Johnson Arthur Sakaja

All parliamentary appearances

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• 9 Mar 2022 in Senate: A Senator is responsible for statements of facts. It is a fact that he signed that CBA. It is also a fact that the same organization will help deal with it, and that is what we are asking for. view
• 9 Mar 2022 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I have comments to make on both of those issues. The coming of COVID-19 was a curse as well as a blessing. If you remember at that time, I was the first Chairperson of the ad hoc COVID-19 Committee. We were the first at that time in the history of this country to sit virtually since people used to sit in the traditional counsel. We were the first one to ever use virtual sittings in the committee. We used the Zoom platform. I remember that at the time, we were the focal point for this country ... view
• 9 Mar 2022 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
• 9 Mar 2022 in Senate: something. They were offering just for us to continue because we had suspended Parliament. We had suspended the voice of the people and they said we cannot suspend since technology can help us. The virtual sittings have been good for our Committees. I have never seen such quorum as we have experience since COVID-19 when I am chairing Committees. We had Members of that Committee operating from different part of the country; Nyamira, Mombasa, Kajiado and many other place. We were able to conduct our meetings with all the nine Members present online. It has come to a point that ... view
• 9 Mar 2022 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
• 9 Mar 2022 in Senate: move it. If there is no Member of that Committee in the next sitting, any Member can move it because the report has been Tabled and we all know how to read. However, let us not use this tactic to evade the discussion around this report. We want it discussed in full detail. For your information Sen. Cherargei, your Employment (Amendment) Bill has been concluded by Committee on Labour and Social Welfare. Our report is done, we have decided that the Members of this House should come and debate it because it is a very new place in terms of ... view
• 8 Mar 2022 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, can you hear me? view
• 8 Mar 2022 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, pursuant to Standing Order No.47(1), I rise to make a Statement on an unfortunate incident that occurred on Friday, 4th March, 2022 along Wangari Maathai Road in Nairobi City County. The video recording of that incident was widely circulated via social media on Monday, 7th March, 2022. A middle-aged lady was sexually harassed and assaulted by a mob of rogue boda boda riders for allegedly knocking one of them in an accident. It is sad that the riders took the matter into their own hands in total disregard of the law and assaulted the lady in broad ... view
• 8 Mar 2022 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
• 8 Mar 2022 in Senate: I sincerely express my sympathy to the victim. On behalf of all men, I apologise for what she had gone through. I apologise too to her family and the women at large, especially today on International Women’s Day. This cannot be the way we operate and will certainly not be the manner in our capital city, Nairobi. Our mothers, sisters, daughters and all road users must feel and be safe at all times. I urge the Inspector-General (IG) of Police to expedite the investigations, arrest and charge the culprits involved in this heinous act. Further, at your discretion, Madam Speaker, ... view