Ledama Olekina

All parliamentary appearances

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• 1 Oct 2020 in Senate: Absolutely. view
• 1 Oct 2020 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, I am very grateful because it is in line with my submissions. We have got these chiefs who are now made by this Bill to report directly to the County Executive Committee Member (CEC) in charge of health bypassing the entire formal structure, where they are supposed to work. The chiefs want to be the head of these community health workers. This Bill is proposing to pay these community health workers a wage at least at minimum of Kshs14,500. We have a huge burden in our counties. We know and we are alive to the fact that ... view
• 1 Oct 2020 in Senate: from all the others from Level One, Two, Three, Four, and Five whose structures are already clear That is unless we can give counties conditional grants where we sit down and talk to the national Treasury when it comes to the issue of the County Allocation of Revenue Act and Division of Revenue Act (DORA). We should be very clear and say we have got Kshs47 billion, which Kshs1 billion is for every county to fund these community health workers. This country will not afford that. Madam Temporary Speaker, let us be realistic. We have had a big challenge. I ... view
• 1 Oct 2020 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, how many more minutes? view
• 1 Oct 2020 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, five minutes. Within the five minutes, I was finishing but I am looking at my notes here. I reiterate what I said that let us not be utopian. Let us be realistic to the facts. In Laikipia County alone, 60 per cent of its wage bill is on the health services. I have not heard the Senate Majority Leader say that he will lobby for a conditional grant for all counties. For example, Narok County to get Kshs2 billion and also Kakamega County get Kshs2 billion because of the population. In absence of that lobbying, this will ... view
• 1 Oct 2020 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, I hope the sponsor of the Bill will consider some of these issues and make sure these community health workers are in the same line with all the other health workers. Let them follow different steps. The Senate Majority Leader will tell you that you cannot wake up one day and decide to run for Presidency. He has been a Member of the National Assembly before he joined the Senate and maybe he might run for President in future. Madam Temporary Speaker, we have been dealing with a lot of Bills related to health issues in this ... view
• 29 Sep 2020 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, this is a contract that has cost Kenyans a lot of money. view
• 29 Sep 2020 in Senate: I am not debating. I am on a point of order. I am supporting Sen. Omogeni’s sentiments. I am beseeching you that nothing stops us from debating this matter for 10 days. We do not need to conclude it today. view
• 29 Sep 2020 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, 365 pages, about 50 kilograms of submissions, we have to give Kenyans justice. All I am requesting is, we should be guided by the Standing Orders, allowed the 20 minutes, let us prosecute these matters, we are dealing with issues that have cost Kenyans billions of shillings. Please, consider the point of order raised by Sen. Omogeni so that we can give Kenyans justice. Otherwise there will be no point of us contributing because we are dealing with five minutes, we might as well not contribute at all. We cannot exhaust one company in five minutes. view
• 29 Sep 2020 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I rise to make my comments on this Report. I have taken time to read it. I have also taken time to read the submissions of the contractors. However, I will oppose it for the following reasons. I am going to restrict my five minutes to two companies called BellCo SRL Ltd. and Angelica Medical Supplies. When you read it, it entirely contradicts itself. Any company that applies for the tender must be the original manufacturer of the equipment. In the Report, we are told that representatives of the three companies appeared before the Committee, but one ... view