Ledama Olekina

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1651 to 1660 of 4248.

• 22 Mar 2022 in Senate: Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. view
• 1 Mar 2022 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, I beg to report that the Committee of the Whole has considered The Lifestyle Audit Bill (Senate Bill No.36 of 2021) and seeks leave to sit again tomorrow. view
• 23 Feb 2022 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, I would like to begin by saying that I support The Landlord and Tenant Bill (National Assembly Bills No.3 of 2021) because it is quite timely. However, reading through the Bill, there are important issues omitted. I have skimmed through the Bill. Looking at the way the Bill has been drafted, it is mostly to protect landlords. view
• 23 Feb 2022 in Senate: In most cases, in all developed countries, there are legislations to ensure that even the tenants understand their rights. In this Bill, the tenants’ rights are not clearly defined. One of the things which I find a bit contradictory in the Bill, which I would like to point out, are issues of tenancy agreement. view
• 23 Feb 2022 in Senate: We have general provisions relating to the tenants. Clause 17(1) states that- “The rent payable for any premises shall be determined by mutual agreement of the parties to a tenancy agreement.” The second Clause, which is 17(2), contradicts the first one. It states- “Where an agreement cannot be reached by the parties at any time during the tenancy, the Tribunal, on reference by either of the parties, shall determine the rent payable for the premises based on comparables or similar lettings.” view
• 23 Feb 2022 in Senate: My concern with the second Clause is that if the rent payable is supposed to be on mutual agreement, if we cannot agree on the rent payable, why should we go to the Tribunal to tell us? That is saying we have a big shortage of properties that a tenant can rent in this country. If they are not in agreement, they have to force the landlord to go to the Tribunal to determine how much should be paid. I find that a bit contradictory. I request the Senate Majority Leader, who is the Mover of this Bill, to consider ... view
• 23 Feb 2022 in Senate: Remember I spent a lot of money to construct a building and decided to charge “X” amount of rent. If you are the tenant and you want to occupy my building, we should 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 Feb 2022 in Senate: agree on how much should be paid, but not referring to the Tribunal for them to determine and take a sample of the area and force you, the landlord, who instead of putting a tile that costs Kshs300 per square metre, put one that cost about Kshs10,000 per square metre, but you are forced to charge what a neighbour who used a tiles that cost Kshs300 is charging. I do not think that is fair to either the landlord or the tenant. I will be seeking an amendment. I hope the Senate Majority Leader will look into that and consider ... view
• 23 Feb 2022 in Senate: Clause 18(1) states as follows- view
• 23 Feb 2022 in Senate: “A landlord shall not increase the rent payable by a tenant for rented premises, unless the landlord gives the tenant at least 90 days’ written notice of the intention to do so.” view