Johnson Arthur Sakaja

All parliamentary appearances

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• 6 Apr 2022 in Senate: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. view
• 6 Apr 2022 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, is Sen. Farhiya in order to mislead the House? I think she is the one who moved this Bill. She is talking about national authorities dealing in this sector. The Kenya Sugar Board is a national authority. Agriculture and Food Authority (AFA), which led to the collapse is also a national authority yet it is not devolved. In as much as, agriculture is devolved, the power to make policies on agriculture in the Fourth Schedule is still national. What is ailing farmers is the implementation of that policy. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, it is not accurate ... view
• 6 Apr 2022 in Senate: The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate. view
• 6 Apr 2022 in Senate: I know Sen. Farhiya needs to keep showing defense, but there are some things which are indefensible. The point has been made. We know her to be very loyal to where she is, but let her not then degenerate and tell us things which are not practical. The problem is our policy. That is what has ailed this sector. This Bill seeks to undo the terrible policy errors and misadventures as my distinguished uncle would say that this Government has been putting in place. view
• 6 Apr 2022 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. This Bill is timely. It was first published in 2019 and passed on 11th November, 2021 in the National Assembly and that is why it is here. Something needs to be done. I will speak generally first about the agricultural and food sector and then focus on sugar. We are staring at a problem in our country; a problem of a mismanaged agricultural sector. The problem of the mismanaged agricultural sector manifests itself in a number of ways. The first way it manifests itself is that the cost of food going up terribly. Number ... view
• 6 Apr 2022 in Senate: The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate. view
• 6 Apr 2022 in Senate: through the cracks. Farmers in Laikipia do their farming; they transport their cabbages to Marigiti Market and somebody buys it in Marigiti. That will never show up anywhere in our books in terms of revenue, but it is GDP; it is activity going on. Today a common Kenyan who used to pay Kshs120 for a 2 kilogramme packet of wheat flour is paying Kshs185 or close to Kshs200. The sad thing in Kenya is that prices are the same for you and for the beggar. There is no subsidy. The price of liquid oil has gone up from Kshs250 to ... view
• 6 Apr 2022 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, there is something terribly wrong with our system. Let me give you a very clear example of why it is affecting livelihoods today in the Nairobi City County. I have many ladies and gentlemen these days who are in what we call the chapati industry. They buy a packet of wheat flour, oil and whatever ingredients. They make chapatis’ and they sell them to the hustlers in mjengo and juakali industry for at least Kshs30. What used to happen is this; before the total cost would be around Kshs615 to produce those 25 chapatis. One packet ... view
• 6 Apr 2022 in Senate: The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate. view
• 6 Apr 2022 in Senate: In our country, we need to seriously rethink of agriculture. I am glad that this Bill is one of those that is undoing the terrible policy misadventure that was there through Agriculture and Food Authority (AFA), by first, focusing on the sugar sector. We have done something on tea, there is what is going on with coffee, but in this sugar industry and many other industries we are staring at a crisis. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I have studied these prices. I was on a call a few weeks ago with one of the leading global consultancy groups McKinsey and ... view