Johnson Arthur Sakaja

All parliamentary appearances

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• 26 Feb 2020 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, with those many remarks, I reiterate those many remarks. view
• 26 Feb 2020 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I strongly support that the Senate adjourns to discuss this matter so that Members take into consideration the interests of the people in this dire time. view
• 26 Feb 2020 in Senate: On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. Is it in order for the Senator for Mandera County to claim that there is no agriculture, while in essence there is more agriculture in Nairobi City County than in Mandera County? We have a lot of rural constituencies in Nairobi City County including Dagoretti South and Uthiru/Ruthimitu in Waithaka. We have urban agriculture even in our slums in guinea bags. We have agriculture in Ruai. view
• 26 Feb 2020 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, he needs to compare the extent, but not to say that there is no agriculture in Nairobi City County. view
• 26 Feb 2020 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, as he finishes, I would like to give him some information. view
• 26 Feb 2020 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I will give quick information on the last point he has made concerning funding. As the Chairperson of the Committee on Finance and Budget, it is important for him to note that constitutional responsibility remains with Nairobi City County. Therefore, those amounts will still need to be appropriated. The Controller of Budget (CoB) should give those amounts for functions taken by the national Government. The level of funding cannot be below the last appropriated amount in the last financial year. The second information I want to give him is on agriculture. He mentioned livestock, camels and ... view
• 26 Feb 2020 in Senate: husbandry and livestock sale yards according to the Constitution, includes county abattoirs. All of their livestock are slaughtered in Kiamaiko and Dagoretti. These are the largest abattoirs in the country. That is a huge function that remains with the county government. view
• 26 Feb 2020 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, similarly, I thank you for having conducted this session in that manner. Every Senator who wanted to speak has spoken to it. We have noted the concerns and the sentiments of Senators. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I also congratulate you for the continuous and developing--- I do not want to call it jurisprudence or precedence. view
• 26 Feb 2020 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I congratulate you for parliamentary jurisprudence on the use of Standing Order No.1. This could be the first time that an Adjournment Motion has led to such a resolution. I think it will be better for us as a House and as a country moving forward. I will fully participate in the interventions that you have ordered to be done. I thank you. view
• 25 Feb 2020 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, on behalf of the entire Senate of the Republic of Kenya, allow me to welcome the members of the Youth Forum from Ruaraka Constituency. These are young ladies and gentlemen who are well known to me. They have a huge impact in the community. They have been doing a lot for the people of Ruaraka and the wider Nairobi. I welcome them to the Senate. They are part of a mentorship programme established under the Office of the Senator for Nairobi City County, where young people from different constituencies get an opportunity not just to come ... view