Johnson Arthur Sakaja

All parliamentary appearances

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• 13 Jul 2021 in Senate: I had Sen. Shiyonga and her Committee talking about their activities. However, I think they should be tabling here a list saying: Makueni County is not giving contracts to young people. The Ministry of Labour or the Ministry of Defence is not giving young people and women opportunities. However, when we look those as just mere suggestions, we will try and amend things. We will come here with new rules; we will try and change the Constitution. There will be BBI Two and Three in the next Government because our problem is not just the laws we have, but our ... view
• 8 Jul 2021 in Senate: Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. I know earlier on, the Committee had requested to do this next week because of the ongoing work. However, based on the question asked earlier, it makes sense just to give an update of that and all the other issues. I rise pursuant to Standing Order No. 51 (1) (b) to make a Statement on the activities of the Standing Committee on Labour and Social Welfare for the period commencing 1st January, 2021 to 30th June, 2021. During this period, the Committee held a total of 34 sittings and 36 sittings now, considered two Bills ... view
• 8 Jul 2021 in Senate: (Amendment) Bill 2021, which we have approved and we have submitted our recommendations and comments to the Speaker. In respect of Bills, we have considered the Persons with Disability (Amendment) Bill 2020 and the County Hall of Fame Bill No. 9 of 2021. We have also held stakeholder engagements and public hearings on all the mentioned Bills. The Committee has concluded on the Bills and will be tabling the reports on these Bills. Madam Deputy Speaker, we have had four Statements that were committed to us and reported on two Statements under Standing Order No. 51 (1) (a). The first ... view
• 8 Jul 2021 in Senate: Yesterday, we met the former councilors under the auspices of the National Councilors Forum led by Dr. Gitau, a former councilor. The previous week together with Sen. Mwangi, we met the leadership of the forum that included the former deputy mayor of Nairobi hon. Lawrence Ngacha, former deputy mayor, hon. Ali Mwanzo, former councilor Nobert Oduori of Highridge and a number of others. They brought those issues. view
• 8 Jul 2021 in Senate: The National Treasury wrote to us asking for postponement. When those resolutions were passed, a taskforce was set up between the National Treasury and the Ministry of Devolution and ASAL which before was the Ministry of Local Government depending on how you look at it. They said they would be giving us the findings of the taskforce. view
• 8 Jul 2021 in Senate: I know the Chair has directed that we give a progress report in two weeks time. However, I had asked you to waive that direction because we do not want to give a progress report. We want to give a final one after next week. This is because we are having the last meeting with the National Treasury on this matter. The Senate has resolved on it and we do not want to be taken round in circles and being told there is a taskforce. We want to see whether there is goodwill. We will resolve and give a final ... view
• 8 Jul 2021 in Senate: It is not fair for us to allow any prevarication by the national Government on the matter. They should tell us if they are going pay it or not. We will then see what further action to take because it is a resolution of Parliament. view
• 8 Jul 2021 in Senate: Madam Deputy Speaker, we also had an inquiry based on a Statement by Sen. Dullo on the dismissal of workers by Ewaso Ng’iro North Development Authority. We have had several meetings on this matter. Sen. Dullo has also attended a few of those meetings. We will be tabling our report. We have as well listened to Ewaso Ng’iro, staff members, Sen. Dullo and the Ministry led by the CS Mr. Adan Mohamed and have enough material to give a final report. view
• 8 Jul 2021 in Senate: We, as a Committee, had an opportunity to conduct a study visit to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia as well as the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on the matter of labour migration which is another very secretive issue. While we were there, we met mega recruitment agencies that recruit people from around the world. We also met Kenyans working in the two countries, the Ministry of Labour in Saudi Arabic and our Kenyan Mission. We are finalizing the matter because it is not straightforward. view
• 8 Jul 2021 in Senate: We found a lacuna in the law of labour migration. This morning, my Committee has met the Ministry of Labour, the Kenya Association of Professional Employment and the Association of Skilled Labour Migrations. We have raised the issues and concerns that we have seen on both aspects of labour and welfare. view