Johnson Arthur Sakaja

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 671 to 680 of 5036.

• 28 Sep 2021 in Senate: Madam Deputy Speaker, by the end of my submission, it will be clear whether I support or oppose this. view
• 28 Sep 2021 in Senate: We appreciate that it has been many years that Article 204 has provided for the Equalization Fund to bring up to speed the general level enjoyed by the country in areas that have lagged behind in provision of basic services such as water, roads, heath facilities and electricity. view
• 28 Sep 2021 in Senate: Initially, I remember when the first marginalization policy was done, there was hue and cry because the law talks about marginalized areas, not marginalized counties or constituencies. The area could be across counties or constituencies. It made sense to move beyond just limiting it to counties. This is because if you look at the indices we have in the Kenya Bureau of Statistics, there are areas where there is depth of deprivation, diluted by the areas of abundance. That is why you find some of these areas that have been listed in the second marginalization policy would not have view
• 28 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
• 28 Sep 2021 in Senate: made it earlier because the general human development index rating on the county average, negates the depth of poverty. This made a lot of sense. view
• 28 Sep 2021 in Senate: Secondly, an intervention to sort one of these four things in a county, for instance, water in Taita Taveta, maybe the intervention does not need a project. A project upstream in Makueni might be the solution to solve the water problem in Taita Taveta. That is why there is merit as well for the national Government to be the one implementing this marginalization policy. view
• 28 Sep 2021 in Senate: Having said that, I like the words the Chairman used when he was describing - I think it is on page 5 - levels of deprivation in the counties across the county, the worst areas; what the Senate Majority Leader has called the poorest or worst hit. He talks about level of sanitation, road network, electricity, health facilities and access to it. view
• 28 Sep 2021 in Senate: I oppose this Report. Let me just quote page 12. It says- view
• 28 Sep 2021 in Senate: The policy focuses on sub locations --- That is good and is the argument we did in the last Parliament. view
• 28 Sep 2021 in Senate: “distributed across the country now end in 34 counties relative to the 14 counties recommended in the first policy--- The policy uses information on access to safe water, school attendance, access to improved sanitation and electricity. view