Johnson Arthur Sakaja

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• 1 Dec 2021 in Senate: He was the then CS. We are in tune. Things have changed. He is now in charge of the Ministry of Defence. The then CS of Devolution, Hon. Wamalwa, humbled himself to come to sit in the office twice or trice as we dealt with these issues. Hon. Chelugui, the CS for Labour has a heart of gold. He would tell me: “I know that this is what the Cabinet is trying to do, but what can we do?” Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I wish that I could say the same about the rest. The CS for National Treasury is ... view
• 1 Dec 2021 in Senate: times and we even had to issue summons. I really like CS, Ukur Yatani, because we sat in the building that he sits in. You do not call a CS and he says that he has been called to the State House. If you call him again, he says that he has been called to the State House. What State House? We have also been called to State House before. When the current President was in the National Treasury, I was there as the director of political affairs. Whenever His Excellency Uhuru Kenyatta was called to Parliament by a Committee ... view
• 1 Dec 2021 in Senate: are losing their livelihoods because of automation and all these machines that are coming in. Each county must have a balance. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, remember that these huge tea companies are on leases of land that are owned by the people. The counties only hold this land in trust on behalf of the people. They gave them a lease, and so, they cannot say that they will only focus on profits, but not the lives of the people in Kericho and Bomet. Livelihoods have been lost as evidenced by the fact that a company that had employed 12,000 people ... view
• 1 Dec 2021 in Senate: motive in the Senate. We work here for the sake of Kenyans. That oversight is a must. There is no escaping oversight. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I will move swiftly. I know that I have taken a lot of time, but we might lack business if I go too quickly. We are still considering the following up on the Statements below- There was a Statement sought by Sen. Rose Nyamunga on the Status of Kenya Young Employment Opportunities (KYEOP). There was also a Statement sought by Sen. Enock Wambua on rampant dismissal in private and public sectors. This is especially ... view
• 1 Dec 2021 in Senate: There was also a Statement by Sen. (Dr.) Langat on the late staff salaries and other unfair labour practices by Bomet Water and Sanitation Company (BOWASCO), and the response came. I have seen this response. It has come from BOWASCO and we will share it with the Member. He will tell us. On the Statement brought by Sen. Sakaja, this is strange. I cannot seek a Statement from my committee. It was on the inquiry on the status of Dandora and I have just said what we have done. That stadium is amazing. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, there are so ... view
• 1 Dec 2021 in Senate: National Social Security Fund (NSSF) are not being remitted, including pensions to Lap Fund and Lap Trust. They are very many. So, we have asked for an entire breakdown from NHIF, NSSF and all of the counties that have actually defaulted. The accounting officer must be held personally culpable for diverting that money. It is not your money. It is the people’s money. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, there was the issue of protection of local investors in multinational companies by Sen. Were and Sen. (Dr.) Musuruve on compensation by Mr. Peter Otieno by Sarova Hotels. We are also looking at ... view
• 1 Dec 2021 in Senate: casket. We looked at all the issues including labour attaches, the kind of arrangement between Kenya and Saudi Arabia on the bilateral labour agreements and the need for skilled labour agreement. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, we looked at the need for safe houses and more labour attaches. There was only one gentleman driving the whole of Saudi Arabia. We need eight on Riyadh and eight in Saudi. We gave a list of recommendations and said that until the Government demonstrates movement towards that, we suspend all labour migration. That is a report that has been adopted by this House and ... view
• 1 Dec 2021 in Senate: President Uhuru Kenyatta. From there, now, it has gone up to 41 per cent. They have promised--- in fact, I need to call Ms. Sylvia Mulinge and Mr. Ndegwa now. They said that we are going to have a Christmas gift, and most likely, it can go up to 50 per cent. That is joy and the biggest. Nowadays, you do not hear people talking about piracy because no one is buying CDs. It is on Skiza tunes and You Tube . That is the biggest income earners for our artists, more than even shows. We are going to push ... view
• 1 Dec 2021 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, we have had oversight and networking engagements. We have also done many county visits. I have also mentioned the issue of the Early Childhood Development Education (ECDE). We will get the scheme of service from the Council of Governors (CoG), so that we have a proper and standardised scheme of service for all ECDE teachers across the country. We cannot have one ECDE teacher earning Kshs10,000 and another one earning Kshs30,000 yet they are from the same school and teaching the same thing to our children. There must be a unified scheme of service. As a ... view
• 1 Dec 2021 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, everywhere we go we sit with the counterpart county assembly committees. That is a habit that our committees should engage in. view