this matter up. At least, it was not communicated from the Chair ... view
• 23 Sep 2020 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I would also like to ask Sen. Kasanga as a Member of this Committee to also maybe amend her Report because these two Members not being there is also a disciplinary issue, when their matter is supposed to be solved. view
• 23 Sep 2020 in Senate: Maybe she also amends and looks at this as well. They are the ones who are not here. Everyone else is ready to proceed. That is misbehavior. view
• 23 Sep 2020 in Senate: Thank you very much, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir and the Senate Majority Leader. Standing Orders demand declaration of any interest if it exists. I want to confirm that I am in this business. It is one of the businesses that I conduct and understand very well. Because I run a marketing agency and one of the things we do is advertising, practitioners in advertising for a long time have had a hard time across counties. This is an industry that employs very many people, from drivers, designers, creatives, fabricators in the Jua Kali sector who help in fabricating billboards and ... view
• 23 Sep 2020 in Senate: to another, they have so many challenges because they do not know where they will be stopped, for what and charged at what rate. Sen. Poghisio moved this Bill when he was the Senator for West Pokot and is now the Senate Majority Leader. He did a good thing to try and harmonize. When you have devolution and have devolved certain aspects of the economy, you do not want actions of a different county that affect the stability of an industry. In fact, it is so bad that in many respects, people have had to use different and longer routes ... view
• 23 Sep 2020 in Senate: Thank you very much, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, yet again just when you take the seat, I always rise to speak. This is ordained. Hon. Members should know I am the first Senator to ever call you Mr. Temporary Speaker on the day of your election. 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