Ledama Olekina

All parliamentary appearances

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• 31 Oct 2024 in Senate: This Motion will achieve some significant progress if only it focuses entirely on auditing county bursary funds. We need to start from there. This Motion would achieve significant progress if designed to audit the funds being allocated by the Ministry of Education. The Ministry of Education is at the national level. The Acts in county governments are County Government Acts. I do not want my brother to misquote me on this - that I fully support his intention. I think he is on to something very big; something that will be able to bring discipline. The truth is there is ... view
• 31 Oct 2024 in Senate: I can see my time is running out. However, it is important for us to calculate the cost of education per learner and make this information public for primary, secondary and tertiary institutions, including a detailed breakdown of the annual financial requirement for each student across the country. I fully support Sen. Thang’wa on this. I beseech him to pursue the root of coming up with a national legislation to manage bursaries. When you follow that step, please do not start an authority. Sit down with our legal counsel and come up with a piece of legislation, which is brief ... view
• 30 Oct 2024 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I would quickly like to comment on two statements. Let me begin with the statement by Sen. Kisang on the issue of fake mobile equipment. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only.A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and Audio Services,Senate. view
• 30 Oct 2024 in Senate: It is imperative that when the committee is investigating this issue, they need to have a comprehensive discussion with the Kenya Bureau of Standards (KeBS). Since we are trying to encourage companies to produce locally. If we have a lot of fake or substandard equipment, especially telecommunication equipment which are being sold in the market, it hinders our effort as a country to promote local manufacturing. They are also very dangerous because they do not really use all the standards and safety measures that are required for the production of telecommunication equipment. They could be very dangerous to your health. ... view
• 30 Oct 2024 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I appreciate this. I want to request a statement on the killing of Mr. Edward Kairo by an officer of the Anti-Stock Theft Unit (ASTU) of the Administration Police Service at Ilmolelian sub-location in Narok County. Mr. Speaker, Sir, pursuant to Standing Order No.53, I rise to seek a statement from the Standing Committee on National Security, Defence and Foreign Relations regarding the killing of one Mr. Edward Kairo, a Form 3 student at Larmudiac High School by Inspector George Rukunga, the Officer- in-Charge at the Kiramba ASTU Camp at Ilmolelian sub-location in Narok County on ... view
• 30 Oct 2024 in Senate: In the Statement, the Committee should: (1) Report on the circumstances that led to the fatal shooting of Mr. Edward Kairo by Inspector George Rukunga, stating whether the ASTU officer was acting under orders, and if so, provide evidence of the same. (2) Provide a status update on investigations by the Independent Police Oversight Authority (IPOA) into the incident, outlining disciplinary actions taken against capable police officers. (3) State measures put in place to ensure that the family of the late Mr. Kairo get justice for the killing of their son. I thank you. view
• 30 Oct 2024 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. The principle of separation of powers, requires the county assemblies to be independent. However, currently, as we are in this country, I blame the framers of the Constitution, because of the rush to set up county governments, they never saw a problem when it comes to the issue of the Executive controlling the assemblies. Today, when the Clerk or the Speaker of the Assembly wants to authorize payment for the administrative cost, payment for plenary sitting and allowances, they depend entirely on the Executive. In most cases, the Executive will decide whether to approve ... view
• 30 Oct 2024 in Senate: “The County Treasurer shall, at the beginning of every month, and in any event not later than 15 days from the commencement of the month, disburse monies to County Assemblies Fund for the expenditure of the following month.” view
• 30 Oct 2024 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I see us going back to the same problem, where the Executive decides when to send this money. I would like to beseech you that you do away with that provision, and give the power directly to the Controller of Budget. Today, when the Clerk of Narok County Assembly, who is the one you have given all the powers to be the Accounting Officer, wants to requisition money from the Controller of Budget, he will have to rely on the Chief Officer (CO) or the County Executive Committee Member (CECM), Finance and Economic Planning. If you ... view
• 30 Oct 2024 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, while communicating to the Controller of Budget, we still see that there is a problem with the Controller of Budget approval. We have a representative of the Controller of Budget in each of the 47 counties. Before the County Executive or the County Assembly, in this case the Clerk, requisition any money, it has to go through the representative of the Controller of Budget, for them to approve that there is a vote head on that amount. However, realistically, immediately after this representative of the Controller of Budget approves and says, Controller of Budget, you may ... view