Ledama Olekina

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1451 to 1460 of 4248.

• 14 Jun 2022 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, this House relies on records and it sets precedence. I have sat here when other distinguished Senators have used a phrase and translated it. view
• 14 Jun 2022 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, it is in the Standing Orders. view
• 14 Jun 2022 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, give me 24 hours and I will come back with it. In the Maasai language, we have a saying that: Meningisho nkiri nememe. It means that unless you are inflicted some wounds and pain, you will never listen. Kenyans out there ought to make the right decision. We are sending a lot of money to the counties. view
• 14 Jun 2022 in Senate: Look at this Senate today. The people present here and those on-line are pastoralists who want money to be sent to their counties. I am glad we have Sen. Cherargei. I am one of the pastoralists of course. We want money to be sent to our hospitals. We also have people from the coast region who are also our brothers. We want them to get this money though the Blue Economy that is different. view
• 14 Jun 2022 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, to summarize my submissions, I do hope that the National Treasury will able to expedite. This Bill does not need to go back to the National Assembly. This will go straight to the President to be assented to. This money can really help. If this money is not disbursed this year, we have got colleagues here who are running to become governors. Sen. (Dr.) Ali and the Speaker, we wish you all the best. When you get there, use the money wisely. Finally, I call upon all the presidents of the East African Community (EAC) not to ... view
• 14 Jun 2022 in Senate: This is something very painful. I hope--- view
• 14 Jun 2022 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, you did not let me finish. view
• 14 Jun 2022 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, let me finish. view
• 14 Jun 2022 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, I raise to support this Motion. Let me begin by saying that in other circumstances, I would not be here supporting the increase of the debt ceiling to Kshs10 trillion. However, when you look at what has been happening in this country over the past few years, we have been hit by serious pandemics. Last year or the year before, we were here arguing on the need to increase the debt ceiling to Kshs9 trillion. There was a heated debate on it. If you look at our debt ratio to GDP in 2019, we were around 58.6 ... view
• 14 Jun 2022 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