Ledama Olekina

All parliamentary appearances

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• 29 Apr 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
• 29 Apr 2021 in Senate: proven guilty. That is a very dangerous precedent that we will be setting if we in this House clap and say the promoters of the BBI have given us a solution to our problems. view
• 29 Apr 2021 in Senate: Madam Speaker, I will get into the issue of the constitutionality of the entire process. I have heard my colleagues, mostly the proponents of the BBI, alluding to the fact that this is a people driven constitutional amendment. When I look at even the documentation and the BBI, it talks about the promoters of this initiative. We have referred to Article 257 of the Constitution and some of my colleagues have alluded to the fact this House can initiate changes. My view is that we cannot because we are not the promoters of the Bill. view
• 29 Apr 2021 in Senate: I will refer to Article 257 of the Constitution. Article 257(3) of the Constitution reads as follows: “If a popular initiative in the form of a general suggestion, the promoters of the popular initiative shall formulate it into a Bill.” view
• 29 Apr 2021 in Senate: I would agree with my colleagues if this Bill was originated in this House because then the promoter of that Bill would be a MP. The same Article 257 talks about the fate whether we vote for this Bill or not, the final say is bestowed by the people of Kenya. They are the ones who will decide the fate of this Bill. view
• 29 Apr 2021 in Senate: I want the people of Narok and the people of Kenya to know that when I stand here and I raise my reservation in supporting this Bill, it is because I know it does not matter what my one vote will do. The ultimate decision as per the law falls under the people. If you read the report by the Joint Committee of the Senate and the National Assembly, you are alive to that fact. In fact, when you read them, you hear them dancing around and saying well this is an unconstitutional and there is really nothing you can ... view
• 29 Apr 2021 in Senate: There are some other clauses where they come in and say, this needs to be reviewed at a later date. Then what exactly are we doing? I have gone through the report and I know the Report is supposed to guide or aid us in terms of our contribution to this Bill, either in support or opposing it. view
• 29 Apr 2021 in Senate: Madam Deputy Speaker, when you read this Bill and the report by the Joint Committee of the Senate and the National Assembly, you will question whether this Bill is the one which taxpayers’ money was used to set up a steering committee to draft that Bill. view
• 29 Apr 2021 in Senate: Madam Deputy Speaker, I have come across four versions of the Bill not even two as they are saying. The first Bill was the one that was launched at the Bomas of Kenya on 21st October 2020. When you look at that Bill and go to Article 203 as an example and you compare Article 203 with the proposed amendment to Article 203 on the first Bill, it is not the same as the proposed amendment with Article 203 on the second Bill. Then it begs the question on the mandate of the so-called promoters of this Bill. view
• 29 Apr 2021 in Senate: I have come across a gazette notice that clearly states that the mandate of that Bill lapses on 30th June, 2020. The second Bill which I have come across is the Bill dated the 25th of November, 2020. In this Bill, there are two versions in regard to the Second Schedule. When you refer to the first Bill of October 2020, the Second Schedule talks about the structure of the IEBC. Now fast forward it to the Second Schedule in regards to the second Bill which was published by the promoters that is the one that is purported to view