Ledama Olekina

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• 15 May 2019 in Senate: From the onset, I associate myself fully with the sentiments of my colleagues. I thank Sen. Ndwiga and his Mediation Committee for having stood their ground and for ensuring that whatever happens in this country, this House is part and parcel of it. 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
• 15 May 2019 in Senate: I am happy with the fact that when you look at the representation, for instance, the Senate did not agree with the Council of Governors (CoGs) appointing one person in the county governments to represent the county governments in the council. I am happy with the amendments made to ensure that there are at least two people. Madam Temporary Speaker, when we talk about devolution, we want more services and resources to go to the people. I am happy that when we talk about warehousing receipts, it is a process where, in future, just like other countries, for example, Brazil, ... view
• 15 May 2019 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, the issue of the Managed Equipment Services (MES) it is a total mess. If mediation will start by them telling us that we must bring this in, then they, first of all, must account to what happened to all the billions that were deducted from the county governments yet they did not know. The pace set by Sen. Ndwiga and his Committee; we will take it a notch higher to ensure that this House will forever be respected. Madam Temporary Speaker, these are interesting times. However, it can only get interesting when we pay attention to detail ... view
• 14 May 2019 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I take this opportunity to join my colleagues to welcome the students who were here. I encourage them to take this opportunity to plant trees because this is a rainy season. The rivers in Bomet County are drying up and I am sure my sister, the nominated Senator from Bomet, will talk to the students and encourage them to plant more trees, so that we conserve our environment. I would also like to condemn the acts of Members of the National Assembly for disregarding this House. There are 40 legislations which were amended through an omnibus Miscellaneous ... view
• 14 May 2019 in Senate: the jungle. If we have a Constitution, just like Christians have the Bible and the Muslims have the Quran, as citizens of this country and as leaders who are elected to defend the Constitution, then we must do so. I rest my case. view
• 14 May 2019 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, I beg to move that the Election Laws (Amendment) Bill (Senate Bills No. 33 of 2018) be now read a Second Time. The principal objective of this Bill is to amend the Elections Act and the Elections Offences Act with a view of enhancing transparency in the electoral system. The Election Act No. 24 of 2011was enacted to provide for the conduct of elections to the various political offices in the country and for the conduct of referendum. The Bill comes against the backdrop of the 2017 General Elections and the several by-elections conducted thereafter. A central ... view
• 14 May 2019 in Senate: ‗Elections Offences Act is amended by inserting the following new paragraph immediately after paragraph q— (r) being a candidate refuses or fails to sign an election return form as required by law,‘ The penalties are already provided for in the Act. The fine should not exceed Kshs2 million or they can be imprisoned for not more than five years or both. I urge all Senators to enrich the debate on the content of the Bill and the amendment that I will move during the Committee stage. We spend millions of shillings campaigning just for the forms to be altered. We ... view
• 14 May 2019 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I rise to reply. I thank all the Senators who have contributed to this Bill. From the sentiments of Sen. Orengo, Sen. Wetangula, Sen. Pareno, Sen. Were, Sen. (Dr.) Zani, Sen. (Rev.) Waqo and Sen. (Prof.) Ongeri – 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
• 14 May 2019 in Senate: about eight distinguished Senators who spoke to this issues – it gives me the opportunity to go and sit down with the other Senators and try to come up with all the amendments. I like the fact that everyone feels that it is an opportunity for us to amend the Elections Act and possibly come up with a situation where we separate the Elections Act from The Election Offences Act, so that we can have a proper discipline system. It is ridiculous that we are talking about the wage bill and the debts that we have in this country, yet ... view
• 14 May 2019 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, because of time, I would like to also give an opportunity to Sen. (Dr.) Zani, whom I hope we can sit with and bring all the amendments together. During moving, I suggested that we invite most of the Senators to come during the Committee of the Whole, so that we can bring more amendments. view