Johnson Arthur Sakaja

All parliamentary appearances

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• 7 Jul 2020 in Senate: This problem is in the society, and I like what Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr has said, that it is really on us, as parents. It is just moral decay and now we are seeing what 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
• 7 Jul 2020 in Senate: teachers have been able to do. They have been filling a gap that parents have not been filling. view
• 7 Jul 2020 in Senate: The answer is not to throw them back to the teachers. It is for parents to wake up and realize the role they play in the lives of their children. I personally commit for my sons and daughter to play my part. I think every parent should be able to do that. view
• 7 Jul 2020 in Senate: Additionally, the decision not to open schools is well considered. As the Chairperson of the Senate Ad hoc Committee on the COVID-19 Situation in Kenya, this is what we recommended to the CS. We said there is no education going on. The quality of a child in Class Eight today is different from the quality of a child in Class Eight last year. We are putting an unfair burden, especially for those who cannot afford internet or gadgets. view
• 7 Jul 2020 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, before you sat on the Speaker’s seat, you talked about the issue of children having phones. We banned phones in schools and, today, we are giving education through them, yet many are not accessing it. Even those who are in private schools, as Sen. Kang’ata was saying--- I have seen the classes my children have been going through; they are just keeping them busy. When you open up schools, you have opened up the whole of the society and the economy and transport. You will not test the teachers every day. The children may not get ... view
• 7 Jul 2020 in Senate: There was a school, which I will not mention, where they were having a Zoom class online, and in the middle of it, some pornography popped up. You can imagine children in Grades 2 and 3 screaming and not knowing what was going on. You would not want your child to be among those who get such content. view
• 7 Jul 2020 in Senate: We need to curtail that content, as Sen. M. Kajwang’, who is an information scientist, has said. In many countries, you will not access it at all. Those who may want to because of their own moral tendencies, pay a huge premium in order to access it. Let us protect our children and the society. We have already raised this issue with the Cabinet Secretary (CS), Prof. Magoha, as the Ad hoc Committee. Of course, just like many of us, we doubt those numbers that were released, because there is a huge push to introduce certain elements of sex education ... view
• 7 Jul 2020 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, as I finish, my constituents have come to me and told me that there is a Bill in this House that is similar to the kind of stories being brought up; the nuances about the urgency and crisis that needs immediate sex education. I just want to 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
• 7 Jul 2020 in Senate: say on record, without preempting debate, that I will not support any such provisions that are going to introduce--- view
• 7 Jul 2020 in Senate: The Bible says that you do not introduce something before its time. There is a way that our parents spoke to us, even if it was vague, in parables, poetry and threats. They prevented and made us, as Sen. Kang’ata said, delay some of these things. The role remains with parents and not teachers, to teach our children these things. Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. view