Ledama Olekina

All parliamentary appearances

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• 28 Mar 2023 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, a couple of days ago, a small video clip was being translated to me, where the distinguished Senator for Kirinyaga was crying because of the way his farmers have been terrorised by brokers. 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: As soon as I saw that, I went ahead and started doing some research on why the distinguished Senator was really perturbed. I realised that sometimes we make legislation that kills this economy and promote brokers, cartels or a cabal. As I speak, about 90 per cent of the macadamia crop which is produced in Kenya is for export. When I heard my good friend, the Senator for Makueni, Sen. Maanzo, saying that Kenyans cannot produce and sell directly to the export market, I wondered what exactly we are doing. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I hope that when you commit that ... view
• 28 Mar 2023 in Senate: Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I rise to Second this Motion on insecurity in the Republic of Kenya, In 1992, this country because of tribal clashes, the Parliament then saw the need to go around the country through a Commission led by Hon. Kennedy Kiliku, former MP. I invite all distinguished Senators to go and read the Report. In their report, there were details of what happened when we allow the rule of law to be misguided and when we allow insecurity of a country to be the order of the day. In the year, 2007, there was a subsequent ... 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: Those acts of hooliganism are something that led the framers of the Constitution to establish what they called an independent institution called the Police Service. However, yesterday, knowing very well that that area has three police stations, I was shocked to see that the police from Ruai, Gatunguru and Ruiru, were all asked not to attend to or interfere with what those hooligans were doing. We have heard fellow MPs making utterances. What shocked me is that the National Cohesion and Integration Commission (NCIC) were quiet and numb until today. I wish to plead with Kenyans and tell them to ... view
• 28 Mar 2023 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, this country is treading on dangerous zones. We are affecting international trade. Very soon, nobody will want to come and invest in this country. There is a famous phrase which states that; ‘When they went for the communists, I did not speak because I was not a communist. Further, when they went for the Jews, I did not speak because I was not a Jew. When they came for me, there was no one to speak for me.’ I remind Kenyans that what happened yesterday to the former President of this Republic means no one is safe. ... view
• 28 Mar 2023 in Senate: I also remind the police that they are being used yet they are paid peanuts. They are being used to line other people’s pockets, to solve other people’s issues yet they are left to wallow in poverty. They do not have good health insurance cover or a good place to call a home. I call upon the police in this country to please think twice. The fact that yesterday, it took 24 hours before the Inspector General (IG) of Police went to see what was happening in Northlands Farm, led me to conclude that there is no longer independence in ... view
• 28 Mar 2023 in Senate: In fact, I am calling on the resignation of the IG of Police because he has failed. Even as legislators, we know the consequences and would invite the military to take over security matters in this country because the police service is no longer a service. It is a force that has failed to perform its task. We heard the IG of Police sending out warnings. If he really cared about Kenyans, why did he not go to rescue the former President’s property when it was being attacked by hooligans? view
• 28 Mar 2023 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, the tradition is until the light goes off. As I wind up and as I second this, I remind those who orchestrated or perpetrated those acts of hooliganism that in law, there is no escape. You cannot run away from what happened yesterday. I can see the International Criminal Court (ICC) calling. If I, Sen. Olekina, can be called by The National Cohesion and Integration Commission (NCIC) because of simply making utterances--- view