Johnson Arthur Sakaja

All parliamentary appearances

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• 3 Dec 2019 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, just a quick clarification. What I am asking for is not for us to stall Bills coming from there; that is because if we adopt the “eye for an eye” approach, we will all lose our sight. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, there are Bills that are stuck there, such as the County Attorney Bill, the County Boundaries Bill and the Food Security Bill. Food security is about agriculture, which is devolved, yet they say it is a money Bill. This also affects all the other Bills. The fact is that in this 12th Parliament, there is ... view
• 3 Dec 2019 in Senate: other back channeling might be going on. This is so that I can go back to my constituency and tell them, “This is the position of the Senate on legislation coming from this House.” view
• 3 Dec 2019 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, this discussion has gone into many issues. I asked for a very simple direction from the Speaker. Standing 156 talks of what happens when we finish with a Bill. Standing Order 157 talks of what happens when a Bill comes from the National Assembly. We do not have a Standing Order that talks of what we should do when a Bill does not move, or when it is delayed for a long time in the other House. Standing Order 1 says that all cases where matters are not expressly provided for by these Standing Orders or ... view
• 27 Nov 2019 in Senate: Thank you very much, Madam Temporary Speaker. It is very good to see you as the Temporary Speaker today. Yet again, Sen. (Dr.) Musuruve is playing and keeping true to the reason she is in this House. As I have said many times before, whether she is here or not, Sen. (Dr.) Musuruve is a great example of what it means when you are nominated or rather elected through special party lists to represent a certain category of the population. When those provisions were put in the Constitution, it was because the country felt that there were very many groups ... view
• 27 Nov 2019 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
• 27 Nov 2019 in Senate: sympathetic point of view, to a human rights point of view. Before, it was about treatment and about people who cannot do anything. If you look at the International Convention on Persons living with Disability, we were a signatory to it, as a country. That regime changed. We stopped looking at them as people to be given a hand up, to people with equalization of opportunities. These are people with whom we are in a regime where we go out of our way to make sure that we can equalize their access economically, socially and even politically. We look at ... view
• 27 Nov 2019 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
• 27 Nov 2019 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, the second thing is sports. Sports is a unifier; it brings out the best in us, as a society. Talking about competitive sports, Kenya has exceled in many fields. We have a natural talent. I do not know how God combined Kenya and its location with that talent of sports in many aspects. I remember that in New York, they were joking that they are changing the name of the marathon from the New York Marathon to “Chase the Kenyans,” because they never look for number one or number two in those marathons. They just say, “Let ... view
• 27 Nov 2019 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
• 27 Nov 2019 in Senate: When we talk about wheelchair basketball, there is some specific infrastructure that is required for that, and many other games that they participate in. As I have said earlier, we have a competitive advantage. We are already good in sports, as a country. If we just put in some little investment, they can even shine in the global sphere, and they can represent our country very well. Madam Temporary Speaker, the Ministry of Sports has its role. If you look at the second part of the Fourth Schedule, it talks about responsibilities to the county governments. I want to put ... view