Ledama Olekina

All parliamentary appearances

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• 10 May 2022 in Senate: I do not know whether to support this Bill or not. This is because I have gone through it and know that the Senate Majority Leader moved it, yet it is not his Bill because it belongs to the National Assembly. I share the same sentiments with my colleague, Sen. (Dr.) Ali. Waste management is a very lucrative business. Sometimes, I think it is a bit ridiculous that we sit down in Parliament to develop legislation and most of the legislation developed here is aimed at one thing. Before, every legislation sponsored by the Government was aimed at one thing ... view
• 10 May 2022 in Senate: I did not move it; I requested. If you look at this Bill, you find that whoever thought about it had a good idea. It says that waste management is not being done properly. This should be our own responsibility as citizens of this country; to have a better country to live in. Madam Deputy Speaker, I hope you will take time to read it. I have just skimmed through it. One of the things that really baffle me is when you read from Clause 6 (1) which says - “There shall be a council to be known as the ... view
• 10 May 2022 in Senate: “The Cabinet Secretary who shall be the Chairperson.” Jesus Christ! When did we start reducing the work of the President to appointing a chairperson to help us, citizens of this beautiful country we call Kenya, manage waste? Madam Deputy Speaker, it should be the responsibility of every individual. If I was to support this Bill, then clauses 6 to 9 must be deleted. This is an avenue of creating jobs to create an authority, a council and have powerful people drawing salaries, allowances and have people travel. That is what we do. We travel abroad, get a huge per diem ... view
• 10 May 2022 in Senate: Why on earth should we start creating an authority and giving it to the Cabinet Secretary (CS)? Is it that the CS does not have work to do? We have the National Environment Management Authority (NEMA). What is their job? If you go to NEMA, they will tell you certain functions have been devolved. view
• 10 May 2022 in Senate: Madam Deputy Speaker, there is another clause here, which I want people to see. Another ridiculous provision in Clause 18 says - “Every County Government shall prepare and submit to the County Assembly for approval an integrated County Waste Management Plan, once every five years.” They are now putting it into their County Integrated Development Plans (CIDP). view
• 10 May 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
• 10 May 2022 in Senate: The county governments should develop a policy. We should not have a CS sitting down and saying that we are now going to develop a policy on how we are going to manage waste. We will also devolve this policy, so that the county governments and assemblies will develop a policy that will be put in their CIDPs for five years. This is ridiculous. Madam Deputy Speaker, if we are serious as legislators and want to help this country deal with the issue of waste management, the first thing we need to do is to reduce it in our own ... view
• 10 May 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
• 10 May 2022 in Senate: will be honest to say that this Bill just aims to create authority; to give the Cabinet Secretary more jobs for nothing. In fact, the first thing we should do is that NEMA should come up with regulations. They should sit down with the county governments and look at your spatial plan. Where are we getting income? When we are getting income, let us use technology to ensure that Sen. Poghisio, who owns this building, has got the responsibility to ensure that in that building waste management is priority number one. He must have three bins. If he does not ... view
• 10 May 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