Ledama Olekina

All parliamentary appearances

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• 28 Jul 2020 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I rise to second the Motion to amend the Committee Report. I will be very brief to the point because the distinguished Senator for Nairobi County has completely demystified the myth. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the reason why I support this amendment is because of one, it is illegal for a county like Turkana or Marsabit which is over 70,000 square kilometres to be reduced into a square root of 266. In that parameter alone, that county loses Kshs1.5 billion. It is evil. We must be our brother’s keepers. When I came into this House, I said I ... view
• 28 Jul 2020 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, when you come and lie to the public that you have the CRA formula and you are now playing around with figures, you amend it and you raise it and give it a weight of 20 per cent then three counties take all the money; that is, Kirinyaga, Kakamega and Bungoma. It would have been a different story if we would have stuck with the issue of CRA. That is why in this amendment, the weight that we gave was the 17 per cent on health because it is in line with the Abuja Declaration. Mr. Speaker, ... view
• 28 Jul 2020 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
• 28 Jul 2020 in Senate: raised it to 12 per cent. When they did that, they took away money from urban centres like Nairobi and Mombasa which benefit from the urban parameter. For the sake of the unity of this nation, I want to see Narok County receiving Kshs8 billion which they received last year for the next few years until the time that we can generate more money. I want to see the County of Kirinyaga getting what they got this year, which is Kshs4.2 billion. I want to see Lamu County getting at the minimum the amount of money they received this year, ... view
• 28 Jul 2020 in Senate: Madam Deputy Speaker, Article 203 of the Constitution is very clear. When dividing revenue, we must take certain factors into consideration. The marginalized counties have been marginalized for too long. We cannot be the House that continues to kill devolution. We must stand with our people; from Turkana to Rombo in Kajiado. With those few remarks, I second. view
• 21 Jul 2020 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I will be very brief. I rise to support the three Petitions. I request the Committee that will be tasked with Petition No.3 to extend their work to the source of materials for the construction of the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR). This is because many people were admitted in hospitals and paid huge bills. Some of them have permanent damages to their health. When the SGR was being constructed, particularity in Narok County in a place called Siyabei, the contractors were allowed to continue blasting and getting in a place where there was an orphanage ... view
• 21 Jul 2020 in Senate: We have engaged NEMA and they have devolved their services. view
• 14 Jul 2020 in Senate: Madam Deputy Speaker, I thank you. I rise to make the following comments on this issue. Eviction of people who have occupied our forests is a must. The biggest question we must ask ourselves now is how do we ensure that children do not suffer? We cannot continue to praise those people who have violated the law. Impunity is something which should not have any room in this era. 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
• 14 Jul 2020 in Senate: The biggest land owner in this country is the Agricultural Development Corporation (ADC). For a more progressive discussion on how to resettle these people, the key most important thing that we should do in this House is not to debate on how we continue encouraging people to destroy our forests or impunity. However, it is on how we can use these corporations, which have completely lost their purpose, and get the land to resettle the people who have encroached into the Mau Forest. Madam Deputy Speaker, the problem we have, as leaders, is that sometimes we are all hypocrites. We ... view
• 13 Jul 2020 in Senate: Point of order! view