Ledama Olekina

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1781 to 1790 of 4248.

• 17 Nov 2021 in Senate: Madam Deputy Speaker, as a Member of the committee, I can attest that the committee has been dealing with a lot of Statements and crises in the sector in terms of prices of fuel going up on a regular basis. This is a very complex matter. I hope that soon, both Houses of Parliament will sit down and think through the prices. We know that petroleum prices are going up globally but in the developed nations, they have ways of cushioning the citizens. It has been tough in this country. When we increase petroleum prices, we should always take into ... view
• 17 Nov 2021 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, today we are talking about petroleum products being transported to Kisumu. We want to be sure that Kenya Pipeline Company (KPC) is doing a good job. I am happy that there have been positive changes in KPC. I hope that gradually we will see more improvement. I am impressed with the changes that have been brought about by the new management. I hope that slowly by slowly, we will have much affordable petroleum products in this country. I thank you. view
• 17 Nov 2021 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, as I rise to second this very important Motion, I must register my disappointment because of the time that it has taken us to deal with this matter. We investigated this matter over a year ago. During the signing of the report, I was far. I believe my colleagues signed this report sometime in March this year after the investigations and report writing. As I rise to support this Motion, I have to note the following observations which are key. One, we clearly observed during our investigations, that procurement laws were flouted 100 per cent. This ... view
• 17 Nov 2021 in Senate: The COVID-19 crisis in this country exposed the MoH and a State corporation which for many years had been operating without any major scandals and got them to start thinking how to create COVID-19 billionaires. Whatever happened during the KEMSA Scandal is something we will regret for the rest of our lives. This is because people went there to put their bellies first instead of lives. They did not care about children in Narok, Trans Nzoia, Mombasa or Samburu who would be exposed to COVID-19. All they cared was how they could get to the procurement. They would then hike ... view
• 17 Nov 2021 in Senate: a) Article 226 of the Constitution read together with Section 44(2) of the Public Procurement Assets and Disposal Act (PPADA), Section 44, 45 (3) (d) of the PPADA and Sections 48 and 53. It is very clear that the actors are DDP and DCI. The timeline was one month. Who is responsible because we do not have an Implementation Committee? It is the Committee on Health. We adopted this report in March. Now at the end of the year, KEMSA is threatening to fire all its 922 employees because they have come up with new things. They are saying, “we ... view
• 17 Nov 2021 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I hope that someone out there will want to be counted as somebody who believed that Article 226, was not drafted by the framers of the Constitution just for the sake of it. This Parliament did not just pass the laws to make sure that we call for accountably for the sake of it. Otherwise, all these parliamentary meetings will just be a means for us to earn some allowances. view
• 17 Nov 2021 in Senate: This is one of the investigations that really annoyed me because I could clearly see that the people in the Kenya Medical Supplies Authority (KEMSA), who belong to jail, did not care. It was very clear they were not acting alone. They were acting with some very senior people who are untouchable in this country. view
• 17 Nov 2021 in Senate: If we are really calling for change and we believe everything that we say and we respect the President--- view
• 17 Nov 2021 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I will be glad to do that. view
• 17 Nov 2021 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the fact that the recommendations of this House directed the offices of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) and the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) to investigate these individuals and until today, they have not been investigated will lead me to conclude that the persons being investigated are very powerful, that they cannot be touched. view