Johnson Arthur Sakaja

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1761 to 1770 of 5036.

• 14 Jul 2020 in Senate: that that is a wrong way to do it. We have even given our proposal, but they had already done it and the money had gone to counties. Since there is no money coming, we said that when you are giving money to counties on COVID-19 response, it needs to be based on which counties are more vulnerable or more exposed. That response is in the House and I will ask the Secretariat to highlight that portion and share it with the Senator. view
• 14 Jul 2020 in Senate: Madam Deputy Speaker, the issue that is being raised is with respect to testing. We will bring that response together with the ninth progress report. I have consulted the HANSARD on the statement raised by Sen. Pareno and I can confirm that the response was given in the Chamber as directed. The matter was deliberated on by the Senators only that Sen. Pareno was absent on that day. I have asked my secretariat to be highlighting the specific concerns raised in the House and present to the specific Senator. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information ... view
• 14 Jul 2020 in Senate: Sen. Malalah’s Statement is urgent because hotel owners are required to pay for COVID testing for their employees every two years. The hotel owners are being asked to pay cash yet they have been paying premiums to the NHIF for their staff. We will look into this matter urgently and bring a response soon. We will bring the ninth progress report next week. view
• 14 Jul 2020 in Senate: Madam Deputy Speaker, certainly, I accept to be informed. view
• 14 Jul 2020 in Senate: Madam Deputy Speaker, I would like to respond to the information. I would like to inform Sen. Wetangula that our second round of stakeholder engagements include meetings with the Cabinet Secretary in the Ministry of Tourism and Wildlife to tell us how he will use the Ksh4 billion. We do not want to hear that the money had been given to two big hotels yet I have hundreds of DJs, bouncers, waiters and waitresses in normal mid-level restaurants and establishments across the country who need cushioning. If we are not vigilant, we may find that the money was given to ... view
• 14 Jul 2020 in Senate: Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. This is a discussion that we have had in the SBC, and we agreed that there is need for this Committee to have some more time to wind up. I want to point out two things, first is that the depth of the mess in the MES is more vividly visible because of COVID-19. I chair the Ad Hoc Committee on COVId-19, we have gone around counties where we have received reports. We cannot have a situation where the national Government has been spending money on MES for years. Counties are charged more than Kshs200 ... view
• 14 Jul 2020 in Senate: have held more than 90 meetings as Ad Hoc Committee on COVID-19 online. The Government has had to make decisions based on our online discussions. If you expect somebody to come from Europe to attend this meeting, of course, they will not. They will say that there are no flights because they know what they are hiding and it must come to light. We wish you all the best. I support and we expect to get a good report. view
• 14 Jul 2020 in Senate: On a point of information, Madam Temporary Speaker. view
• 14 Jul 2020 in Senate: I would like to inform Sen. (Dr.) Ochillo-Ayacko that while we greatly sympathize with the analogue Senators who might have challenges with technology, one of the protocols in dealing with COVID-19 that has been established here in Parliament is reduction of paper from one hand to another because that is a way of transmission. These reports are very important. If you go through them, they will give you a lot of details and in a timely way. The Personal Assistants of the Senators can print for the Senators in their offices. From here, part of the protocol we have is ... view
• 14 Jul 2020 in Senate: On a point of information, Madam Temporary Speaker. I would like to inform Sen. Halake not just as the Chairperson of the Ad-hoc Committee on COVID- 19 Situation in Kenya but as the Senator for Nairobi City County. I welcome any patient who needs treatment in Nairobi. As much as we want our counties to be prepared, we cannot stop anyone who feels that their loved one can get the best quality of treatment in a certain place. That directive is unconstitutional as Sen. (Dr.) Ochillo-Ayacko has said. I know that hon. Mutahi Kagwe, the CS in the Ministry of ... view