Ledama Olekina

All parliamentary appearances

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• 14 Nov 2019 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I do not have a problem being informed and I appreciate Sen. Sakaja informing me. However, all I am saying is that we must be very careful because we are in a city. Let us not mix issues here. I have no problem with us regulating those drones, but as we proceed, we have to make sure that those people who 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 Nov 2019 in Senate: operate those drones do so following the regulations which have been set out by the KCAA. One of the things that I agree with Sen. Sakaja and the other Senators who spoke on this issue is the prohibitive fees. Maybe, that is the area we can be looking at. However, in terms of safety, I would be very careful not to allow anyone who has no knowledge on how flights operate in this country to be able to operate a drone. My view is this, although I support the Statement by Sen. Sakaja, I would want us to be very ... view
• 14 Nov 2019 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I do not wish to be informed. I wish to end there. view
• 14 Nov 2019 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I have never at any time made a statement saying that we do not need these drones. All I said is that we have to be careful. I support Sen. Sakaja 100 per cent, but in Nairobi City County, just like Sen. Poghisio has said, it is a completely different airspace. I totally support the drones, but we have to know which category to support because we cannot just have drones. I support 100 per cent any drone that is planting trees in the Mau Forest. However, drones flying anywhere where there the military is are dangerous. view
• 14 Nov 2019 in Senate: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Sen. Sakaja used an example of the United States of America (USA). However, it is important to note that in the USA, they have technology to detect any kind of drone in their airspace. We do not have that technology in this country. I think if we invest in that technology, I will support that. We have to be careful because any information that goes out there is something which is going to help us. The best thing to do is for the Kenya Civil Aviation Authority (KCAA) to bring those regulations ... view
• 12 Nov 2019 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I also rise to support the Statement by Sen. (Dr.) Ali. The issue of pending bills is something that baffles me. In real sense, there should be no single pending bill if county governments follow the law. Each county is required to come up with a five year development plan and there are priorities that are set out of the five year development plan. There is something called annual development plan and we should not have any pending bills if the counties follow the annual development plan. Earlier, I heard my colleague say that the ... view
• 12 Nov 2019 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
• 12 Nov 2019 in Senate: budget that does not fall under their five year plan should be considered as going against the County Governments Act that Sen. Wetangula spoke about. The County Government Act, 2012, prohibits any money that has not been budgeted for, from being spent. I sit in the Committee on County Public Accounts and Investments (CPAIC) and governors come there and say that they have pending bills. Some of them are actually confused. They say that Treasury has not given them money. When we went to Samburu County, the Governor said that the Controller of Budget was holding Kshs6 billion of his ... view
• 12 Nov 2019 in Senate: Yes, Mr. Speaker, Sir. view
• 12 Nov 2019 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I thank my colleague for informing the House on the developments. However, my problem is: Why should county governments continue accumulating these pending bills, yet every year they sit and plan on how they will fund development in their counties? Yesterday, I called a friend of mine and asked him whether he could hire his trucks. He said: “My brother, three of my trucks were taken by the banks because I could not afford to pay them. This is because a certain governor refused to pay me.” I do not believe that the Controller of Budget (CoB) ... view