Ledama Olekina

All parliamentary appearances

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• 4 Dec 2019 in Senate: accessing their offices. When you look at the County Governments Act that you alluded to, the county headquarters are designated. Therefore, does it mean that when you now sit, for instance, in Kiambu and you then decide to sit in Ruiru, are you not going to be violating that County Governments Act? This is just for purposes of clarity, because this is an issue that is intended to ensure that it advises jurisdictions. It helps us to show continuity in terms of service delivery to the people. If you could clarify further, because you referred to Section 6(A) of the ... view
• 4 Dec 2019 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am glad that you have further elaborated. However, the part that gives me hope in terms of service delivery continuity is the word “objective.” The absence has to be objective. I am happy that you have clarified that the people of Kiambu andSamburu who feel that the absence of the governor is objective, can go to court and establish that so that the deputy governor can be able to act as the county governor. I hope you appreciate that when I sit in these committees, we deal with a lot of issues. Yesterday, we had ... view
• 4 Dec 2019 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I rise to make my contribution, not to support, but oppose the National Assembly Bill, the Statues Law Miscellaneous (Amendment) Bill. Last year, there was an omnibus amendment Bill from the National Assembly that introduced Section 9(a) on the Registration of Persons Act which ended up introducing the famous Huduma Namba that has never proven to be anything. I have gone through the National Assembly Bill and I think this is a very bad way of trying to develop legislation in this country. What I have come to learn is that in all The electronic version ... view
• 4 Dec 2019 in Senate: these miscellaneous amendments, they come in either to create jobs, which in most cases end up being given to only one ethnic group and this brings a lot of divisiveness in this country. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I have gone through this Bills and starting from the first one which is on the Dairy Industries Act, one of the things that shocks me is that the National Assembly would sit down and come up with amendments to punish young dairy farmers in Kenya who probably have not even been enlightened on the need to register their industries. Currently in the ... view
• 4 Dec 2019 in Senate: farmers selling milk, but it is wrong when people decide to adulterate to preserve the milk for a longer period. When we have an Act of Parliament, there is nothing that protects the consumers. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I oppose this punitive law in this Bill and I hope that we can be able to bring more sound amendments to the Act; some which are meant to encourage young farmers to be able to create young business, but not to decide that it is only a few people who can start the dairy industry. There are other Bills which the ... view
• 4 Dec 2019 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I rise to second the Elections (Amendment) Bill (Senate Bills No. 18 of 2019). From the onset, I would like to state that this Bill is a good idea. I will start by posing the question: ‘What is in a name?’ I remember when I first met Sen. Wamatangi, I was told that he is referred as such because he has donated water tanks to so many people. Similarly I used to refer to Sen. (Eng.) Maina, as Sen. Kirinyaga. I thought he was the Senator for Kirinyaga County hence the name. Sen. (Eng.) Maina has ... view
• 3 Dec 2019 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I rise to support this very important Statement by Sen. Mwaruma. If we do not take the issue of mining seriously, we will end up being treated by foreigners the way Zambia and other countries are treated. view
• 3 Dec 2019 in Senate: I drove from South Africa to Nairobi. In Zambia, the only vehicles you find on the roads are tracks of people ferrying mines of copper out of the country. It is quite sad that my county of Narok has got a lot of wealth, yet it does not translate into real cash because everything leaves the county. It is important that the Cabinet Secretary takes this seriously. view
• 3 Dec 2019 in Senate: I keep saying that we do not need new laws in this country. What we need is discipline and to implement laws. There is no reason why we should be arguing why an Act that was passed by Parliament and enacted by the President has not been operationalised. It is time we became serious. view
• 3 Dec 2019 in Senate: Sometimes we talk about issues and set up commissions and institutions to look at what is ailing us. What is ailing Kenya is just indiscipline. The reason why--- 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