Johnson Arthur Sakaja

All parliamentary appearances

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• 3 Apr 2019 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, I had already, and will still do it- designed an interface where if you are in Nairobi in Roysambu Ward, you will go to your phone, click Roysambu and see the number of projects that the county government is claiming to have done or that are budgeted for. This is because we have programme based budgets. You will see the amount of money put in there and the progress. It can be done by mwananchi because of GPS location. It is very easy, and I am ready to help other Senators do it in their counties. view
• 3 Apr 2019 in Senate: We will be able to say, “No, that hospital ward you are saying was build does not exist. In fact, this is the uploaded picture of the hospital or the sight.” This is so that we have a public interface where mwananchi can integrate and do oversight. Individual Senators will not be able to do oversight on their own. We need to empower the mwananchi who is living in Kasarani, Kibra, Laini Saba, Lindi or Kilimani ward to participate by telling us what the county government has done. However, they do not know. If, today I am able to go ... view
• 3 Apr 2019 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, as we develop this Bill, let us put some emphasis on access to information and its provision. The reason why we moved from the regime of budget to programme-based budgeting was specifically for that so, that one does not just tell us that this is the budget for this Ministry or docket in the county. However, you are telling us that this budget in Machakos County in Katangi Ward is for this project. Let us give mwananchi that information and our work will be much easier. Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr. said that we do not have capacity ... view
• 3 Apr 2019 in Senate: “Each Senator shall exercise power of oversight over their respective county.” view
• 3 Apr 2019 in Senate: Yes, as it has been, we oversight on wholesale; we all go and look at the report on Homa Bay or Machakos County. However, the people on the ground in Nairobi are asking where Sen. Sakaja is yet they have seen the audit report. In Kisii County, they are asking whether Sen. (Prof.) Ongeri has started working too closely with Gov. Ongwae because they are not hearing his voice. However, you cannot expect him, without any resources, to put to task a budget of billions yet, he has an allocation for an office similar to a Member of Parliament with ... view
• 3 Apr 2019 in Senate: It is of no value to create a perception to the public that we will do this work yet we know that we will not go to 58 wards or 17 constituencies. Let us be fair in this House. We are representing people who have a lot of concerns and hope in us. For example, when the people of Narok County see Sen. Olekina, they know he can speak against the ills in the county. I will not mention a few Senators who have been pocketed by their governors. I will not mention anyone individually. However, you see them fraternizing ... view
• 3 Apr 2019 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, how many more minutes do I have? I will ask that we take this a bit more seriously. I would have expected more Senators here. The role of the Senate is to oversight and this is the Bill that we need to strengthen. For example, if we strengthen it, Sen. (Dr.) Musuruve will be felt across the country. This is because she is a national Senator. She is not from Kakamega; she is a Senator representing Persons Living with Disabilities (PWDs) across the country. Therefore, she can call the National Council for Persons with Disabilities (NCPWD) with ... view
• 3 Apr 2019 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, the time is enough for him to reply because he moved it eloquently. If he replies it in two minutes, I can move the next Bill and we can continue with it in the next session. Otherwise, they will change the order of things. view
• 3 Apr 2019 in Senate: Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker, for the opportunity to move this Bill. This Bill is a collaborative effort between two Senators. It has been sponsored by Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr. and I. It is a Bill that this House needs urgently. For the last few years, we have seen a lot of issues between the two Houses when it comes to determining where a Bill should go. Whereas the Constitution is very clear that both Speakers must determine whether a Bill concerns counties or whether it is a money Bill before it is presented to any of the Houses that ... view
• 3 Apr 2019 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, I think that I had mentioned it but for the record, I will say it again. I beg to move that the Determination of the Nature of Bills (Procedure) Bill (Senate Bills No. 30 of 2018) be now read a second time. The Bill is sponsored by Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr. and I. view