Johnson Arthur Sakaja

All parliamentary appearances

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• 12 May 2020 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the issues I raised are clear, and not just for this particular communication. It is good for us to establish moving forward, how we treat what comes from the Chair. Secondly, Sen. Wetangula was asking whether it was a communication or a ruling. There are some communications that come like Messages from the National Assembly or students in the Gallery. However, what was given in the morning was a considered Communication where the Speaker said he received certain Communication. view
• 12 May 2020 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, these are peculiar times. However, like I have said, every cloud has a silver lining and the world is reshaping on how it operates. The ad hoc Committee which I chair has been able to conduct in a month, more than 45 sittings. This is unprecedented and we meet online. Sen. Linturi might be in Meru on a miraa tree while Sen. Faki is in Mombasa. Sen. Kasanga has been joining our meetings from Machakos while Sen. Omogeni is elsewhere. We have been able to have 100 per cent attendance in our Committee sittings. Mr. Deputy ... view
• 12 May 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
• 12 May 2020 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, just allow me to finish. 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
• 12 May 2020 in Senate: looked at our proposal. We have friends there such as Mr. Evans Monari and others and they gave very practical interventions. The Kenya Bankers Association was very pragmatic in as much as they have been affected so much. They said that they will change one or two things but agreed with what was making sense in the Bill. They reported that as of last week, they had received more than 20,000 requests from their clients. The clients were requesting them to restructure loans amounting to Kshs160 billion and they had acceded to those requests. A pandemic period is a time ... view
• 12 May 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
• 12 May 2020 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I know you are exceptionally brilliant but you cannot tell what is in my mind. view
• 12 May 2020 in Senate: A huge aspect of this Bill is what we are referring to as social economic protection which is extremely important. A big portion of our population in many towns and cities cannot fend for themselves during this time of curfew. We do have a night economy. The restaurants where the waiters, waitresses, barmen and bouncers used to work have been closed. We spoke to Uber and other taxi drivers. At Kenya Airways (KQ), we have hundreds of flight attendants and pilots who are not on pay right now. They need to be cushioned. There are no two ways to think ... view
• 12 May 2020 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am guided. I am asking if the content of what he gave us was that he has seen one, two or three things. Based on what he has considered that he gives a Communication. When you go in to talk about it and start questioning those three things, are we questioning the Communication or is it a ruling? view
• 12 May 2020 in Senate: I am glad to report that in our interaction with the National Treasury, they told us that they have found and secured, possibly by the end of June, Kshs120 billion grant to create a Wage Subsidy fund. That is in our Report and it is a success of this Committee. I would like to state that before we came up with this Bill, we analysed legislation from 50 countries. We looked at what parliaments have done. I am glad Sen. Kasanga mentioned the level of professionalism that our secretariat has, led by Mr. Charles Munyua, Ms. Claire and Dr. Sagini. ... view