Johnson Arthur Sakaja

All parliamentary appearances

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• 22 Jul 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
• 22 Jul 2021 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, if you look at the kind of companies she was able to bring together for me some of those who were initially start-ups but have gone up. A company like Twiga Foods is doing millions of dollars and they are trying to raise more money. We met with Peter Njonjo, Africa’s Talking and Bila was there. If you look at Cellulant and Sendy that send parcels, Meshack was there. It is an amazing ecosystem and a huge frontier. Our ecosystem of start-ups has seen tremendous growth over the last few years. We can proudly call Kenya the ... view
• 22 Jul 2021 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, Government cannot fund startups but it can create a process or ecosystem through which startups thrive. The first thing these people said they want is that they want to Government to derisk angel investors. We can derisk angel investors and find a way to qualify and categorise them into companies that use innovation and can scale rapidly and say that if it does not work out, 30 per cent of the money put in can be recouped. If we do that, there will be a stampede to this country. People across the world are trying to see ... view
• 22 Jul 2021 in Senate: For example, Senegal developed a digital paid platform that offers flexible options for consumers and businesses. It works in financial institutions, Government and mobile network. They once met the President years ago and they were just describing what they are doing in Nigeria. The Government use them as the go-to in dealing with the famers and they created a farmer’s wallet. In Kenya, they have not been given a platform to do such a thing. view
• 22 Jul 2021 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, Sendy is a logistic platform that started operating before Uber. They have motorcycle deliveries and tracks at the touch of a button. view
• 22 Jul 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
• 22 Jul 2021 in Senate: Incidentally, you will find most of these companies have to be registered outside Kenya because when it is here, there is the taxman. We have not created incentives for business incubation and it was one of the proposals in the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI). This country is not giving startups an opportunity to incubate and thrive. view
• 22 Jul 2021 in Senate: I have given an example of Twiga Foods which is now into agriculture. They source for quality produce. Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr. introduced me to them. I think he knows too many people. You need to sit close to him because he might change your life. Twiga foods provides a ready and guaranteed market from thousands of farmers around Kenya. They have cut out the middle man and the farmers are now getting the best value while institutions and individuals ate getting the best price for some of these produce. They are now trying to look for billions of shillings ... view
• 22 Jul 2021 in Senate: M-kopa is a pay-as-you-go services for energy for customers across emerging markets. They have already connected 600,000 homes across Africa, providing 75 million hours of kerosene free lighting each month. The list is endless on the potential that we have. I keep saying that apart from my village in Ikolomani, we do not have gold. Ikolomani is a corruption of goldmine and Lolgorian in Transmara. view
• 22 Jul 2021 in Senate: We do not have diamonds or oil but it is neither here nor there. Our biggest resource as Kenya is above the ground. It is our young people. They have innovative ideas and a good work ethic. They are hardworking and resilient. That is what we must support through this start up Bill. view