Ledama Olekina

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1861 to 1870 of 4248.

• 2 Nov 2021 in Senate: Madam Deputy Speaker, is it in order for the distinguished Senator and the future governor of Nairobi City County to come out here and cast aspersions on the Judiciary, which rules based on facts that they are given on the table? The Judiciary does not know what the budget of the IEBC is. So, it is important we profess and push Government to respect court of orders. So, it is not in order for the distinguish Senator to point a figure at the Judiciary and say that they should give court orders that are practical. What is not practical about ... view
• 2 Nov 2021 in Senate: Madam Deputy Speaker, I rise to support this Motion. It is about time--- view
• 2 Nov 2021 in Senate: Madam Deputy Speaker, I think we need to give him some water. He might be thirsty. I believe it is time we tried to create forums in some of these committees. The changes that have been proposed by the SBC today are to replace some of our colleagues who have departed. It is quite difficult when you want to raise quorum in any Committee, particularly the Committee on Energy where Members are probably serving in other committees like the Committee on Justice, Legal Affairs and Human Rights. view
• 2 Nov 2021 in Senate: Madam Deputy Speaker, this is a very interesting time for us. We are debating various legislative proposals, particularly on the elections. It will be important for the Committee on Justice, Legal Affairs and Human Rights to have full membership. Therefore, I fully support this and hope that we can move forward and make all the changes that we need. We should accept that we have a very short time to work for Kenyans who have given us an opportunity to serve them in this country. Madam Deputy Speaker, the debate on which Members should serve in which committee sometimes takes ... view
• 2 Nov 2021 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, I rise to support this Report of the Standing Committee on Finance and Budget. The Report is good because it allows us to examine further what we are doing wrong. Sir Winston Churchill once said that you can never tax a country to prosperity. Allow me to read the quote by Sir Churchill- view
• 2 Nov 2021 in Senate: “For a Nation to try and tax itself into prosperity, it is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle.” What has been happening in this county, as was clearly demonstrated through the submissions of the Commission on Revenue Allocation (CRA) to the Standing Committee on Finance and Budget, is that this Parliament is the one that deals with the budgetary allocation. We are the ones who have been failing in our job because when you look at the observations by the Committee, it was observed that there is a lot of ... view
• 2 Nov 2021 in Senate: Looking at the executive summary of the Report, there are several things that really bother me. The first point talks about having a law that protects and stipulates how the National Treasury should borrow. However, when I read that as at June, 2021, the view
• 2 Nov 2021 in Senate: Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I beg to move that The County Oversight and Accountability Bill (Senate Bills No.17 of 2021) be now read a Second Time. I had already moved this Bill. This is among the Bills that suffered the sibling rivalry between the National Assembly and the Senate. In summary so that I can request my brother, Sen. Wambua to second this Bill, the principal objective of this Bill is to provide a framework of effective oversight and give effect to Article 96 of the Constitution. We have been deliberating in this House for over the last two ... view
• 2 Nov 2021 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, pursuant to Standing Order No.61 (3), I request that the putting of the question to be deferred to a later date. view
• 5 Oct 2021 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I thank you. I would like to make a few contributions to this Bill on PPP. From the onset, I have to state that a PPP project, traditionally costs more than a regular public procurement entity. This is mostly used to build highways and mega projects. This is advised by the Vision 2030 which sets out a blueprint that puts the country into a situation where it is expected to grow into a middle- income developed country. The biggest problem I have with such a Bill, which I hope that the Committee on Delegated Legislation will ... view