Johnson Arthur Sakaja

All parliamentary appearances

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• 11 Jul 2019 in Senate: I thank you. view
• 11 Jul 2019 in Senate: I am so guided, Mr. Speaker, Sir. view
• 11 Jul 2019 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, this is a report of the Committee on Security, Defence and Foreign Relations for the period starting 1st January to 30th June, 2019, pursuant to Standing Order No.51(1)(b). view
• 11 Jul 2019 in Senate: During the period under review, the Committee held 18 sittings, considered three Bills, two petitions, 16 statements, and undertook county visits to four counties. The Bills that were considered are: The Prevention of Terrorism (Amendment) Bill, The County Law Enforcement Bill and The Registration of Persons (Amendment) Bill. We had deliberations with the Sponsors of the Bills and conducted public hearings which were well-attended and we have tabled reports for two Bills. view
• 11 Jul 2019 in Senate: Concerning The Registration of Persons (Amendment) Bill, 2019, the Committee considered the Bill pre-publication scrutiny stage and unanimously resolved to recommend to the Speaker that the legislative proposal be declined in a letter dated 4th April, 2019. The Committee gave its reasons. We cannot stop the process but you can rule that it goes on. However, the Committee felt that it was not time for us to have such legislation. view
• 11 Jul 2019 in Senate: Regarding statements, pursuant to Standing Order No.48(1), we handled 16 statements during the period. All the 16 statements generally fall under the mandate of the Ministry of Interior and Coordination of National Government and were as follows: 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
• 11 Jul 2019 in Senate: There was a statement sought by Sen. Dullo who is the Deputy Senate Majority Leader on the border dispute between Isiolo and Garissa counties. We received a response from the Ministry and shared it with the Senator for Garissa County, who is the substantive Chair of the Committee on Security, Defence and Foreign Relations and the Senator for Isiolo County. We engaged with the Ministry and we have been advised accordingly. Sen. Farhiya sought a statement on the inventory of land and property belonging to the National Police Service (NPS). We received a response from the Ministry, interrogated it and ... view
• 11 Jul 2019 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, Sen. Ochillo-Ayacko sought a statement on criminal activities of a gang called “Sangwenya”. We are in receipt of the response and we shared it with the Senator in our meeting with him this morning. We want to use Migori County as an example because various governors have started deploying gangs and they are using them to terrorise Members of the County Assemblies and other politicians. We have invited the Cabinet Secretary and we shall also visit Migori County. We are waiting for the response on Turkana County. There are many others, and I do not know if ... view
• 11 Jul 2019 in Senate: On the Statement sought by Sen. (Dr.) Musuruve on assault of a secondary school student on 6th June, 2019, we sought a response from the Ministry. It is important for the Senators to note that our Committee gets Statements almost on a daily basis. To easily deal with these issues, we shall compile the Statements and then organise for a full meeting once a month which will run from morning to lunch time. In the meeting, we will have all the security agencies; the Inspector-General of Police, CS and the Principal Secretary for the Ministry of Interior and Coordination of ... view
• 11 Jul 2019 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, we respect all the Senators in this House but we also respect the fact that there are county delegations and when the leader of the delegation of Kakamega--- view