Johnson Arthur Sakaja

All parliamentary appearances

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• 8 Jul 2015 in National Assembly: On a point of order, hon. Deputy, Speaker. Is Hon. Wandayi in order to mislead the House by saying that the sitting of the Committee was disrupted in any manner? If you consult the HANSARD of that particular sitting, as much as he is not a Member of that Committee--- view
• 8 Jul 2015 in National Assembly: If you did not know, there is a record of Committee proceedings. view
• 8 Jul 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, the Member was partly the cause of the disorder in that meeting. In fact, he referred to Members of the Committee as busybodies, which is unparliamentary language. Because he realised that he did not have enough content to pursue the matter, he decided to engage in side shows. The CS issued a very comprehensive response of about 200 pages and the matter was fully prosecuted. In addition, the Member himself decided to leave the proceeding of the Committee. Is the hon. Member in order to mislead the House by saying that his questions were not answered well, ... view
• 8 Jul 2015 in National Assembly: --- (Off-record) view
• 8 Jul 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I would like to inform the Member who was on the Floor that within Jubilee, we have arrangements through which we take care of all other political parties. For example, with the Alliance Party of Kenya (APK), we have agreed on how much money they are supposed to get. The only issue is that we do not know whether to fund the United Democratic Front (UDF) or the Amani National Congress (ANC). They should clarify to us but we will still give that support to UDF. That is on a light touch. However, that is an ... view
• 8 Jul 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. It is very difficult for me to oppose this amendment by my good friend and neighbour, Dr. Chris Wamalwa. I would urge him to be open to certain amendments so that we can support it to the end. For now, it is difficult. I support the idea. Opening up space for many political parties is good but there are a number of myths that need to be debunked. First of all, the quality of a nomination process in terms of whether parties are doing free and fair nominations or not is not about the ... view
• 8 Jul 2015 in National Assembly: The USA, what we call the quintessence of the modern-day democracy has very few political parties. One of them is the Democratic Party and the second one is the Republican Party. The United Kingdom has less than five political parties, namely, the Labour Party, Liberal Democrats, the Conservatives, the United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP) and the Scottish National Party (SNP). It is not automatic that the more political parties you have the more democracy you have. I think we are trying to address the wrong problem with the wrong solution. We need to look at the governance structures within political ... view
• 8 Jul 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, it is not a point of order but it is a point of opinion. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 8 Jul 2015 in National Assembly: A political party whose party leader, chairman and executive director are from one community is an extremely undemocratic national party. Members know the details of what I have just said. The point is that we need to detribalise our national parties. That is the future we are headed to. I will be pushing for an amendment with my brother Chris Wamalwa to make it clear that whereas 25 members of a county assembly qualify a party, those members should be from different parts of the country. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, we have had the issue of accountability for these funds. ... view
• 8 Jul 2015 in National Assembly: I would like to urge my good friend, Hon. Chris Wamalwa, to be open in order for us to strengthen this provision. We are supporting our parties within our coalition in the best way we can with the little resources that we have. I would urge the same to be done in his coalition. As we address the issue of funding, let us move towards detribalising political parties and creating strong political institutions that are known for their issues and not for individuals that lead those institutions. view