Ledama Olekina

All parliamentary appearances

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• 18 Apr 2023 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, in Parliament, the term ‘debate’ is a technical one. It is used to say for or against. Today, I support the Report submitted by the Committee on Finance and Budget. In its recommendations, the Committee is urging distinguished Senators to go on mediation. They are telling us that the ‘lower’ House has amended the recommendation and they have deviated from the recommendation by the CRA. County governments are being denied money. They have seen the only way for us to fight for counties is for us to go to mediation and demand for a minimum of Kshs407 ... view
• 11 Apr 2023 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I join you and my colleagues in welcoming the two Congress persons from the USA to this great Republic of Kenya. I am very happy that you are working with Save the Children Fund. I am very conversant with the work that they do. I am happy that you got a chance to visit the Masai Mara. I represent Narok County, which has the Masai Mara Game Reserve. I welcome you again to consider assisting young girls and boys from the Maasai Mara region in Narok County. We are heavily affected by the drought, which ... view
• 11 Apr 2023 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
• 11 Apr 2023 in Senate: I requested to welcome you because America is my second home. I know the amount of work that you do. To see two Congresspersons from the Republican Party and the Democratic Party working together will assist us to learn to be bipartisan. Just like the USA, the Senate of the Republic of Kenya and the National Assembly are growing to be two different, distinct bodies. We represent the interests of our counties, they represent the interests of their districts or their constituencies, which I am sure you represent. How we represent people here in Kenya is a bit different because ... view
• 29 Mar 2023 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker. I rise to oppose this Motion for the following reasons. Firstly, I would like us to note that we are guided by the rule of law and the Constitution. I have no problem with the Senate amending its Calendar. The biggest problem I have is that we want to amend our Calendar to introduce strangers to sit on the Floor of the House for us to interrogate and ask them questions. I oppose the passing of the Motion to amend our Standing Orders to allow CSs to come on the Floor of the House because Article 153(3) ... view
• 29 Mar 2023 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
• 29 Mar 2023 in Senate: One of my biggest pet peeves is; should I be a legislator that comes here to defend the rule of law, or should I be a legislator who comes here to rubberstamp issues which cannot stand any form of litigation? That is the biggest challenge that I have. I was waiting for the secretariat to demystify what it means by a CS sitting here on this side. Yesterday I listened to the Speaker giving his communication. In fact, he even assigned a seat where CSs will be sitting. I went round the entire Narok County and spent millions of shillings ... view
• 28 Mar 2023 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. As I rise to support this Statement, I just want to correct that this Senate did not pass the disbursement schedule in January. view
• 28 Mar 2023 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 Mar 2023 in Senate: We passed it last year because it runs between 1st July, 2022 to 30th June, 2023. So, we may need to correct that issue. Secondly, it is about time that this Senate moves a Motion. I do not know whether the Committee on Finance and Budget can consider it when they are considering this report, to compel KRA to only penalize counties and any other entity that the exchequer has released money on time. We have issues that when the exchequer fails to release money, these statutory deductions end up accruing a lot of interests and penalties. Mr. Speaker, Sir, ... view