Ledama Olekina

All parliamentary appearances

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• 16 Nov 2021 in Senate: Madam Deputy Speaker, thank you. Let me begin by thanking the distinguished Senator for Bomet for bringing this Statement on these universities. The cost of learning in this country has sky rocketed. During this era, it beats the purpose of having a public university that receives a lot of State funding yet the leaders in these universities never think or contemplate a situation where they have to start creating endowments. When we were growing up, though I did not get an opportunity to go to a local university, those who went used to be given ‘boom’ by the Government. However, ... view
• 16 Nov 2021 in Senate: student. I was quite happy to hear that some universities have some little scholarships that they give to those needy bright students. It is about time for us now to look at this. Are we increasing college tuition fees so that we can be able to set up endowments or are we increasing them because of the bloated administrative cost? Madam Deputy Speaker, I wish the Committee on Education would interrogate all public universities to see whether any of those universities, including the Kenya School of Law have any endowments. Universities in other developed nations and other African countries have ... view
• 16 Nov 2021 in Senate: Madam Deputy Speaker, you know it beats me sometimes when we rise on points of orders. The distinguished Senator from Nandi ought to have listened to my submissions. I said the Chairperson is a nominated Senator from Bomet. I was not referring to Sen. (Dr.) Lang’at because then, it would beat the purpose as to why he would bring a statement for his own Committee. view
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• 16 Nov 2021 in Senate: Madam Deputy Speaker, let me wind up. Of course, I had to laugh. view
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• 16 Nov 2021 in Senate: Madam Deputy Speaker, when a point of order is raised, the person who raises the point of order expects to be given a response. My response is very simple. It will be written there, “ laughter ”. You know, and that matter proceeds. In conclusion, I hope that the Committee will go further and request a statement of all funds which are given by the Ministry of Education to all public universities. On top of that, it will also be important and of interest to this House for us to receive a statement of how much public money has been ... view
• 16 Nov 2021 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I rise to support these amendments to the County Governments (Amendment) Bill. From the onset, let me congratulate the distinguished Senator for Homa Bay for having thought out these amendments which bring some sense into the development of these counties. The biggest challenge we now have is the fight for supremacy between the governors and Senators. Our job is very simple and is defined clearly under Article 96 of the Constitution that it is to represent the interests of the counties and their governments. It beats logic as to why we should spend sleepless ... view
• 16 Nov 2021 in Senate: I want to make sure the children in Kilgoris are getting services such as electricity which is a function of the National Government. Members of Parliament have that mandate where they go and sit down with the Rural Electrification Authority and they are given allocations. There is no reason why the county government should be pushing to send electricity there. We should all sit down together since two heads are better than one. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, in Maasai we have a saying - medany’ olkimojinoo view