Ledama Olekina

All parliamentary appearances

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• 17 Nov 2021 in Senate: I was very clear in my submission and I will repeat what I said; that, it will lead you to conclude that those who were in charge of KEMSA, have not been prosecuted until today because we are dealing with people who are very powerful in this country and cannot be touched. How do you explain the fact that the President says that investigations to be concluded in 21 days and until today, they have not been concluded? view
• 17 Nov 2021 in Senate: I do not have a problem with my good friend and colleague - the engineer; former Cabinet Secretary (CS) for the Ministry of Energy, the Senator and hopefully the future Governor of Migori County - for asking me to substantiate. However, I said that the fact that these investigations have not been carried out, will lead me to conclude that they are dealing with very powerful people who cannot be touched. In a country where we respect the rule of law, when you are given 21 days to prosecute, you must prosecute. I believe I have substantiated. view
• 17 Nov 2021 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, this is a matter which really gets me the wrong way. Before I conclude, one of the recommendations that was made by my committee, which was also given a timeline of one month - was that the DPP and DCI investigate companies set out in annex two of this Report. Everyone is invited to come in and get a copy of the Report because this is a public document. These are companies that were awarded tenders by KEMSA. The two offices are to determine if there was any collusion between the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of ... view
• 17 Nov 2021 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I cannot see what is written here. So, I will just summarise what is written there; and prosecute. We were given one month. I hope now, the DPP and DCI will come and get some material from this Report. It is a bit hypocritical for the KEMSA Board to now come and have a meeting with the Senate Committee on Health and say they were being held hostage by suppliers. You were being held hostage? This Committee that investigated this matter has recommended the DPP and DCI to then go and follow these companies and suppliers ... view
• 17 Nov 2021 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I am quite happy that the good Senator knows that Maasai people look good. Anyway, I would like to inform Sen. Cherargei that KEMSA has got two arms. One, they are partners with international community like United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the other is funded by our own taxpayers money. The most important thing and I appreciate your submissions is that instead of denying Kenyans access to medicine, because there is a law--- The KEMSA Act prohibits county governments from purchasing medicine from any other person apart from KEMSA. I appreciate Sen. Cherargei ... view
• 16 Nov 2021 in Senate: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I would like to seek some clarification on the reports which are being tabled in the House, having in mind the decision of the High Court in terms of what we, in the Senate, can oversight. The Auditor -General’s reports have been tabled here and a few things are not quite clear. Section 35 of the Public Audit Act stipulates what should be tabled in Parliament and what should not. However, it would be proper to get some clarity on whether those funds were funded by the national Government revenue or county ... view
• 16 Nov 2021 in Senate: we have between the Council of Governors (CoG) and the Senate in terms of oversight, we are currently in court having been stopped from over sighting the funds that come under conditional grants. When I listened clearly to the Deputy Majority Leader tabling those reports, one thing is not clear and I would like to get clarity whether those funds were from the county own-source revenue or the national Government. If we get that clarity, it will help us understand this. There is no point of us receiving documents just for formality yet we cannot interrogate those audit reports. view
• 16 Nov 2021 in Senate: I thank you. view
• 16 Nov 2021 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I rise on a point of order to seek clarity and ask whether the distinguish Senator from Kakamega is in order by suggesting that we should promote issues of misappropriation of funds. I have heard him say that the KRA should waive all the statutory deductions, which were due to have been submitted by Mumias Sugar Company and that NHIF to do the same. Is the Senator in order to suggest that we suspend the operations of Article 226(5) of the Constitution, which calls for accountability and responsibility? Mr. Speaker, Sir, we have to be ... view
• 16 Nov 2021 in Senate: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. view