Johnson Arthur Sakaja

All parliamentary appearances

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• 9 Nov 2021 in Senate: I have never led a delegation to look for funds from any foreign country, but we have engaged. We have had party-to-party partnerships. I have signed a cooperation agreement with the Democratic Party. In fact, around that time, they invited the Rt. Hon. Raila Odinga, Hon. Musalia Mudavadi, Hon. Martha Karua, the late Hon. Laboso and I to Philadelphia for Hillary Clinton’s Democratic Convention. We have done party-to-party engagements with the National Council for the Defence of Democracy - Forces for the Defence of Democracy (CNDD-FDD) in Burundi, but as peers and not subjects or recipients of donor support. What ... view
• 9 Nov 2021 in Senate: Madam Deputy Speaker, on behalf of the Senate Majority Leader, I beg to lay the following Paper on the Table of the Senate today the 9th November, 2021- The Commission on Revenue Allocation (CRA) recommendation on the equitable sharing of nationally raised revenue between the National and County Governments for the FY 2022/2023. view
• 9 Nov 2021 in Senate: On a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. There was a very important Statement about Marsabit County that we wanted to contribute to, but you rushed over it. Now we do not have Members for this business. I do not understand why you are deferring Committee of the Whole yet we are here. We have our Bills at Committee Stage unless we have a shortage of presiding officers for Committee. This is something we have discussed in the Senate Business Committee (SBC). We have Bills to deal with. We can pass a resolution now, allowing somebody else to sit in ... view
• 9 Nov 2021 in Senate: Madam Deputy Speaker, he is not. view
• 4 Nov 2021 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, I join my colleagues in expressing dismay and shock at this news. It is not normal for a radical action like that to be taken in the public service. We have seen such actions of redundancies being taken in the private sector many times. I have dealt with a number of them in my committee because these are labour issues. If what is alleged is true, that 900 staff in the public sector were sent home, it points to something bigger and shows that something is going on. I have seen the prayer by the Senator that ... view
• 4 Nov 2021 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, of course, on that one, definitely we shall follow a procedure to call the CS at the soonest availability. Additionally, since I know it takes a while for letters to be processed, I will also make a phone call to the CS to find out what is going on and invite him, because sometimes we invite them seven days prior, but they get the letter on the sixth day and have an excuse. Today, we were having a very important inquiry on football and the CS admittedly, you know it was very short notice, requested to come ... view
• 4 Nov 2021 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, since we are on Statements, there is something that is happening. I sought an urgent Statement from the Committee on Lands, Environment and Natural Resources about demolitions and evictions in Nairobi. view
• 4 Nov 2021 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, Sen. Dullo has just asked about something before my Committee. As I have said, we try hard to be diligent. There was a report on Ewaso-Nyiro that was brought to the House. In discussing that report, reservations were raised by Members and the Speaker asked us to take them into consideration. The Committee met again and we wrote to Sen. Dullo on 4th August, 2021 asking her to refer to the report that we had laid on the Table because we cannot “unlay” a report. We were supposed to do an addendum to review it. The Committee, ... view
• 4 Nov 2021 in Senate: We wrote to the Ministry again on the same issue and they submitted to us a response. That response was shared with the Senator. To date, we have still not received her response. Madam Temporary Speaker, kindly guide on how else we should move on this issue because we are ready; just waiting for her response. We have reviewed the issue, spoken again to the institution, wrote to the Ministry and the Senator on 4th August, 2021. She is now making the Committee look like it is not working. Is it right? Just guide us on what you want us ... view
• 4 Nov 2021 in Senate: Temporary Speaker, there is no need to go round in circles. My secretariat will tell me if she has not yet received it. If she has a letter, she can give it to me, I am right next to her. She can give me the letter, then I conclude on this matter. There is no need to wait for Tuesday because we are talking about people. They are out there with issues. view