Ledama Olekina

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 3101 to 3110 of 4088.

• 14 May 2019 in Senate: With those few remarks, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I thank you and request, under Standing Order 55(3), that the putting of the question be deferred to a later date. view
• 14 May 2019 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I rise to second the Election Laws (Amendment) (No.2) Bill (Senate Bills No.37 of 2018). I recently came back from Northern Ireland, which is part of the United Kingdom (UK), where I had gone to observe the elections. Elections are held on the first preference basis. I believe this is the reason why, in a country where there was a lot of divisiveness, people find a way to get along and accept that certain people are preferred more than others. view
• 14 May 2019 in Senate: I believe that my sister, Sen. (Dr.) Zani, is trying to come up with a mechanism whereby when things change because of a by election, and all of a sudden, one political party has more members elected, that political party ought to be given an opportunity to nominate another person. Then, because of the preference – the way the constituents have preferred that political party over another – it should be given an opportunity. I say so because of the work of a county government, a constituency or even a ward. If the people are disgruntled and they are not ... view
• 14 May 2019 in Senate: What I witnessed in Northern Ireland is that every vote counts. In Kenya, if we can take in lessons from those countries, and because of the divisiveness we have here, change the law. What Sen. (Dr.) Zani is proposing will help this country. view
• 14 May 2019 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I still have about one minute and 28 seconds. With those few remarks, I beg to second. view
• 30 Apr 2019 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I thank you for giving me an opportunity to support The Division of Revenue Bill (National Assembly Bills No.11 of 2019). I sat here one day until 10.30 p.m. with a few other Members to consider the Budget Policy Statement, where the Committee on Finance and Budget had done a tremendous job in trying to make sure that they increase the revenue that goes to the counties. I am baffled today because I see a Bill that was passed by the National Assembly reducing the amount of money that is supposed to go to the county governments. view
• 30 Apr 2019 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, one of my constitutional mandates is to defend the interests of county governments. My role here is to fight for more money to go to the county governments. It is hypocritical for the national Treasury which is charged with the mandate of ensuring that they collect more revenue to ignore what this House has done. 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
• 30 Apr 2019 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, we start to negotiate from Kshs314 billion and nothing less than that. When we agree to pass this Bill as it is, all of us will be negating our duty and it will be a sad day in the history of this country. Early last year, I thought that we were moving back into a unitary State because everything focused on the national Government. The Constitution is very clear that whenever there is shortfall, it is not the county governments to absorb, but the national Government. view
• 30 Apr 2019 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, I want to make my submissions very brief. I will only vote for this Bill to go through once I am assured that Narok County will not lose money. The schedule that has been presented by the Committee shows that Narok County will lose Kshs183 million. That is money that can be used to build hospitals and water pans. It is a rainy season and our people do not have water, yet instead of us sending more money to the county governments, we are saying that the national Government can have all the money. view
• 30 Apr 2019 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, saying that Kshs1.56 trillion remain with the national Government and only Kshs310 billion goes to the county governments, makes me wonder what we are doing in this House. This is the time that I do not give a hoot whether we call for the national Government shut down. We have to put our feet on the ground and more money has to go to the county governments. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I hope that the distinguished Senators who will go to mediation will be able to stand there and look at the National Assembly team and ... view