Johnson Arthur Sakaja

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 4891 to 4900 of 5036.

• 19 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I would request that I be given a bit more time; as the Chairman of the Kenya Young Parliamentarians, this is a matter that affects young people. Still, I will be very brief in the two minutes. I just want to make two points; one, this is a great opportunity for the young people of our country, who are the trustees of our nation’s prosperity. For a long time, young people have not been in the mainstream of financial inclusion; but now we are seeing a situation where young people are actually getting opportunities ... view
• 19 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I would like to plead with the Chair of the Committee to really reconsider dropping those amendments. I was very happy when I saw this amendment because the National Youth Council, honestly, is a body that has mandate under an Act of Parliament to represent young people. Throughout the conversations that we have had on the Uwezo Fund, I have not heard any young Member of Parliament say that he or she wants to be involved in the same way as the hon. Members representing the counties, who happen to be women; they have been ... view
• 19 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I would like to second that position. We have quickly consulted and agreed that we can retain those two people to be nominated by the NYC, and those to be nominated by the G&EOC and appointed by the Cabinet Secretary, so long as we have a further amendment stating the appointees should be experienced in entrepreneurship and business. view
• 19 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: On a point of order, hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir. May I be guided. The amendments on the Floor are the Committee’s amendments; they are not an individual’s amendments. Therefore, they should go as per the Committee’s recommendations. Therefore, after deleting subparagraphs (d) and (h), I do not know where we stand. Are we--- view
• 19 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I want to bring a further amendment. It will be very unfortunate that at the top, the National Uwezo Board does not have representation of youth or women. view
• 19 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I am bringing a further amendment that Regulation 5 be further amended in Paragraph 2 by--- view
• 19 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I beg to move:- THAT, Regulation 5 be further amended in Paragraph 2 by deleting Subparagraph (e) and substituting therefor the following new sub-pragraph – “(e) two persons who are male youth, nominated by the National Youth Council and appointed by the Cabinet Secretary.” I also beg to move that Sub-paragraph (f) be deleted and replaced with the following new subparagraph – “(f) two persons who are female, one of whom shall be a youth nominated by the National Gender and Equal Opportunity Commission and appointed by the Cabinet Secretary.” view
• 19 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. At the outset, I must confess, I was part of those who made noise or rather consulted loudly when she gave her proposal. view
• 19 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: But, come to think of it really, if you look at the constitution of the entire Committee, apart from one female youth who has been provided for earlier, there is no explicit provision for youth to be represented in those committees. In fact, the Fund is for youth and women--- You will have your chance hon. Pukose. The women representative has a lot of opportunities to nominate, but really there is no shielding for youth amongst those. I want those in view of that point to support her amendment, failure to which if it does not pass, I have a ... view
• 19 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I propose to move a further amendment to Regulation 15, “THAT, Regulation 15 be amended in Paragraph 2 by inserting the following new sub-paragraph immediately after sub-paragraph (f), “one person representing the youth, who shall be a female appointed by the constituency Member of Parliament.” That is by deleting the county women representative.” And paragraph (g), “that, at least, one third of the committee shall comprise the youth.” view