Ledama Olekina

All parliamentary appearances

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• 6 Nov 2019 in Senate: the exercise by deputy governor of the powers and functions of the governor whenever the governor is absent; view
• 6 Nov 2019 in Senate: AWARE THAT in exercising the powers and functions of the county governor pursuant to Article 179(5) of the Constitution, deputy county governors face a myriad of legal, operational and administrative challenges, which hinder the effective functioning of county governments and the efficient delivery of services to the public; view
• 6 Nov 2019 in Senate: NOW THEREFORE, the Senate recommends that the national Treasury, the Controller of Budget (CoB), the Auditor-General and the respective county assemblies and the County Executive Committee (CEC) members to work directly with the deputy county governor while exercising the functions of the county governor in order to facilitate the effective functioning of county governments and the efficient delivery of services in the public. view
• 5 Nov 2019 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I rise to make my contribution on this very important Motion. I am very happy that it has come at a time when this House has come out as the House of reason. Today as I rise to contribute to this Motion, I am worried about the future generation. I am worried about the burden which we, in the current generation, are continuing to heap on the future generation. We are told choices have consequences. Mr. Deputy Speaker, when you think about the cost of borrowing in this country think about this Motion today ... view
• 5 Nov 2019 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, this is the point where I agree with Sen. Moi that we must retire these commercial loans. When you borrow in foreign currency and the interest rates are as high as 7.5 per cent from Citigroup Global Market Europe, all the way down to --- at about six per cent, it worries me. We have to figure out how we will control our debt and manage it. We have put ourselves in this situation where we want to support the Big Four Agenda, yet, where we are allowing the Government to get into what the private ... view
• 5 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
• 5 Nov 2019 in Senate: of houses. We then have to figure out and ask ourselves whether we can continue borrowing or whether we have to change the entire policy. view
• 5 Nov 2019 in Senate: It is high time that this House sends a very strong message to the National Treasury and the Executive that the Big Four Agenda may not succeed. If we will allow the National Treasury to continue borrowing, then by all means we have to be willing to say no to certain projects such the housing being done in this country. I have seen in the list of the projects that are supposed to be paid by the borrowing, housing is number one. Why not leave that to the private sector? view
• 5 Nov 2019 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the problem we are putting ourselves in is that we are not scrutinising every single document which is being provided to us by the National Treasury. There is no problem in borrowing. We are in a country where we want to live beyond our means so we have to continue borrowing. My point is that if we will support this, which I am inclined to support, I think we have to come up with proper regulations on what the Government can undertake and what it cannot. There is no way I will support this if we ... view
• 5 Nov 2019 in Senate: If you go to Mombasa next to the Port, there are companies that want to build their own industries, but are not being allowed because of monopoly. As we vote for this we have to be prepared and tell Kenyans that the cost of borrowing even locally will be higher. The interest rates locally will be higher. There is no way we will allow the Government to borrow more and then expect the interest rates to go down. We have to be realistic and tell Kenyans that even this interest cap we are talking about will have to go away ... view