Johnson Arthur Sakaja

All parliamentary appearances

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• 29 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: cardinal issue that must be addressed in this country, if you want to provide a sustainable future for our children. Every year, hundreds and thousands of young people fall by the wayside in our education system. Two years ago, I remember we were saying that 600,000 students were doing the KCPE, and they were going to join Form One; before that, in 2005, 1.5 million students joined Class One. From the 1.5 million students who joined Class One, only 600,000 students made it to Class Eight. Of the 600,000 students who made it to class eight, only 400,000 students were ... view
• 29 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, world over, a child at the age of 14 must go on with education. I am seeing the light that the light is on, but just allow me to finish my point. The reason why we subject our children to exams in Class Eight before they go to Form One and tell them you are too stupid to go to Form One is not because of intelligence or lack of it; it is because of our structural inadequacies and we have refused to provide places for them in Form One. view
• 29 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: Every primary school in the village has enough space to build, say, a Form One Classroom. So, I ask, as I finish, that the Budget and Appropriations Committee and the Departmental Committee on Education, Research and Technology, at least, start providing for this 100 per cent transition rate. Otherwise, even this will not have much effect. I thank you for this because it is a good step. We thank the President and the Deputy President because they are the ones who launched it. view
• 29 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I would like to support and explain to the Member for Saku that what this provision does in the Bill as it was, is that either the evaluation and comparison will be done using the procedure or the criteria set out in the expression of interest document. No other criteria shall be used. We have to take cognisance of the fact that there are professional services which are being procured and when you are doing the comparisons, for example for the lawyers, there is a way lawyers are supposed to charge. For doctors, there are certain ... view
• 29 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Hon. Deputy Speaker. view
• 29 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, the concerns of the Members are understandable given that there are certain professions that are not regulated. There are also cases where you are looking at technologists versus those who are regulated by an Act of Parliament. It clearly says here that, that particular profession has agreed to be regulated by an Act of Parliament in terms of the fees they charge. If that profession’s charges are not regulated by an Act of Parliament, then they are not using quality- based standards even if that profession was created by an Act of Parliament. There are certain ... view
• 29 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Deputy Speaker. On the issue we are dealing with right now, it cannot go without saying that Wednesday mornings are reserved days for Members to bring Private Motions and Bills. Very many Members have played their role and have many Bills that are pending. We need a Communication from the Chair to reprimand Members who, despite their matters being listed on the Order Paper, do not find time to appear on the Floor of the House to pursue their issues. Even Hon. John Waluke, the sponsor of the Motion at Order No. 13, is not in the ... view
• 29 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. Kindly indulge me just a little bit because this is really very key clause. This is a clause we have tried to amend for the last two years. It is part of what I had brought earlier which this House passed. Quickly, the amendment in Clause 4 is to prescribe and differentiate--- view
• 29 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: I am in support. view
• 29 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: Yes. Just very quickly so that Members can understand what this amendment is all about because this is key one for some of us. Clause 4 differentiates between disadvantaged groups, micro, small and medium enterprises as it was earlier by specifying that candidates as disadvantaged groups must be protected. This is a clause that deals with preferences and reservations. Clause 5 provides that instead of just saying that procuring entity shall deserve a prescribed percentage of its procurement budget of the disadvantaged group, it is prescribing that it is 30 per cent. This goes hand in hand with Clause 10 ... view