Johnson Arthur Sakaja

All parliamentary appearances

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• 8 Jul 2021 in Senate: In Saudi Arabia, we have more than 88,000 Kenyans working. This is a country has 13 million non-Saudis working. They have a huge preference for Kenyans. We also had some negative cases maybe around 100. One case is one too many. However, we want to handle it in a manner that once secures Kenyans, increases the capacity for labour migration, but does not jeopardize the jobs for the other 88,000 who are okay. view
• 8 Jul 2021 in Senate: Madam Deputy Speaker, Saudi Arabia is now number three in terms of remittances to this country. It is a cocktail of hits and misses. We want to correct those issues. I have just discussed with the Cabinet Secretary for Foreign Affairs just an hour ago. Next Wednesday, they will to join us together with the National Employment Authority and the mega recruiters from Saudi. We will have a virtual meeting so that we can clear all the pending issues and ensure those Kenyans who might feel they are stuck elsewhere can come back home. However, we have proper, predictable and ... view
• 8 Jul 2021 in Senate: Pursuant to Standing Order 215(2), my Committee is currently following up on the implementation of the resolution I said earlier on the honorarium for former councilors and we shall be giving a report by next week. On the registration of PWDs, the law as it is currently constituted does not take into cognizance the advancements after the Constitution of Kenya, 2010. There are certain people who need to register persons, but do not take into cognizance that we are in a devolved system where this registration can be done at the county level. Many people miss out because before it ... view
• 8 Jul 2021 in Senate: We are currently looking at creative industry. It is a huge economic frontier for our country. We have a lot of talent, but it is not being well managed. If one looks at a country such as Nigeria, the second biggest employer is Nollywood and the creative sector. However, in Kenya, our artists are languishing in poverty, especially now during COVID-19 pandemic. The day before yesterday, we met the creative sector group which comprises of musicians, filmmakers, artist, sculptors, playwrights and the entire scope of creative sector. We also had the Ministry of Sport, Culture and Heritage together with the ... view
• 8 Jul 2021 in Senate: In that meeting, we were able to raise all the issues around the sector and then categorize them in terms of what to deal with first. Next Tuesday, we will be meeting the Attorney General (AG), the Kenya Corporate Board, the Communication Authority of Kenya (CAK) and the Media Owners Association. view
• 8 Jul 2021 in Senate: I do not know if Senators will be shocked or they expect this, but they will be interested to learn that our broadcasting houses right now owe musicians and content producers Kshs500 million in unpaid royalties. These broadcasting houses are not paying for content by Kenyans and yet they are showing us Alejandro, Mexican Soap Operas and Nigerian Music which they are paying for. They are getting advertisement revenue. view
• 8 Jul 2021 in Senate: We want to unlock this to make sure we rectify this situation and make sure our artists are able to get their dues. We also want to look at the institutions that collect on behalf of the artists, including Music Copyright Society of Kenya) MCSK), Public Relations Society of Kenya (PRSK) and Camp. There was a forensic audit that the President asked for during the funeral of the late John Demathew from Gatanga. In the course of our meeting yesterday, we spoke to the Director of Criminal Investigations (DCI) who has shared his final report. Heads are going to roll ... view
• 8 Jul 2021 in Senate: Madam Deputy Speaker, I am just from State House where I joined the President to flag off the Olympics Teams this afternoon. In many different federations and other sporting areas, we are bringing together the federations, coaches and player associations to look at how we can straighten, especially the key sports that we have in this country. view
• 8 Jul 2021 in Senate: You realise we have a Sports, Arts and Development Fund which runs into billions of shillings. Of course, a huge percent of that has gone to Universal Health Coverage (UHC), yet it was ideally meant for sports and arts more than anything else. We are inquiring into that and we have met the leadership of the Sports, Arts and Development Fund. We will give a report to this Senate. We have also planned county visits in August, 2021. We plan to go to Bomet, Kisii, Nyamira and Kericho counties to investigate issues affecting workers in the tea sector. We also ... view
• 8 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