Johnson Arthur Sakaja

All parliamentary appearances

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• 28 Jul 2020 in Senate: give you people bursaries of Kshs500 million, but it is not there; go and find it from your Senator.” What does it gain us to benefit two per cent when he is losing all of that percentage? Mr. Speaker, Sir, I want to move on to the part of the variables of that formula which I found completely wrong. Allow me to talk about my county. First, when we talk about health, that the variable is measuring how many people visit hospitals. What do you do to the counties that do not have hospitals to be visited, in the first ... view
• 28 Jul 2020 in Senate: There is a lot of agricultural activity in Njiru and Ruai in Kasarani Constituency and also in Karen. This formula has such a myopic view of agriculture because agriculture is end to end. The biggest market for agricultural produce in this country is Nairobi City County. It is a pity agricultural activity has been allocated Kshs40 million only. All the livestock from North Eastern is brought to Kiamaiko and Dagoretti markets. All your foodstuffs come to Wakulima Market. Are we saying then that there is no agriculture going on in Nairobi? We must never have a formula that advocates for ... view
• 28 Jul 2020 in Senate: There are studies that have been done to show that if we invest in storage in Nairobi as agriculture, it reduces post-harvest loses across by 80 per cent. We need to have a better view of what fiscal transfer to counties is. view
• 28 Jul 2020 in Senate: Nairobi City County does 15,000 extension visits every year yet we are being given Kshs40 million. All in all, a lot of those variables were not objective. We were not able as a Senate to understand how those statistics were arrived at. The real one man, one shilling formula has not been brought in this House. The day I will see it, I will support it if Nairobi will get the Kshs30 billion that it deserves. For now, for the sake of this country, we cannot allow any part of Kenya to be left behind or to feel less Kenyan ... view
• 28 Jul 2020 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
• 28 Jul 2020 in Senate: That is why today we are wearing the Kenyan ties because we have said it is team Kenya. I would rather not get that Kshs100 million more and defer my gratification to day when Nairobi will get the KShs15 billion extra it deserves, but safe 19 or 20 other counties. view
• 28 Jul 2020 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I know the Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) negotiation because I am the Chairperson of the Senate Committee on Labour and Social Welfare. Counties will start paying higher salaries to doctors, but we are reducing their money during this COVID-19 period. view
• 28 Jul 2020 in Senate: I have sat with the Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO) - an office to which we do not give enough credit - they have told us honestly that in the next financial year, it will be foolhardy to imagine that we will go above Kshs316.5 billion. There will be no enough money. view
• 28 Jul 2020 in Senate: There is a false narrative that some counties get a lot of money. Nairobi City County is given Kshs15.8 billion while our payroll in a year is KShs18 billion. It is more than the Kshs15.8 billion. In the past financial year, we raised only Kshs8 billion. view
• 28 Jul 2020 in Senate: The operation and maintenance budget in Nairobi City County alone is close to Kshs5 billion. A county of 4.3 million, 17 constituencies and 85 wards has less that Kshs5 billion for development, with the depth of the poverty. view