Johnson Arthur Sakaja

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 2561 to 2570 of 5036.

• 14 Nov 2019 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, we have also held and are continuing to deal with the matter of our drivers who operate under the digital hailing cabs such as Uber, Taxify, Little and Bolt. We are meeting them against next week. We gave them a timeline and they agreed on regulations. They are coming back to us next weekend to give us the progress on how we will have minimum charges that will make sure that our drivers in this country are protected and that the consumer also enjoys affordable services. view
• 14 Nov 2019 in Senate: There were a number of Statements where we sort responses for example, Sen. (Dr.) Musuruve on the issue of Article 54. There is another Statement on PWDs who brought honour to the country. Sen. (Dr.) Ali brought a Statement on pension plans as well as one on hiring of public servants on contract basis. There was also Inclusion of PWDs in the Labour Market by Sen. (Dr.) Zani among others that we have been able to conclude. view
• 14 Nov 2019 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, as Chairs there is something we must say because I have experience this both in this Committee on Labour and Social Welfare and the Committee on Defence, Security and Foreign Relations. It is that we try to make the work easier for those who ask questions. When they request for Statements we invite them to the Committee to interrogate the response but many are not showing up. We have decided that we will give you the response and invite you. Whether or not you show up we will continue. Member kindly, do not raise that matter ... view
• 14 Nov 2019 in Senate: We have dealt with five Petitions conclusively as a Committee. There was one Petition by Sen. Kihika which we are tabling a report next week on the dumping of street children. We have dealt with Sen. Seneta’s two Petitions, one, on the issue of Nolturesh and another one on non-recruitment of flower farms. She is so excited and has said that she is going to call for a rally next week on Wednesday in Kajiado with the report of the Committee. view
• 14 Nov 2019 in Senate: There is one by Sen. (Dr.) Mwaura and I am glad he came and joined us on the clearance requirements. Our young people are being asked too many requirements before applying for a job. One is asked for clearance from the Higher Education Loans Board (HELB), the Kenya revenue authority (KRA), Credit Reference Bureau (CRB) and the certificate of good conduct, all of them coming to around KShs5000, yet you are a jobseeker. view
• 14 Nov 2019 in Senate: We held a very successful meeting last week but one, where we had the Governor of Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) in attendance. On top of that we had HELB director and the Commission. We also had the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI). As a result of that meeting the Governor of CBK has issued a position that they will be soon announcing that for every jobseeker and anybody who is seeking their first ever CRB clearance, it will be free of charge. Every year they will have a free clearance report courtesy of the petition by the Committee. The ... view
• 14 Nov 2019 in Senate: The DCI has also proposed to waive charges for jobseekers as well as HELB because HELB charges you Kshs1,000 if you did not get their loan which does not make sense because maybe the reason you did not get the loan was because you did not go to university. Why are you then being charged for not having a loan? We have agreed that in the first quarter of next year they are going to withdraw that fee of Kshs1,000 because of the information technology systemic they are putting in place. view
• 14 Nov 2019 in Senate: Labour and social welfare issues are unique because they deal with intricate matters of day to day life of Kenyans; especially the Petitions and Statements. Even when we table our reports our Committee has continued to follow up the relevant government agencies to ensure directives are implemented and we will continue following up those agencies. view
• 14 Nov 2019 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, going forward, the issues we are focusing on now are as follows - (1) Labour issues are key across the counties and the national Government. We are planning to hold between the Senate and the national Government and the Council of Governors (CoG) and the county Governments; a national labour summit which will bring together all major players to deliberate on all these issues including staff welfare, inter-county transfers, sharing of rare and specialised enterprises and expertise that one county might have and another does not have. There is also harmonisation and standardisation of job groups. view
• 14 Nov 2019 in Senate: In every county there are three categories: there are those who were there in the county councils, those who got transferred from the national Government when functions were devolved and those who have been hired by Governors. You find three people doing the same job under different schemes of service and remuneration and pension arrangements. We want to make sure that part of our legacy before we leave this House, is that we will have sorted that out. The first part of our legacy was to create a retirement scheme for county workers and have done that. So our Committee ... view