Ledama Olekina

All parliamentary appearances

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• 21 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
• 21 Feb 2023 in Senate: Hypothetically, if this Senate is to entertain injunctions by a tribunal and the tribunal does not set the agenda or the policy of a political party, what exactly are we saying? Are we saying that tribunals are going to define what the Azimio la Umoja One Kenya Coalition Policy, Procedures and Constitution shall be? Then, what form of Government or country are we going to be living in? view
• 21 Feb 2023 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to refer back to the doctrine of pleasure. As a Whip, I serve under the pleasure of my party. This cannot be applied with the same logic as to the doctrine of pleasure when it comes to the civil servants in this country post the 2010 Constitution. view
• 21 Feb 2023 in Senate: In fact, any moment leadership is changed, just so that you know you serve under the pleasure of your political party. When the leadership is changed, you lose everything. You lose your staff and they go home. Additionally, you lose all the privileges because you have gone against your party policies. view
• 21 Feb 2023 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, loyalty to parties is not something which I should be lecturing this House on. This House already has precedents. Any time a Member disobeys his party policy, he is removed from that position. view
• 21 Feb 2023 in Senate: What we should be doing is debating on very important issues. Today, Kenyans were demonstrating outside this House because of how difficult it is to live in this country. Mr. Eric Omondi was tear-gassed outside here. Kenyans are demonstrating everywhere saying “it is becoming unbearable to live in this country.” view
• 21 Feb 2023 in Senate: We are paid by taxpayers. I do not want to weigh into the debate of who is a shareholder of this country and who is not. view
• 21 Feb 2023 in Senate: The truth of the matter is that there are very important things that are now being set in abeyance until we can resolve this matter of leadership. view
• 21 Feb 2023 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would like to beseech you not to allow party politics to determine the agenda of this House. As I said, party policy must be respected. I speak with a lot of authority and out of experience because this thing has happened to me. view
• 21 Feb 2023 in Senate: In the last Parliament, I was elected by my colleagues as the Chair of CPAIC. However, my party decided that I was not the right person to serve as Chair of CPAIC, that is when I started researching on the doctrine of pleasure. I went to court and got orders. However, Parliament made it difficult for me because it did not want to come in anywhere. view