Johnson Arthur Sakaja

All parliamentary appearances

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• 25 Nov 2018 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, these forms of manually coded English are different and Sen. (Dr.) Musuruve will appreciate that. We can discuss with them and see what the Petition is about so that we do not exclude. view
• 25 Nov 2018 in Senate: Article 7 of the Constitution says- view
• 25 Nov 2018 in Senate: “The national language of the Republic is Kiswahili. The official languages of the Republic are Kiswahili and English. The State shall promote and protect diversity of language of the people; and also promote the development and use of indigenous languages; Kenyan Sign Language, Braille and other communication formats and technologies accessible to persons with disability.” view
• 25 Nov 2018 in Senate: SEE1 and SEE2 are some of the other communication formats that can be promoted. view
• 25 Nov 2018 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, this particular form is encouraged because over the years, when they realized that deaf children are having difficulties, especially with syntax and morphology, they looked for a form of sign language that is as close as possible to the perfect English. You can do further research about SEE and learn a lot about it. I have seen parts of SEE1 and SEE2. view
• 25 Nov 2018 in Senate: Generally speaking, we, as a country, are doing badly when it comes to taking care of persons who are living with disability. Before, it used to be looked at in terms of being sympathetic, these people are suffering, we pity them, but that has changed. It is now a human rights issue. That is the perspective we need to look at, not even medical, but a human rights issue. view
• 25 Nov 2018 in Senate: Today, if there were no stairs, there is no way I would access my office which is located in the 26th Floor of Kenyatta International Convention Centre (KICC). If there is no ramp, there is no way a person with disability can access it. The difference between us is the mode that has been provided for either of us to access the same building. 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
• 25 Nov 2018 in Senate: When I was in the National Assembly, we only realized how difficult it was for a disabled person to access the first floor of Parliament when one of the Members of the National Assembly, Hon. Dennita Ghati got an accident. It, therefore, took one of us to realize how difficult it was to access there. The lifts on that side were not working. view
• 25 Nov 2018 in Senate: I called for a meeting with the then Ministry of Public Works and Infrastructure, the Chief Architect and the Chief Engineer. We asked them why most public buildings in this country did not have access for Persons with Disability (PWDs) and, at the same time, crossing roads is a problem. The excuse that they gave at that time was that the building code in this country was last done in the 1960s yet in the same room, I had called the Kenya Bureau of Standards (KeBS) because they are the ones who set up the standards for building. Madam Temporary ... view
• 25 Nov 2018 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, I know that you have travelled around the world and seen in the countries that you have been to, that even where the kerb ends, you find dots on the road. If somebody is walking with a cane, they can feel the difference in texture and know that they have come to the end of the road. The traffic lights have sound and counts down, such that when the PWDs are there, they will know that it is time to cross. You will find them walking alone without help. In Kenya, they need two or three people ... view