Ledama Olekina

All parliamentary appearances

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• 30 Oct 2024 in Senate: “The County Treasurer shall, at the beginning of every month, and in any event not later than 15 days from the commencement of the month, disburse monies to County Assemblies Fund for the expenditure of the following month.” view
• 30 Oct 2024 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I see us going back to the same problem, where the Executive decides when to send this money. I would like to beseech you that you do away with that provision, and give the power directly to the Controller of Budget. Today, when the Clerk of Narok County Assembly, who is the one you have given all the powers to be the Accounting Officer, wants to requisition money from the Controller of Budget, he will have to rely on the Chief Officer (CO) or the County Executive Committee Member (CECM), Finance and Economic Planning. If you ... view
• 30 Oct 2024 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, while communicating to the Controller of Budget, we still see that there is a problem with the Controller of Budget approval. We have a representative of the Controller of Budget in each of the 47 counties. Before the County Executive or the County Assembly, in this case the Clerk, requisition any money, it has to go through the representative of the Controller of Budget, for them to approve that there is a vote head on that amount. However, realistically, immediately after this representative of the Controller of Budget approves and says, Controller of Budget, you may ... view
• 30 Oct 2024 in Senate: “The Controller shall not approve any withdrawal from a public fund unless satisfied that the withdrawal is authorised by law.” view
• 30 Oct 2024 in Senate: Then your proposition is justified. However, of course, those who are spending do not want to be called to account to it. So, I beseech you to remove this hindrance. There is no point of the Assembly depending on the Executive. The PFM Act as it stands right now, puts the County Treasurer as the CECM, Finance and Economic Planning. He is the sole County Treasurer. However, now that we are introducing this provision and we are giving the Clerk of the County Assembly the powers to administer these funds, why then should we not give him almost similar powers ... view
• 30 Oct 2024 in Senate: “The disbursement referred to in (ii), shall be done in accordance with the schedule prepared by the County Treasurer and submitted to the County Assembly for approval together with the County Appropriation Bill under Section 109(e)(vii).” The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only.A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and Audio Services,Senate. view
• 30 Oct 2024 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we are trying to resolve a problem here, but we are not solving it. The county assemblies will continue having that problem. It depends on the relationship between the Speaker, the Clerk and the county governor. He will just say, ignore. Let us not release the money. I would like to beseech you that you do away with 109(e) completely. Let us give these guys their full autonomy. Let them control their money. We already know that this Senate, the CRA, and the Committee on Finance and Budget have deliberated on the ceiling of the county ... view
• 30 Oct 2024 in Senate: I do not know whether it will be overstretching to further add 119(b), to require that when payments are being made out, that the CoB shall have some form of viewer rights to the people who are being paid that money, to ensure that when the county executive or the county clerk are requesting to pay vendors, they shall include the vendor account numbers to the requisition and in that requisition, when the money has been sent out, we should require the banks to send a confirmation that the money which was authorized by the CoB has been sent to ... view
• 30 Oct 2024 in Senate: On a point of order Mr. Speaker, Sir. I am listening to Sen. Tabitha trying to explain the reasoning behind still maintaining the hindrance of the autonomy of the Assemblies. I am just trying to understand. I would like her to clarify why they did not look at the provision of the Public Finance Management (PFM) Act that sets up the County Executive Committee Member (CECM) Finance as the County Treasurer, vis-a- vis Article 228(5), which talks about the Controller of Budget (CoB) having the powers to release the money. In this case, right now, when the Clerk of the ... view
• 30 Oct 2024 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, it is sad that in the 21st Century, we are discussing about femicide. This is the time we should be discussing about equality and not even equity because women in our society contribute and they play a critical role in the development of our culture and society. However, it is sad. This is a matter that we cannot take lightly. Let me start by thanking the distinguished Senator for Migori for causing this House to adjourn to discuss this issue of critical national concern. It is sad when we turn on our television stations to watch the ... view