Ledama Olekina

All parliamentary appearances

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• 18 Nov 2021 in Senate: Sen. Sakaja, if you listened carefully to what I said, we should not have it as a prerequisite. We cannot say that we will not renew your license because you have not paid those media houses. That means any business now going into work if it owes Nairobi City County will not be given a license to operate. You will be killing the economy. I am not trying to suggest that we destroy the careers of our young people. No. Let us encourage them but we have to be pragmatic. What I am saying is very simple. There are different ... view
• 18 Nov 2021 in Senate: Can I finish? Can they quote the--- view
• 18 Nov 2021 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker Sir, first, let me state it very clearly that I have a lot of respect for Sen. Sakaja. At no point did I impute improper motive. If my good friend believes ---. view
• 18 Nov 2021 in Senate: I withdraw and apologize and we move on. My point is very clear. We should not pass laws that are punitive to the economy. What is out of order in that? view
• 18 Nov 2021 in Senate: I was very clear that I withdrew and apologized and I moved on. The issue is very clear. I want to--- view
• 18 Nov 2021 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker Sir, my time has been eaten up. Can I just finish my line of thought? view
• 18 Nov 2021 in Senate: My point was very clear. The Committee needs to be very innovative in trying to advise the media houses and Telecommunications Companies (TELCOs) on how they can create business opportunities for the youth. For instance, I want to encourage the Committee on ICT to propose or amend the laws so that individual TV station and radio stations can sign a contract with particular musicians. This is in order to avoid a situation where the money is sent to a cartel and those musicians who were supposed to be benefit do not. There was a big problem when a big cartel ... view
• 18 Nov 2021 in Senate: It is the Kenya Music Cooperate Society. Thank you very much Sen. Wetangula for reminding me that. The idea here is to be creative and come up with legislation, proposals or even motions that can encourage our artists to be creative. When you are view
• 18 Nov 2021 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
• 18 Nov 2021 in Senate: creating your music, you have a ready market that you can be able to sell your services to. Mr. Temporary Speaker Sir, to finalize, the Committee should now pay close attention to these TELCOs so that we do not find ourselves in a situation where we have invested so much in them and then tomorrow they go belly-up, crippling the economy to a point where so many people will suffer. I am very happy with the work that the Committee is doing. I brought up a Statement; they moved expeditiously, called the CAK and all the TELCOs to appear and ... view