Johnson Arthur Sakaja

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 3511 to 3520 of 5036.

• 28 Nov 2018 in Senate: Finally, Mr. Speaker, Sir, there was a Petition by residents of Kajiado County. I must note that Sen. Mary Seneta is quite active in bringing Petitions to the House and many of them end up in my Committee but we are happy with her. This Petition was by the residents of Kajiado on delayed salaries and non-remittance of statutory deductions in Nol Turesh Loitoktok Water and Sanitation Company. Like the other Petitions, this Petition has opened the wider issue of non-remittance by county governments and public institutions of payments of Pay As You Earn (PAYE), National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF), ... view
• 28 Nov 2018 in Senate: We met once on the Petition and we have resolved to invite the petitioners and also make it wider together with the Public Service Commission (PSC) and the County Assemblies Service Boards (CASB). view
• 28 Nov 2018 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, there are a number of inquiries. One was on non-payment of salaries to Betting Control and Licensing Board staff, Mombasa County. However, we have resolved that and had a meeting with the governor of Mombasa County, the Speaker, Members of the County Assembly (MCAs) and the County Executive Committee (CEC) members together with Sen. Faki when we went for the county visit. Sen. Faki was really committed and stayed with us even when we went to other counties. He must be applauded. Normally, Senators will only welcome you to their county but Sen. Faki was our resident ... view
• 28 Nov 2018 in Senate: There is an issue that is ongoing which we are dealing with on discriminating and victimization of Kenyan workers working on the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR). The objective was to find out what Government agencies are doing in terms of streamlining the operations. We have had several meetings and given undertakings and directions by the powers vested in this Committee, yourself and this House. We have even instructed that all Chinese signage on the SGR be removed and all these Chinese doing jobs like The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of ... view
• 28 Nov 2018 in Senate: ushering, security and work that Kenyans can do must be done by Kenyans. We have insisted on that. The Committee is concluding this matter. We are doing a site visit. The problem is that if we will tell them when we will be going, they will hide these wrong things that they do. So, we will go impromptu. We will just show up and ride the train to Mombasa and we hope Sen. Faki can welcome us again. There is also the Petition letter by former locomotive drivers of Kenya Railways (KR) to find out why they have not been ... view
• 28 Nov 2018 in Senate: Yes, Mr. Speaker, Sir. It is because of the nature of the Committee. Its mandate is very wide and it has hardworking Members. view
• 28 Nov 2018 in Senate: Finally, we have done the commendation of Eliud Kipchoge for breaking the World Marathon Record. One on honorarium to councillors by Sen. Kinyua, we are looking at that because it is a labour issue as well. view
• 28 Nov 2018 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, allow me not to go through everything and leave out the public participation that we have done. We have matters of challenges and recommendations. I think many of these are generic with most committees. We have given very strong recommendations of what needs to be done. view
• 28 Nov 2018 in Senate: I thank the secretariat led by the Clerk of this House. We have seen and I have personal experiences being in both Houses. The Clerk and the staff of the Senate are professional, hardworking and they are very helpful. Were it not for the clerk that we have, staff and secretariat, we would not have achieved what we have been able to in this quarter. The rest of the details shall be left with the Clerks-at-the-Table, including the pending activities that we have. view
• 28 Nov 2018 in Senate: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. view