Ledama Olekina

All parliamentary appearances

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• 30 Mar 2021 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I rise pursuant to Standing Order No. 51 (1) (a) to make a Statement regarding the COVID-19 pandemic situation that is currently ravaging this country. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), as of 22nd March, 2021, there were 122,922,844 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 2,711,071 attributed to the pandemic across the globe. In Africa, the WHO reported 3, 600, 474 confirmed cases and 76,241 deaths. While in Kenya, it reported 120, 910 confirmed cases and 2, 011 deaths. This represents almost double the number of confirmed cases and deaths that had been reported ... view
• 30 Mar 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
• 30 Mar 2021 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, under Section 36, 38 and 42 of the Public Health Act, Cap 242 on rules of prevention of disease, power of entry and provisions for multinational responses respectively, the Ministry of Health, through the Office of Director of Medical Services, is empowered to require any person, owning or having charge of any land or any building or dwelling, not occupy it or any person owning or having charge of tents, transport, bedding, hospital equipment, drugs, foods and other appliances, materials or articles urgently required in connections with an outbreak to hand over the use of any ... view
• 30 Mar 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
• 30 Mar 2021 in Senate: that the Ministry of Health must put in place the necessary measures to increase the uptake and acceptance of the vaccine among special groups. The Ministry of Health further needs to scale up efforts to sensitize the public, to raise awareness on this very important matter, so as to ensure that Kenyans are not left behind. The Committee further recommends the Ministry of Health to use services of vernacular radio stations and local churches to raise more awareness on the need for Kenyans to accept the vaccine. The Committee will continue to closely monitor the vaccination drive and will table ... view
• 30 Mar 2021 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I thank you. I rise to make a few comments on the Statement on the rise of the cost of energy in this country. Let me thank Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr. for bringing this matter. I am speaking as a Member of the Energy Committee. Last year when we were dealing with the issue of passing the Petroleum Act, there were several pieces of taxes which had been proposed that we tried to stop. I know we will deal with this matter in detail, but since this is something which is out in the public, it ... view
• 30 Mar 2021 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. Just for the record, it is important because this is information that we will provide later. We have several taxes. In fact, what happened here is that the taxes remained constant. The only thing that went up is the Value Added Tax (VAT) because of the landing costs. When fuel landed into this country, it was Kshs49.84. The profits which the oil marketers are getting have remained constant at Ksh12.39. view
• 30 Mar 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
• 30 Mar 2021 in Senate: This is the conversation that I am willing to have with my colleague Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr. What are we going to do with these taxes? First, the Petroleum Regulatory Levy, the Railways Development Levy, the Anti-adulteration Levy, the Merchant Shipping Levy, the import declaration fee, VAT, and all the taxes. If you add all of them, they add up to Kshs57.33. When the oil or fuel landed in Mombasa, it was at Kshs49.84. That was heavily affected by the exchange rate of the foreign currency which we cannot control because of the current pandemic. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, what ... view
• 24 Mar 2021 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, let me join my colleagues. First of all, let me thank you for giving me this unique opportunity to express my condolences to the people of Tanzania, and the Government of Tanzania for the loss of their beloved President. Mr. Speaker, Sir, someone once said that truth is like a lion. You do not have to defend it. You let it loose and it shall defend itself. What we have learnt from the late His Excellency John Pombe Magufuli was that as a public servant and as a head of Government, you ought to find local solutions ... view