Johnson Arthur Sakaja

All parliamentary appearances

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• 14 Dec 2017 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, let me finish the point that I was making. We must not encourage the thinking that if you are a Member of Jubilee you are not going to play an oversight role. What that does is that it turns Members of one side of the House into voting machines, who will accept anything that comes from the National Government. They will come and protect--- view
• 14 Dec 2017 in Senate: Senate Minority Leader, this is the 12th Parliament; it is different from the one you were in last time. I would like to urge my colleagues that all of us, as Senators, are playing that oversight role. This is because we are looking at reports from 47 county governments. There is no correlation with the party that has formed the national Government and how we compose the oversight Committees. In any case, if you look at presidential jurisdictions across the world, you do not find a distinction on oversight Committees, because Parliament in its entirety is supposed to play that ... view
• 7 Dec 2017 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. First, let me commend this Joint Committee of both the National Assembly and the Senate for expediting this matter of nominees to EALA and filtering those who applied for these positions. We all note the importance of the EALA. This process has brought to light certain concerns. Before I get to those concerns, I note and congratulate in advance all those who have been nominated. I see a number of young people who have made it to the list. Whether or not they make it through the elections is another issue, but this is ... view
• 7 Dec 2017 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I like to correct the notion that while promoting representation of young people, I am also discriminating against the old people. I can see one particular gentleman who is older than the rest in the list. The same Constitution that says that we should not discriminate--- view
• 7 Dec 2017 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, it is out of order for the Senator to insinuate--- view
• 7 Dec 2017 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, Sen. Okello, who is the Senator for Migori County. view
• 7 Dec 2017 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I pressed my intervention before he sat down. With your kind indulgence and for the record of the House--- view
• 7 Dec 2017 in Senate: Thank you Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. view
• 7 Dec 2017 in Senate: Thank you Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I would like to correct the notion that might be in the record of the House that promotion of young people in terms of representation is discrimination of the old and against the Constitution. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes view
• 6 Dec 2017 in Senate: On a point of order, Madam Temporary Speaker. I acknowledge that you have asked the Senate Minority Leader to move on from that one point, he mentioned something and maybe many did not notice; that he visited this factory under camouflage. I would like him to explain what ‘camouflage’ means in this context. Did he go there in a bui bui or was he in a hood; in a way that they would not know him? It would be very interesting to understand this. view