Johnson Arthur Sakaja

All parliamentary appearances

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• 24 Mar 2022 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I am at pains to understand and maybe Sen. Wambua, my friend, can explain. He says that the HANSARD will bear him out that he tried to raise an issue online and was denied access. How would the HANSARD have captured if he was denied an opportunity? Maybe I do not understand what he said. I would like to understand that. view
• 24 Mar 2022 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, this is a very important Statement that the Chairman of Committee on Finance and Budget has brought and it needs action. It is very easy for us to speak high sounded statements here and then in a few weeks some people are called and told that such and such is the party position. These party positions have weakened the constitutional role of the Senate and protection of devolution. Yesterday, I spoke to this Division of Revenue Bill. I wish I could have had the benefit of getting the details of the report because when you talk ... view
• 24 Mar 2022 in Senate: to rally their Senators to amend the Division of Revenue Bill to reflect that promise of 35 per cent. I am being asked to repeat and I will repeat it slowly. This is the opportunity for the proponents of that BBI, who have found themselves together under view
• 24 Mar 2022 in Senate: to rally their Senators to amend the Division of Revenue Bill to reflect the 35 per cent to which they said they would give if BBI would have passed. If it had passed, it would have been there. If not, then it means that they were not honest in terms of giving counties that amount of money. It is as simple as that. I do not think there is anything additional to say. Number two, until we resolve these grants through the mediation process, we should not proceed with the vote or consideration of the Division of Revenue Bill. Devolution ... view
• 24 Mar 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
• 24 Mar 2022 in Senate: The whole of Kenya has counties. Why would the Government hold on to Kshs39 billion, yet only Kshs7 billion is coming out from the national Government share? Why would they do so? Many of these funds are donor funds in the health sector, where possibly, interest is accruing. Why then? It smacks of dishonesty and there is something wrong. In fact, even when we were discussing the fuel issue, I remember saying there was a likelihood that the fuel levy that was supposed to cushion Kenyans form high prices was not there because money was being used for other things. ... view
• 24 Mar 2022 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, in Chapter 12 on Public Finance, the division of revenue divides money collected from the whole country and gives the national Government its money and the counties their money. Counties are not given money by the national Government. view
• 24 Mar 2022 in Senate: We must remind Kenyans. You cannot stand as a Government and say; “We have given counties money.” Who are you? You do not give money to counties. It is the Constitution that gives counties, through the Senate, by division of revenue. The national Government then gets its share of revenue collected in the country and county governments get theirs. The challenge many are going to face here, especially those prospective governors like Sen. Kibiru, is that you will have done a budget in your county and your MCAs have passed your estimates. However, somebody sitting at the national Government in ... view
• 24 Mar 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
• 24 Mar 2022 in Senate: For those who are coming back to the Senate, this war is not over. Let us do what we must do now with these conditional grants and the division of revenue. Sen. Wambua will probably be the leader followed by Sen. Olekina and Sen. Ndwiga. They will be over sighting us as governors Inshallah, God willing, if you go that direction. Please help us free this country from those who are still holding a centralised Government mentality; the mandarins in the National Treasury and State House. I hope and pray that we will get a President who properly believes in ... view