Johnson Arthur Sakaja

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• 19 May 2020 in Senate: their salaries and the costs being incurred need to be taken care of. However, we have not seen a solid pronouncement. May I inform the House that we met the education stakeholders and we will still meet the CS for the Ministry of Education, so that we can give the country a realistic position with respect to education this year. view
• 19 May 2020 in Senate: On a point of order, Madam Temporary Speaker. I seek your direction. This is a very important Statement by Sen. Mwaura on the issues of SMEs, informal sector and the whole finance and the economic landscape right now during COVID-19. Madam Temporary Speaker, in the Order Paper, there is a substantive report. There is a Motion on a report on these issues that goes into the depth. Would it be proper for me to ask that you direct that these very useful comments be made that time? The House does not work in vain. We are talking about policy interventions--- view
• 19 May 2020 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, you are not getting what I am saying. view
• 19 May 2020 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, there is a report already that was moved in the morning, that is being Seconded, so that the House can actually make a resolution--- view
• 19 May 2020 in Senate: Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I do not think we have understood each other, but I stand guided. view
• 19 May 2020 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, I do not require information at this point. view
• 19 May 2020 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, mine was a point of order. I support the Statement by the Senator of Wajir. However, when Sen. (Prof.) Ongeri was saying that he was there in 1967, I and Sen. M. Kajwang’ were just the proverbial itch somewhere in the distant future. view
• 19 May 2020 in Senate: I see that we have 45 minutes to go. You could limit the amount of time we take on the Statements where we still are because we want to dispense with one of the progress reports on COVID-19 Pandemic Situation in the Country. I kindly ask if you can limit the interventions by other Senators on the two Statements that are left. view
• 19 May 2020 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, thank you. I had already started moving this Fourth and Fifth Report. Incidentally, we are producing reports faster than we can debate them because I am also about to lay the Sixth Report this afternoon as mandated by this House to do a weekly report on the quickly evolving situation. I will just go straight to a small part of the Fourth report. The Fifth Report is comprehensive about finance measures and that is the one which will require some more time. Mr. Speaker Sir, as of today, the Committee has held 52 sittings and engaged with ... view
• 19 May 2020 in Senate: Mr. Speaker Sir, we have also proposed in the Pandemic Response and Management Bill, which is coming for the Committee of the Whole stage, that during the time of a pandemic, such statutory timelines that might have been expired are then extended, especially those where it is not possible to do a renewal during the period of the pandemic. The decision by the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Interior and Coordination National Government to halt the detaining of persons arrested for breeching of the curfew in facilities officially designated as quarantine facilities. This is an issue that we ... view