Johnson Arthur Sakaja

All parliamentary appearances

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• 12 Feb 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, all of us are politicians. Wherever we go, we keep telling our young people to take advantage and come together in groups to register businesses, but we have not provided the legal framework through which they can actually access these opportunities. We devolved almost Kshs210 billion in the last financial year and this year we will probably devolve a higher amount. It is important for us as the National Assemble to ring-fence a certain amount of money or a certain amount of this value for the young people in Gwassi, Kisumu, Central Kenya and Nairobi to ... view
• 12 Feb 2014 in National Assembly: Last year, 2013, in his address to this House, His Excellency the President stated that the 30 per cent must be provided. We have seen the Cabinet Secretary doing her best trying and struggling. Many of these procuring entities, if they get an excuse, are actually ignoring these provisions. We must put it in law so that it becomes an actual offence, if a procuring entity cannot justify why they have not given young people 30 per cent of procurement opportunities. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, we need to provide as well a monitoring and regulatory framework to ensure that PPOA ... view
• 12 Feb 2014 in National Assembly: country. This Bill will seek to provide that where there is 100 per cent funding from the Government of Kenyan, it must be exclusive. Meaning that we cannot even consider foreigners where there is evidence that, that good or service can be provided by the people of this country. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, a prescribed margin of preference may be given to candidates offering manufactured, mined, extracted and goods grown in Kenya. Also, we will expect the Cabinet Secretary to ensure that any part of the administrative process that serves as an impediment to the young people is removed. We ... view
• 12 Feb 2014 in National Assembly: challenges based on the fact that one, many of the Members might be new. Many of the Members might not be able to push through a lot of the issues but we want to ask the National Assembly to support it. It is through this Association and through this House that young people of this country will really feel represented. view
• 12 Feb 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, as I promised earlier I will not take the entire 45 minutes. I think I have made clear the points and objectives of this Bill. I will ask Members to kindly get a copy of this Bill and come and see me. I am available for any amendments that you would wish to bring that will actually bring into effect and strengthen the provisions of our young people. Again, I laud the Government for the initiative but I think it is our responsibility to anchor it into law because this is the House of legislation. view
• 12 Feb 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, with those very few remarks, I would like to ask the Secretary- General of the Young Parliamentarians Association, hon. Ochieng of Ugenya to second this Bill. view
• 5 Dec 2013 in National Assembly: On a point of order, hon. Speaker. As a matter of procedure, this is because I have seen this happen many times in the House, when Members are laying Papers on the Table they actually lay the Papers on the Chair. None has laid anything on the Table even symbolically before presenting it to the Clerks. Kindly advise: When a Paper is to be laid on the Table of the House is it just a statement or actually there should be physical demonstration of laying the Paper and then proceeding to--- view
• 5 Dec 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, my reason for raising this really is that this House is a House of traditions and procedure. When you say that a Paper has been laid on the Table it is not just for semantics, rather it should be something symbolic that a Paper has been actually laid on the Table. I, however, take your guidance that--- view
• 5 Dec 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, the intention of hon. Kang’ata is noble and very clear but we need to be sure that we protect those institutions that 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
• 5 Dec 2013 in National Assembly: already have charters, and which are already allowed to conduct such training. So, I will propose a further amendment by inserting the words “save for a university granted a charter”. view