Ledama Olekina

All parliamentary appearances

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• 30 Jul 2019 in Senate: if it can ease the pain. There is nothing evil in us saying: Let us put so much money into this Universal Health Care (UHC), but also look into the issue of herbs. There is nothing wrong in us talking to our citizens and asking them to go back to organic food. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the bananas that come from your county, Tharaka-Nithi, are brought to Nairobi when they are green. Then, they ripen overnight and you can eat them. We then ask ourselves why our people are dying of cancer. We are seeing all these things, but we ... view
• 30 Jul 2019 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, this is a very painful period in this country. As I summarise my submissions, I would like to encourage the distinguished Sen. (Dr.) Ali, who sponsored this Bill, to take some time and have a conversation with our sister, Sen. Mugo. She gave her testimony and talked about how we are so confused in terms of curing or helping our population, I think she has something to say that can help this Bill. If we do that, we will not just invest in technology. When we invest so much in technology and all those machines, we ... view
• 30 Jul 2019 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. view
• 25 Jul 2019 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I rise to support this Statement by my dear sister, Sen. Seneta. I am a farmer and it is not only meat that is not being kept in a proper way, but all vegetables. If you buy bananas from big supermarkets, they ripen within a day. They are brought in when green, a chemical is put and when you go in, there are beautiful yellow bananas. It is the same thing for vegetables. It is about time that we ask ourselves what we can do to ensure all of us take responsibility. It is not ... view
• 25 Jul 2019 in Senate: Finally, this is the problem that I think the Committee ought to look into. When you take meat from a freezer and put it into a fridge, you affect the stability of the good bacteria. This Committee ought to follow thorough to ensure that all butcheries have a standard system of freezing and ensuring constant and stable electricity. Electricity in this country is unstable. view
• 25 Jul 2019 in Senate: Thank you. view
• 25 Jul 2019 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, from the onset, I welcome the students from Narok County. While they are here, they should think about tomorrow. I would like to encourage the students to conserve the environment. I will give them my phone number so that when they plant trees at their school, they should call me to come see the trees and support them. I am sure they know how dry Narok County is. However, when we plant more trees, it will help us. One day when I am old and walking using the support of a walking stick, I will be watching ... view
• 25 Jul 2019 in Senate: I also rise to contribute to the Statement by Sen. Dullo on the issue of Integrated Financial Management Information System (IFMIS). I am one of the people who believe that the IFMIS is not bad. What is bad is that we are not at the same level in terms of technology capacity in the country. One of the most important things that the Committee needs to look at while dealing with this issue is whether the single payment system that the National Treasury is forcing us to us, how is it interconnected with the IFMIS. In most cases, when the ... view
• 25 Jul 2019 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the biggest problem that we have observed is that a lot of the counties are over budgeting yet they do not have the money. As we condemn the IFMIS, we have to look into what we can do to ensure that county government’s budget only within the amount of money that they have. The issue of supplementary budgets that bypass IFMIS is what is causing the problems that we are having with the system. As the Committee will be looking into this issue I hope that we will be realistic and accept the fact that a lot ... view
• 24 Jul 2019 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I rise to support this timely Statement by Sen. (Dr.) Milgo. view