Johnson Arthur Sakaja

All parliamentary appearances

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• 10 Sep 2019 in Senate: I have interacted with very many officers in the disciplined forces who have dealt with a lot of terrible situations such as handling dead bodies, being in the line of fire or those who have come back from war. From my interaction, many of the officers in the disciplined forces are in need of psychological or psychosocial support. I am glad that in some of our postings and establishments locally, such as army barracks, we have chaplaincy where the officers can receive spiritual guidance and support. view
• 10 Sep 2019 in Senate: However, this Motion is speaking to more professional psychosocial support. Many countries around the world provide psychosocial support. We need to invest in the psychosocial support for our disciplined forces whether they are in battle or not. view
• 10 Sep 2019 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, the children of many of the officers in the disciplined forces have a certain psychological demeanour or disposition that suggests that they are anti-government and become very cold. Their response to certain stimuli from the environment can tell you that they are disturbed by what their parents have gone through. Therefore, the families of the officers in the disciplined forces also need to get psychosocial support. They need to be counselled and have a call line that any family member can call in. We need to tell our officers that it is okay not to be okay ... view
• 10 Sep 2019 in Senate: We have witnessed many cases of suicide amongst our police officers. We have also witnessed many cases of police officers killing each other or killing members of the public after disagreements. Such killings point to persons whose mental state at the point of executing such an action is not 100 per cent. Such killings call for concern. If we are not concerned about our officers in the disciplined forces, we are walking on shaky ground. The issues concerning our officers in the disciplined forces are a ticking time bomb. We need to establish whether the people who walk around with ... view
• 10 Sep 2019 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, we must encourage our officers to speak out. Over the past three or four years, our country has seen the highest cases of homicide and suicide within the ranks of the disciplined forces. If these issues do not call us to a place of self-reflection as a country, we are living in denial and we have buried our heads in the sand. We must confront the issues affecting our officers in the disciplined forces head-on. I must congratulate the church for setting up chaplaincies in many of our barracks. I am aware that we have chaplaincies and ... view
• 10 Sep 2019 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, recently, changes were made to house police officers outside the housing that that had earlier been provided within the police station. I have a challenge with that arrangement in Nairobi because many of our police officers cannot afford to stay near their stations. A police officer attached to Kileleshwa Police Station, cannot stay in Kileleshwa. He has to go and look for cheap housing in the slums. A police officer in Muthangari Police Station, Lavington or Hardy Police Station in Karen cannot stay within the environment of the station as was envisioned by this programme. We are ... view
• 10 Sep 2019 in Senate: We may have implemented the housing programme that was set up but ended up sending our police officers into slums. We have failed to achieve the goals of that housing programme. The other day, I took my Committee on National Security, Defence and Foreign Relations to Kima Market in Vihiga County where there had been killings in Kilingili. Over six watchmen lost their lives but the police officers could not respond to the distress call on time. One of the problems that was cited from that visit is that since the housing policy was implemented, the police officers moved into ... view
• 10 Sep 2019 in Senate: Secondly, are we paying our officers enough? If an officer cannot afford a house, stays in a shared accommodation together with another officer or in one room with his wife and children, what kind of dignity are we talking about? We have a problem with our wage bill, but security is an essential service in this country. We cannot talk about salaries of Members of Parliament (MPs), yet the salaries of police officers – who guard us and this country – are not taken into account. We must look at the welfare of these police officers. I am glad that, ... view
• 10 Sep 2019 in Senate: If you drive in the morning as you come to work or whenever you interact with these officers, they seem very angry. Their disposition show people who are frustrated and have a problem. Something is wrong and that reflects on their work. They will respond to matatu drivers or members of the public with anger and disdain, and it ceases being Utumishi kwa wote . The wording of this motto should have been changed because we are moving from a police force to a police service. For somebody to serve you well, they need to be in a good mental ... view
• 8 Aug 2019 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, Sen. Linturi is seated next to me, but I have a totally contrary opinion from that Statement. We are living at a time, in our country, where majority of Kenyans are struggling even to just eke out a living. Where those projects have started, let them be completed. But leadership in this time and day in our country--- The other day, I saw in Kenyatta National Teaching and Referral Hospital as case where a family lost a member because of Kshs1,950. We are talking about schools. I saw a school in Kinango, where children do not ... view