Ledama Olekina

All parliamentary appearances

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• 24 Jul 2019 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for your protection. My sister and I were in another Committee where we were dealing with electricity issues. I am happy that we are discussing wildlife conservation. I am a little bit apprehensive even as I support this Statement. Some of our actions, including hunting, are the ones that are leading to the decline of lions in this country. In the Maasai Community, we are killing ourselves by selling all our land. Our land used to be open and everyone would graze on them. The moment we sell our land, particularly in the Masaai Mara ... view
• 24 Jul 2019 in Senate: I think the Ministry ought to put huge corridor, say, of four or five kilometres long for wildlife conservation. If we do not do so, hunting will continue and our wildlife will diminish. I am concerned about this wildlife/human conflict. That is why I seeking clarification. In my Statement, I wanted the Chairperson to state the measures KWS has put in place to address the unsustainable hunting practices in wildlife management areas. Hunting is Kenya is illegal; it is not allowed. view
• 24 Jul 2019 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, when we rise to support a Statement, I do not think there is any standing order that bars us from seeking clarifications. As I said, we do not allow hunting in this country and that is why we want to know the measures KWS has put in place to mitigate against this unsustainable hunting practices. It will even be difficult for the Committee to interrogate this matter conclusively if we do not seek our clarifications. I do not know if hunting of wildlife is allowed in this country. As far as I am concerned, hunting is illegal. ... view
• 24 Jul 2019 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I rise to Second that this House adopts the Motion. This is why we are here to defend the interests of our counties, and to ensure that they have enough resources to deliver services to the people of Kenya. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Fiduciary Risk Report, which we are seeking to have adopted by this House, took us on long a journey to examine how counties have been spending their money, and how the Auditor-General reported after looking at the expenditure. The Auditor-General identified serious risks. Notably, that most counties flouted various pieces of legislation, ... view
• 24 Jul 2019 in Senate: the Controller of Budget was withholding about Ksh6 billion of their money in the account. This led us to understand that these county governments did not have a clue on the entire budgeting process. There was a very serious risk in terms of counties involving staff in the counties on the issue of financial management. Most staff who were managing these county funds had no clue of what they were supposed to do. They neither understood how they were supposed to carry out the monthly reconciliations, which the Public Finance Management Act (PFM) calls for, nor the audit process. When ... view
• 24 Jul 2019 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, this puts us in a very difficult situation. When the Judiciary says that the Senate has no business to look at issues of own-source revenue, it opens up a window where governors will continue spending own-source revenue, and they are not answerable to the Senate or the county assemblies. These are serious issues that this House must take into consideration. I hope that all Senators – the specially- elected and the individual head of delegations – will take their time and ask themselves where their county stands. Madam Temporary Speaker, in the Financial Year 2014/2015, 25 counties ... view
• 24 Jul 2019 in Senate: deductions from their employees. However, they never remitted the same to the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA), thus violating the Kenya Revenue Authority Act. Madam Temporary Speaker, my Chairman delved into the various recommendations and observations we made when looking at these reports. I want to limit my submissions to the way forward only. As we look at this, we cannot only condemn the county governments for having flouted these pieces of legislation. It is high time that this House now comes up with a programme that tries to build the capacity of the staff in these counties. We have seen ... view
• 24 Jul 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
• 23 Jul 2019 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I beg to second. view
• 23 Jul 2019 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I rise to support that this Message be transmitted. Today, we make history in this House as the true defenders of devolution. We want Kenyans to know that if the National Assembly delays in 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