Johnson Arthur Sakaja

All parliamentary appearances

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• 28 Feb 2019 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, kindly allow me to add on to that request for a statement by Sen. Omanga because it is a very important issue in this country. We have a lot of talented young people who are involved in arts. These are musicians, producers, and performers. Mr. Speaker, Sir, this category of Kenyans who are hugely talented have been taken for a ride, for a long time. Can the Chairperson, in his response, tell us which stations are paying and those that are not paying royalties to musicians? Our radio and television (TV) stations are playing this music every ... view
• 28 Feb 2019 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, you almost sounded as if you were assisting the Chairperson to answer. If we look at the Senate Standing Orders, the Second Schedule lists the different roles of our Committees. The Senate Committee on Finance and Budget, which is the fifth, has its main role as to investigate, inquire into and report on all matters relating to coordination, control and monitoring of the county budgets and to examine the budget Policy Statement presented to the Senate, et cetera. Part (b) says:- “Pursuant to Article 228 (6) of the Constitution, to examine the report of the Controller of ... view
• 28 Feb 2019 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, before the Controller of Budget approves any disbursement to the counties, she needs to be satisfied that it is within the budget that the county assembly itself has passed that budget. view
• 28 Feb 2019 in Senate: The first charge on any budget of a county government must be any pending bills. That is what brings back these issues squarely to the Senate and the Committee on Finance and Budget. In fact, it might as well just write to the Controller of Budget to establish the level of pending bills and what will be done, such that the first charge on all the monies drawn from the Exchequer will sort out the pending bills. view
• 28 Feb 2019 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, when we got into this Senate, Nairobi City County, for instance, had Kshs50 billion pending bills. That is of concern to me. As the Senator I need to be told. They can bring us an omnibus report of what is being done to deal with it. These are the suppliers, contractors and young people who got the 30 per cent procurement opportunities, but are not being paid. view
• 28 Feb 2019 in Senate: Could the Chairperson commit to even deal with the Controller of Budget on our counties and tell us what the strategy is? We agreed during the Leadership Retreat that every month the Controller of Budget will be sending to specific Senators the County Exchequer Release Report. Since the day we met and agreed, we have never seen it. view
• 28 Feb 2019 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, I want to know when Nairobi City County has requested a particular amount of money for specific purposes. If we say that we cannot do it, we might as well close the Senate na twende nyumbani . view
• 28 Feb 2019 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, in addition to being the Vice Chairperson of the Committee on National Security, Defence and Foreign Relations, I am the Senator of Nairobi. I know this issue very well; it is a land issue where people claim that part of that land is theirs. In fact, I have just spoken to the Member of County Assembly (MCA) called Mr. Osman and confirmed it. So, kindly give that Statement to the Committee on Lands, Environment and Natural Resources to deal with it. This is because they are claiming ownership of some of the title certificates, not for the ... view
• 28 Feb 2019 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, if that is the case, I would rather you give it to the Committee on National Security, Defence and Foreign Relations. This is because as a Chairperson of a Committee, I know that joint Committees do not work. You can have nine Members of one Committee and only two from another. Therefore, you lack quorum and so the meeting cannot start. It is either you give it to the Committee on Lands, Environment and Natural Resources or the Committee on National Security, Defence and Foreign Relations. I have always been very hesitant about joint committees because I ... view
• 28 Feb 2019 in Senate: Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. Pursuant to Standing Order No. 51(a), I rise to make a Statement on a matter that concerns this House and the Committee on National Security, Defence and Foreign Relations. Madam Temporary Speaker, on 21st February, 2019, Sen. Aaron Cheruiyot, the Senator for Kericho County, requested for a Statement on the National Integrated Identity Management System, popularly known as NIIMS and commonly referred to as Huduma number. In the ruling of the Chair and considering the interest Members had in this matter, you directed that this matter is discussed in the Committee of the Whole. Communication ... view