Ledama Olekina

All parliamentary appearances

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• 28 Feb 2023 in Senate: shall be guided by the Standing Orders. I want to request that you abide onwards so that we can make progress. I am happy that you referred to Article 107 of the Constitution, which gives your authority, as the main Speaker, to anyone else sitting in your seat. We have an issue that relates to the Minority side. If we are being true to ourselves, then I beseech you to look back into the Standing Orders, so that they do not end up being a sword that only cuts one side. The sword should be used for both sides. If ... view
• 23 Feb 2023 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. This is a good day that we are dealing with matters that affect our people. I rise to support the three Statements. I hope that the Secretariat will extract our comments from the HANSARD so that they can follow now that we have a new system where we are commenting on Statements all at once. Let me begin with a Statement by Sen. Tabitha Mutinda. I would like to request the Committee on Finance and Budget to which you have committed this Statement, to interrogate this issue of financial institution taping into people accounts and ... view
• 23 Feb 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
• 23 Feb 2023 in Senate: There is a famous case of a young lady who all banks now are afraid of in this country because she took them to court. The only thing she wanted was her bank statement. If you request for a bank statement, particularly if you take a loan, most financial institutions that probably have transferred from you loan from one bank to several banks will hesitate giving you that statement. Recently, I was approached by a sitting Member of County Assembly (MCA) from Kiambu County. He brought in a gentle man who took a loan from the National Bank of Kenya. ... view
• 23 Feb 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
• 23 Feb 2023 in Senate: It is sad that Kenyans go to hospital and cannot be treated because their NHIF card is not working. Yet, the money was deducted as indicated in their pay slips. view
• 23 Feb 2023 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, this does not affect county governments only. Here in the Senate, by the time we get money for our staff, we have got letters from Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) stating that certain statutory deductions have not been remitted and that a penalty has to be paid. Sometimes we go into our own pockets to pay for our staff’s NHIF or pay in advance so that if any of our staff - who are working so hard for us - falls sick, they can be treated. view
• 23 Feb 2023 in Senate: We need to be proactive. I request Sen. Chute to have a discussion with Sen. Ali Roba on how the CoB can administratively ensure that before she approves any requisition for county salaries, they demonstrate that they have paid these statutory bodies. view
• 23 Feb 2023 in Senate: Finally, let me comment on the other Statement by my good sister, Sen. Kibwana. We must seriously look at the issue of doctors and healthcare in this country. I would like to inform colleagues that I sit in the Committee on Health. When we are looking at the Budget Policy Statement (BPS), some of the directions that the Government wants to take us, leads to clawing back on devolved functions. Health is a devolved function. In fact, the budget which is held by the Ministry of Health is equivalent to shareable revenue for about five counties. view
• 23 Feb 2023 in Senate: The National Treasury is proposing to hire community health workers and set up a commission similar to the one of teachers. This will claw back the gains we have achieved in health sector. In most cases, our doctors will not be employed. What we ought to do – and I hope the Committee can explore this – is for the Senate to push for more money to go to counties and mandate county governments to give us a list of all the doctors they have hired. We are now getting doctors from Cuba. I do not have a problem with ... view