Ledama Olekina

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1701 to 1710 of 4248.

• 21 Dec 2021 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, in conclusion, I will not support this BPS because of the reasons that I have given, which I want to summarize. First, I cannot support a BPS that seeks to kill SMEs. It is proposing borrowing 4 per cent of the Kenya’s GDP locally. They should borrow elsewhere. Secondly, the issue of concurrence of Bills is very important. During the budget- making process, which is where we are now--- I want to borrow the words of my colleague, Sen. Wetangula, that all 47 elected Senators, including the ones who were not elected, who form part of ... view
• 21 Dec 2021 in Senate: affect the budget. It will be part of this budget and it is a lot of money there. With all this money that the National Treasury is saying it will raise, it will be a lot of money to pay debts, but kill counties. I am here to defend devolution and that is why I will not be supporting this Budget Policy Statement. I cannot support a policy that will kill small businesses. We want to be progressive and not a situation where everything in this country is about the Benjamins and bourgeoisies. What about the small people that we ... view
• 21 Dec 2021 in Senate: On a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. view
• 21 Dec 2021 in Senate: Madam Deputy Speaker, I hate disrupt my good friend, Sen. Sakaja. I know him to be a stickler to the rule of law and our Standing Orders. Under the Speaker's Rules, a Senator shall be dressed properly. view
• 21 Dec 2021 in Senate: When I look at him, he is not wearing a tie. This is an extremely serious matter because even though we allow online contribution, I think it would be proper for him to be have a tie so that he can continue moving his Motion. view
• 2 Dec 2021 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. With tremendous respect to my good friend, Sen. Linturi, I think the Constitution is very clear. Article 124 of the Constitution talks about the committees and Standing Orders. We perform both our functions. view
• 2 Dec 2021 in Senate: I hope that Sen. Linturi will listen to me because I was listening when he was talking. He needs to listen to other people in silence. view
• 2 Dec 2021 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I have a lot of respect for my good friend, Sen. Linturi. I listened to his submission and although I partly agree to what he said, but if we have to reduce ourselves to performing only our role in plenary, then we would not be doing our work. Sen. Sakaja, the good Chairperson of the Committee on Labour and Social Welfare, performs almost 99 per cent off his functions and all activities of his Committee that are brought into this plenary, in his Committee. I do not see the reason why my good friend, Sen. Linturi, ... view
• 2 Dec 2021 in Senate: Thank you Mr. Speaker, Sir. As a Member on the Committee on Health, I just wanted to highlight a few things, which I believe are very important to clear any doubt from any Member who did not get a chance to go through the Report, which was an oversight as to the work that the Committee did. As I rise to support the amendment, the Report on the National Health Insurance Fund Bill, I would like to note the following. As a Committee, we observed various things that were problematic when it comes to the issue of NHIF. The President ... view
• 2 Dec 2021 in Senate: country in general are seeking for a chance where everyone will be included and covered by NHIF. Mr. Speaker, Sir, our Committee listened very carefully to several stakeholders, including the Council of Governors (CoG), the Ministry of Health and private individuals. Most of them were seeking clarification on the issue of the board. Who is going to be in the board? What powers will the board have and how effective will the services be rendered to the people? We spent a lot of time going through the submissions that we received. I am happy to report that some of the ... view