Ledama Olekina

All parliamentary appearances

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• 22 Sep 2021 in Senate: The character of the two individuals makes me surprised. There was a time we had very powerful Ministers like James Orengo who sat in Parliament and were accountable to the people because they used to be asked questions. I long for that time. I hoped that when I became a Senator or leader in this country, Cabinet Secretaries would be here to account to the people. view
• 22 Sep 2021 in Senate: Cabinet Secretaries must subscribe to the code or convention of accountability. When a Cabinet Secretary is invited to Parliament, they are not only accounting to the MPs here but also to the public. Cabinet Secretaries have made it so difficult not only for the public but also MPs to access their offices. In fact, they run those offices as if they are small kingdoms. view
• 22 Sep 2021 in Senate: Cabinet Secretaries must subscribe to the code or convention of accountability. When a Cabinet Secretary is invited to Parliament, they are not only accounting to the MPs here but also to the public. Cabinet Secretaries have made it so difficult not only for the public but also MPs to access their offices. In fact, they run those offices as if they are small kingdoms. view
• 22 Sep 2021 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I said very clearly and I want to repeat that these two characters are fugitives of accountability and embodiment of Executive arrogance and this must come to an end. I want to remind them that we have seen very powerful people coming down. When you are up there, you have to be very careful not to allow pride to bring you down. view
• 22 Sep 2021 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I said very clearly and I want to repeat that these two characters are fugitives of accountability and embodiment of Executive arrogance and this must come to an end. I want to remind them that we have seen very powerful people coming down. When you are up there, you have to be very careful not to allow pride to bring you down. view
• 22 Sep 2021 in Senate: I would like to move to another issue because my time is ending. We have a very serious problem and this is a problem that we are being invited as a House to look at. Why do we have this problem in the first place? We are in this problem because of greed. That is issue number one. This Government now subscribes to the open tender system when it comes to the importation of petroleum products into this country. This is why we need to investigate because the big players like Total Petroleum and Shell have not imported any petroleum view
• 22 Sep 2021 in Senate: I would like to move to another issue because my time is ending. We have a very serious problem and this is a problem that we are being invited as a House to look at. Why do we have this problem in the first place? We are in this problem because of greed. That is issue number one. This Government now subscribes to the open tender system when it comes to the importation of petroleum products into this country. This is why we need to investigate because the big players like Total Petroleum and Shell have not imported any petroleum view
• 22 Sep 2021 in Senate: The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate. view
• 22 Sep 2021 in Senate: The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate. view
• 22 Sep 2021 in Senate: products into this country in the last two years. What normally happens is this: In every two months, all oil marketers put in their focus demand. Two, is the Ministry of Petroleum. When all of this is added up together, they are invited by the Supply Coordination Desk to bid. There is a standard just like when you go to a bank to borrow a loan, where there is the Central Bank rate. There is something called the Plat rate. Most of these businesses that are now importing petroleum products into this country normally bid Plat plus either $1 or ... view