Ledama Olekina

All parliamentary appearances

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• 23 Mar 2022 in Senate: public money. That public money should be investigated so that at least people can get value for money. Madam Deputy Speaker, we do not have a Committee on Implementation in this Parliament. I hope the subsequent Parliaments will come up with one and then take over these reports from each Committee of the House and follow through to make sure that recommendations are implemented. We have very good recommendations and I reiterated them when I was moving this report. They were advised clearly by the observations that we made. If you find that there is a delay in the disbursements ... view
• 22 Mar 2022 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, is the distinguished Senator from Nandi in order to mislead the world - not only Kenya - that the price of fuel is not going up because of the war in Ukraine but because of a “handshake”? The distinguished Senator should substantiate his claim because the last I checked, Kenya does not produce enough oil to be refined and sold locally in this country. I know it is a political season, mwenye nguvu nipishe or propagandist nipishe but as a distinguished Senators, we should remain relevant. We are discussing the issue of division of revenue to our ... view
• 22 Mar 2022 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, thank you for the giving me an opportunity to support this timely Bill, the Division of Revenue Bill (National Assembly Bills No. 8 of 2022). This is the sole reason I must argue while in this House. We are here to defend the interests of our counties and their governments, to ensure that we represent people who elected us and give them an opportunity to be served by their government. I am quite proud of this Senate even though today it is quite empty. I might be the only one standing here now but the reason why ... view
• 22 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
• 22 Mar 2022 in Senate: We keep talking about the youth being an integral part of the economy of this country. Unless we support by allocating money to allow the youth in this country to develop, then we will be failing in our work. I know this is a tough period where everyone is fighting to be re-elected but I hope that our colleagues will not forget that unless we pass the Division of Revenue Bill, there is no way our counties will get the money. Even the next Government, which is expected to take over in the next financial year, will not be able ... view
• 22 Mar 2022 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, when the drafters of this Bill were allocating revenue to be shared among the two levels of government, which are national and county governments, I am quite happy that they put the repayment of our debt as a priority. They put the national loans interest of our country as a priority. The national Government will remain with about Kshs160 billion to fund most of its activities. Of importance is that out of a budget of about Kshs2.4 trillion, about Kshs930 billion will be set aside to pay for the national debt. So, the Division of Revenue Bill ... view
• 22 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
• 22 Mar 2022 in Senate: structure. We need to figure out how to solve this problem once and for all. Otherwise, it will continue being an audit query year in year out. Another reason why I support this Bill, but it leaves a lot to be desired, is because of the issue of the Equalization Fund. I know the Constitution defines how much should be set aside for the Equalization Fund, but I hope that Kenyans who used to work in the past 10 years will be paid their money. The Equalization Fund has been allocated Kshs7 billion to support marginalized counties. What happens to ... view
• 22 Mar 2022 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, on the issue of the evaluation of the Bill against Article 203 of the Constitution, it is important for Kenyans to know that there is money which is set aside for the interest of the security sector and to provide for assessment to the extend required by Article 203 in terms of helping the agricultural sector. view
• 22 Mar 2022 in Senate: Right now, we are all crying and talking about challenges with the cost of fertilizer. I am sure the unavailability of fertilizer affects our food security. The money from the national Government, which is part of this Kshs1.7 trillion, should find its way to the farmers. view