Ledama Olekina

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1581 to 1590 of 4248.

• 23 Mar 2022 in Senate: Madam Deputy Speaker, the COVID-19 pandemic taught us many lessons. It brought down not only the economy of Kenya but the procuring entity of the Government, which is the Kenya Medical Supplies Authority (KEMSA). view
• 23 Mar 2022 in Senate: When the pandemic hit us, people became creative instead of finding a way to come out of that pandemic. This was not only in the 28 county governments that we invited to give us a report, following the Auditor-General’s report on how they spent the money. This is actually a problem globally. view
• 23 Mar 2022 in Senate: We had a chance to sit down with county governors of Isiolo, Kakamega, Kisumu, Laikipia, Mandera, Marsabit, Nakuru, Narok, Nyandarua, Samburu, Taita Taveta, Trans Nzoia, Uasin Gishu, Vihiga, Wajir and other counties, which I have not mentioned. It was clear that these county governments had enough money to help the view
• 23 Mar 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
• 23 Mar 2022 in Senate: citizens of each of those counties, to cope with the challenges brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic. view
• 23 Mar 2022 in Senate: Some counties spent the money wisely to some extent. Some set up COVID-19 centres, while others decided to improve on their facilities. However, most of them ordered supplies that they could not pay for yet they still had money. It was very challenging listening to county governors trying to explain how they spent the funds. In most county governments, most of those things were just put up in a rush. There was no well thought out ideas on how to maintain them. view
• 23 Mar 2022 in Senate: A case in point would be the sanitation booths, which were adopted by so many counties and yet they had not looked at the health implication of those sanitation booths. They did not also look at where they would come from and what impact they would have on the economy of that county. view
• 23 Mar 2022 in Senate: Madam Deputy Speaker, most of these booths were leased and they to continue supplying sanitisers. No one really cared about how safe they were for the citizens of those counties. Those are some of the challenges that we saw. view
• 23 Mar 2022 in Senate: However, the amount of money that was spent was not fully thought out. It is just that the National Government had given them enough money to build COVID-19 Centres. Other counties had 300 bed facilities for isolation. However, no thought was put into how those facilities would be merged with the existing health facilities. view
• 23 Mar 2022 in Senate: Madam Deputy Speaker, I will go quickly to some of the recommendations that we made as a Committee. This is in terms of the issue of management of resources that are sent to the counties. view