Johnson Arthur Sakaja

All parliamentary appearances

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• 2 Dec 2021 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Health is the most important devolved function. While I appreciate the rush that seems to be there, I think it is a great disservice to the millions of the people we represent for us not to be allowed to exhaustively discuss this issue. Five minutes to talk about health is not adequate. I will give you an example of Nairobi City County. The wage bill of the Nairobi Metropolitan Service (NMS), for instance, 58 per cent of it, Kshs6.4 billion, is on healthcare. The total budget of the health sector is Kshs11 billion. view
• 2 Dec 2021 in Senate: Mr. Speaker Sir, I am sure that every day, Members get requests from members of the public about somebody being unwell. In fact, our offices have almost become like clinics. There is no more important legislation that we will discuss than this health one. As legislators, our work is to ventilate and be informed on the matters that we discuss. Otherwise, it is a great disservice to the people that we represent. The National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF) is extremely important. Universal Healthcare (UHC) is one of the Big Four Agenda items that we hoped would be implemented. view
• 2 Dec 2021 in Senate: Today, I am happy to say that in Nairobi City County, the Mathare North Health Center, which had stalled for more than 20 years, has now been completed. That hospital alone is going to reduce the pressure on Mama Lucy Kibaki Hospital for the people of Nairobi. view
• 2 Dec 2021 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Nairobi Metropolitan Services (NMS) has gone to construct another 20 hospitals. Recently, I raised a question on the fact that we can have the brick and mortar, but what about the doctors, the fees, and the critical care specialists? As I speak, in Nairobi City County, Mama Lucy Kibaki Hospital has only 13 critical care nurses, and that is just on paper. It has two anesthesiologists and 11 anesthetists. Mbagathi County Hospital has 10 critical care nurses, one anesthesiologist and eight anesthetists. Pumwani Maternity Hospital has 13 critical care nurses, two anesthesiologists and eight anesthetists. Mr. ... view
• 2 Dec 2021 in Senate: Makueni County. All underprivileged families will be able to get a medical card and free medical healthcare in Nairobi. That is something that we hope to do. If the good Lord allows that I be elected as Governor, that is the first thing that I will do. If your county is unhealthy--- I know families that have struggled for years. They have built in Utawala, next to Sen. Kwamboka. They have one car, but when one family member gets sick, they are all impoverished. Mr. Speaker, Sir, this is so critical that it might as well be the most significant ... view
• 2 Dec 2021 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, today the House is extremely efficient. Things are moving very fast. I am grateful that after the request made, the report has now been shared for Members to go through it before we vote. The reason why there is educational requirements for people to be Senators is for us to read. If there is pressure to pass things without reading, that would be a disservice to the people we represent. We need to read these reports. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I thank the Committee members for the work they have done led by Sen. Kibiru, Sen. (Dr.) Ochillo-Ayacko, ... view
• 2 Dec 2021 in Senate: the second round. The Equalization Fund talked about sanitation index, but there is no place with worst sanitation than the poorest of the slums in Nairobi City County yet out of the 17 constituencies, 85 wards and hundreds of slums that we have in this city, not even one has been considered marginalized. The Equalization Fund talks about bringing up to speed areas that have been left behind in infrastructure such as roads, electricity, water and many others. The reason there is a fire incident in Gikomba or Mathare every month is because of the illegal power connections. Those people ... view
• 2 Dec 2021 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, thank you. All the Bills that are scheduled here are important. In fact, I am surprised that of all the people, Sen. Murkomen wants us to skip a Bill for ‗hustlers.‘ view
• 2 Dec 2021 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, it is a Bill on start-ups and the Prompt Payment Bill to make sure that all the ‗hustlers‘ who we are all supporting are paid promptly by the national Government and county governments. If you look at these Bills - I can see Sen. (Dr.) Zani is very happy - they all have just one or two amendments. They are not many. Let us just do it and push. I urge all Senators wherever they are to just hold. view
• 2 Dec 2021 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Chairperson, Sir, I beg to move that the Committee do report to the Senate its consideration of the Prompt Payment Bill (Senate Bills No.16 of 2021) and its approval thereof with amendments view