Johnson Arthur Sakaja

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• 7 Jul 2020 in Senate: This is a milestone because in the past three months, we have held a total of 71 sittings, of which 66 have been virtually held and five have been physical sittings. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, like you said, today is your historic day, I also want to give you some little history. This is the first Committee in the history of the Parliament of the Republic of Kenya to hold virtual sittings following the directive of the Speaker on 30th March, 2020. Now, many Committees of both Houses and county assemblies are holding virtual sittings. So, we set the pace. ... view
• 7 Jul 2020 in Senate: During this time, we have met all the key stakeholders that we identified at the initial stage. Now we are on the second phase of engagement with stakeholders. These are Cabinet Secretaries, the Council of Governors (CoG), the County Assemblies Forum (CAF), constitutional commissions and independent offices, various departments and agencies of the national Government, frontline healthcare workers and their union representatives, the private sector, employers’ associations, trade unions, civil societies, and business owners representing manufacturers as well as micro and small-medium enterprises. We have also met experts in various thematic areas, Kenyans from across the world, those in public ... view
• 7 Jul 2020 in Senate: We have also invited written submissions from members of the public on the five thematic areas. We put our work into thematic areas and we look at each of them. We have healthcare, finance and economic issues, access to food and water, issues of social order, public justice and cross-cutting issues. We have met and received more than 165 submissions so far. Again, I thank Kenyans for coming to the Senate to raise their issues and concerns, and also for the feedback because we have made a lot of milestones and progress. In many areas that we have interacted with ... view
• 7 Jul 2020 in Senate: During the second phase of this engagement, the Committee continues to track measures proposed and under implementation by national and county governments in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Notably, during this phase, we plan to shift from purely virtual engagements with stakeholders to actual site visits and verification of information submitted to the Committee, to ensure that the national and county governments are held accountable in implementation of the respective COVID-19 interventions. It is very easy to get reports that paint a colourful picture but when you go to the ground, as they say in Kiswahili, vitu ni different. That ... view
• 7 Jul 2020 in Senate: Another milestone is that we published the Pandemic Response and Management Bill (Senate Bills No.6 of 2020), which completed its legislative process in the Senate on Tuesday, 30th June, 2020, and was referred to the National Assembly for its concurrence. view
• 7 Jul 2020 in Senate: During consideration of this Bill, on top of the 164 submissions, we received an additional 63 submissions from other stakeholders and held virtual engagements with key actors, including the Federation of Kenya Employers (FKE) and the Law Society of Kenya (LSK). The comments received from all Kenyans and institutions, public and private, greatly enriched the content of the Bill with the Committee proposing various amendments that were incorporated at the Committee stage. I thank Senators and colleagues who gave submissions and all who voted because this Bill was unanimously passed on 30th June, 2020. The Bill is now in the ... view
• 7 Jul 2020 in Senate: I would like to urge our colleagues in the National Assembly to expedite this important Bill, not just for COVID-19 but for posterity because it deals with any 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: pandemic that might happen in this country, so that they do not pass it when the pandemic is over. This is the time we need it to cushion the vulnerable by creating a framework through which the national and county governments can work together at the time of a pandemic, to create the avenues necessary for resourcing and coordination, even just at the national level with different Ministries, and to strengthen and embed the role of oversight by the national and county governments and assemblies by legislative bodies during the time of a pandemic. view
• 7 Jul 2020 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, we have considered a total of eight Senators’ requests for Statements under Standing Order Nos.47(1) and 48(1) of the Senate Standing Orders and we have reported back to the Senate on each of the Statements. We still have other Statements that we are working on, including some that have been raised today. view
• 7 Jul 2020 in Senate: We have undertaken fact-finding visits to two counties; Meru and Isiolo, where we have evaluated the level of preparedness and response. These visits enabled us to interact firsthand with the respective COVID-19 emergency response committees in the two counties. We have engaged with the Members of the County Assemblies (MCAs) of Isiolo and Meru, particularly the Health Committees of both counties and we thank them. view