Ledama Olekina

All parliamentary appearances

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• 31 Mar 2020 in Senate: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. view
• 31 Mar 2020 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to move the following amendment to the Motion- “THAT, the Motion be amended in paragraph (d) of the proposed resolution by inserting a new paragraph iii (a) to read as follows- “Measures to ensure that funds collected to combat the effects of COVID-19 be allocated to county governments for modernising open air markets in their respective counties to comply with the World Health Organization (WHO) one metre social distancing.” Mr. Speaker, Sir, I have moved this amendment because when you travel to all our 47 counties, most pastoral communities depend on open-air markets. If you ... view
• 31 Mar 2020 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, this is a very important amendment and I do not see anything wrong with it. We do not need to debate it for long. However, if it is--- view
• 31 Mar 2020 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I appreciate that and I am not arguing with you. All I am saying is that it is a very simple matter which is procedural and that can be seconded and we move on. view
• 31 Mar 2020 in Senate: Yes. I request Sen. Fred Outa to second the amendment. view
• 17 Mar 2020 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I rise to support this Motion. I do not believe that it is necessary for us to call for a complete Government shutdown because of this imported disease. We have been told that a fourth Kenyan has been found positive and he flew from London. All those who have been found to be positive got in touch with the person who flew in. So this is an imported disease. I worry about Kenyans in the streets. I also worry about prisoners particularly who are locked in prisons because the people manning them are in contact with the ... view
• 17 Mar 2020 in Senate: We are talking about what the Government should do. We have those who are out there who cannot come here and pass legislation to ensure that the Government suspends part of the rule of law to ensure that services get to the people. Article 58 of the Constitution states when to call for a state of emergency. When the drafters of the Constitution were thinking about the state of emergency and when to call it, they were confused with the state of a democracy, where they gave the President very limited powers. When you look at other jurisdictions like the ... view
• 17 Mar 2020 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I was listening to Sen. Halake and she was speaking to what this Government ought to be listening to. Let me equate the speed to one legislator in USA who moved and pushed the surgeon director in the USA, to ensure that every American got free testing. view
• 17 Mar 2020 in Senate: To be honest, this is not a disease that you can just easily say with that forehead thermometer that Sen. Sakaja has Coronavirus (COVID-19). view
• 17 Mar 2020 in Senate: No, let me qualify my statement. When we walk into this Parliament, the Serjeant-at-arms points the forehead thermometer to our head and if the temperature reads 37.8, we are taken into self-quarantine and some might even assume that Sen. Olekina has Coronavirus (COVID-19). view