Johnson Arthur Sakaja

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• 16 Feb 2022 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
• 16 Feb 2022 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, there is a lot of illicit trade that is going on and many other countries taking advantage of the laxity in our territorial waters. We directed that the relevant authorities who deal with these maritime issues including the Coast Guard and, we even suggested that the Director of Criminal Investigations (DCI) to assist in investigating and bringing us a report because we are not done with this matter. In fact, immediately after we finished we got several calls from many of these people who I would assume are cartels in that industry. I want to inform Sen. ... view
• 16 Feb 2022 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, for the avoidance of doubt, we aware and I am glad that Sen. M. Kajwang’ has mentioned it. He has been a very good leader in the Committee of Devolution and Intergovernmental Relations. The transfer of functions from the Nairobi City County government to the National Government through NMS has been extended until August, 2022. For the avoidance of doubt, it will not go a day after 9th August, 2022. I have seen people commenting in a certain forum - where I am with Sen. Murkomen - that it is being extended past that date and it ... view
• 16 Feb 2022 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, this is a good Bill and congratulations to Sen. Nyamunga for bringing it to the House. When you were moving it, I was not in the House but I was listening. You said it was long overdue and it is something you have always been thinking about before you came to this House. I remember we were in the other House together. Sen. (Eng.) Hargura mentioned something very important that our counties have misunderstood the proper application of the principles of devolution. If you look at the principles of devolution, there are four elements. The first ... view
• 16 Feb 2022 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
• 16 Feb 2022 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the third one is called intergovernmental fiscal transfers. That is what we do here every year when do Division of Revenue. The third one is supposed to fill the gap between the first and the second one but, we have made it the main thing such that counties now no longer think about their resources and revenue generation; they only focus on the third item that is the equitable share. Ideally that should fill a gap between what you are supposed to do--- view
• 16 Feb 2022 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, kindly protect us from the loud consultations. view
• 16 Feb 2022 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. If you look at many of our counties, we only talk about revenue allocation but do not talk about revenue generation. We might soon need a commission of revenue generation because everybody has focused on how to divide the cake or pie but no one is preoccupied with how to bake a bigger case for this country. If that was the case, we would never have had the fights we had in this House and our counties would be very productive. In fact, Nairobi County would be giving other counties resources. The fourth principle ... view
• 16 Feb 2022 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
• 16 Feb 2022 in Senate: We then cannot get different results from our counties or transform devolution with the same thinking of the first two series of the governors that we have had. This is an important Bill because one, it links us up with the Bill that was already passed on revenue sharing of local content on what is within a county. That which is found within the county, how it is identified and exploited. In Nairobi County, we have mining and people do not know this. If you go to Ruai, we have quarries there. There are a lot of stones, leave alone ... view