Ledama Olekina

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1631 to 1640 of 4248.

• 22 Mar 2022 in Senate: I hope that in their budget, the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Irrigation can be able to put in a lot of resources to provide local solutions instead of us relying on the outside world. view
• 22 Mar 2022 in Senate: Look at what is happening today; there is war now in Ukraine and Russia where we import a lot of wheat from and sanctions have been imposed to Russia. There is no way that this war will not affect our people. Very soon - whether we are in a political season or whether we want to agree and separate facts from fiction - the price of unga will go high; the price of unga ngano will make eating chapati or bread a luxury because it will become too expensive. I do hope that the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and ... 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: The challenge is that all these Ministries in the national Government, like if you go to the Ministry of Devolution or the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Irrigation; when they draft their budgets, most of the money is left here in Nairobi. That money does not go to the counties. A lot of money is used for conferences, seminars and research and development in Nairobi in boardrooms or travel abroad. view
• 22 Mar 2022 in Senate: This time around, we need to now look at the amount of money that we have and more money should be sent to the devolved units so that they can be able to perform their functions. Agriculture is devolved but you will find that a lot of money is left in Nairobi. view
• 22 Mar 2022 in Senate: We know of big Government parastatals like the Agricultural Development Corporation (ADC). ADC gets its money from either the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Irrigation or some money is allocated to them to do their research and development. view
• 22 Mar 2022 in Senate: However, if you follow, instead of the ADC doing the work that it is supposed to do, which is to support the local people, they end up only supporting a few individuals. There is a lot of land, which is idle that could be used to be able to produce food to support local communities. view
• 22 Mar 2022 in Senate: Every year, between the months of March and April when the rains decide not to come, this country is littered with carcasses of dead animals. If we can take advantage of the flood rains and use money which we are dividing now between the two levels of government, and allocate a lot of money to agencies like ADC and plant fodder for our animals, then our pastoralists - either in Narok or northern Kenya will not suffer because they will have grass that county government will be able to acquire or to distribute to them. view
• 22 Mar 2022 in Senate: We spend more money buying food yet corruption gets in the way during delivery and people do not benefit. This time around, I hope that the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Irrigation will become a little bit creative and allocate resources to agencies and require results. Every year we hear of Rapid Results Initiative . We want to see results that will protect and defend our national interest. view
• 22 Mar 2022 in Senate: When people are hungry, it becomes a national security risk. When people are jobless, they also end up suffering. We have a lot of money that is reserved because of these national security issues. When you look at the Division of Revenue Bill against Article 203, that when utilized properly, it can be able to solve most of the problems that we have here. view