Johnson Arthur Sakaja

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• 30 Sep 2021 in Senate: second class citizens wherever they might be. Apart from the piecemeal interventions that have been there, I am glad we are going into an administrative regime, where we will be able address these issues directly. We will streamline issues of labour migration and other issues that have been mentioned in this piece of legislation. view
• 30 Sep 2021 in Senate: I am glad this Bill speaks about citizens of Kenya. I am dealing with a case of a gentleman called Peter Calisto. It is an issue I have raised with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Chief Administrative Secretary (CAS), hon. Namwamba. Peter Calisto has for a long time been helping Kenyans who have had issues in Saudi Arabia through an association I think called Salia. When Kenyans have issues they come together and contribute. The Association has been banned. I wonder why the Embassy would ban the association of Kenyans, who come together to help each other in ... view
• 30 Sep 2021 in Senate: If we have a diaspora office, all of these issues will be dealt with seamlessly. It will be part of the structure of sorting out the plight of Kenyans who are living abroad. view
• 30 Sep 2021 in Senate: I hail Kenyans whom we have come across. I am not sure if you were with us when we went to Canada. Some Senators came with us to British Columbia in Vancouver. There are Kenyans who have volunteered to assist other Kenyans. There was one Dr. Franklin Imbenzi, who is in British Columbia University. He is almost like an employee of the Kenyan Government because he has assisted so many students and addressed their issues. view
• 30 Sep 2021 in Senate: I am glad this Bill talks about volunteership, but such a Kenyan needs to be recognized. He needs to be given a state commendation, employed or even given a job as an honorary consular in that country. There are many Kenyans in different places that I have come across. We must acknowledge the good work they do. view
• 30 Sep 2021 in Senate: My third point is about services available at the Kenyan Missions. It is well elaborated by Sen. Kang’ata that these missions must be able to devolve to other cities. I recently had an incident, when I was moving from the US to Canada a month ago. I was in New York but would have had to go to Washington DC to get a letter from the Kenyan Mission. However, it was sorted out. view
• 30 Sep 2021 in Senate: Many Kenyans who are in different States – the US is vast - have to go all the way to Washington DC or New York to get consular services. That should not be the case. Article 82 (1) (e) of our Constitution talks of registration of Kenyans as voters wherever they might be. Those in diaspora should be allowed to vote in an efficient way that does not mean them travelling thousands of kilometers to get a Kenyan mission. view
• 30 Sep 2021 in Senate: We must be creative about how we use technology and create satellite offices for our missions abroad for many services, not just registration of voters. They should enable renewal of passports from the old generation to the new generation. It is a right of a Kenyan and not a favour. It is a right of every Kenyan to have status. view
• 30 Sep 2021 in Senate: This new dispensation of the Constitution of Kenya, 2010 created dual citizenship. There are many Kenyans who lost their citizenship because they went to other countries and had to relinquish their Kenyan citizenship. For example, that view
• 30 Sep 2021 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