Ledama Olekina

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 3141 to 3150 of 4088.

• 9 Apr 2019 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the President spoke about the second phase of the SGR. I wanted to correct him that the SGR is not from Nairobi City to Naivasha Town but Nairobi City to Narok County unless the President will get another big loan to divert the already concluded SGR from Suswa, Narok or Duka Moja, to Naivasha. If the President has not been clearly informed that this SGR currently terminates in Duka Moja in Narok County, let me be very graciously and inform the President that the second phase of the SGR is actually from Nairobi to Narok County. ... view
• 9 Apr 2019 in Senate: I was a bit concerned and taken aback by the Address of the President with regard to the sugar industry. I expected the President to focus heavily on how our farmers, who have been suffering a lot, will benefit from Government incentives that will ensure that one, we stop the illegal importation of sugar into this country and two; we ensure that we support particularly cane farmers so that they too can feel that the crop that they have chosen to invest in will continue supporting them but not send most of them to an early grave because they can ... view
• 9 Apr 2019 in Senate: Farmers in western Kenya are crying. There are big cartels in this industry. I wanted the President to give us a roadmap or deliverables on how we will ensure that the needs of those farmers are taken into consideration. There are so many farmers in this country who have not been paid. I really wanted to hear that. view
• 9 Apr 2019 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I am so glad he did not talk about the land which has been purportedly given to Uganda to build a dry port in Naivasha. One thing that I wonder is: What will we do to the farmers of this nation? What will we do to small enterprises or to Kenyans who want to set up those ports and ensure that they can make money from the neighbouring countries? I have nothing against our countries working together but I want to see more business opportunities for Kenyans living here who are struggling rather than setting up ... view
• 9 Apr 2019 in Senate: will never happen to anyone else in this world. There is no winner takes it all. In fact, as we speak, President Kagame has only 50 per cent of people from his political party in Government. The other 50 per cent is from the Opposition. There are a few things that we may end up doing that may not even require a referendum so that people in the whole nation can feel included. I hope that the President will follow through with his Address and the promises that he made, to ensure that by the time he leaves office, people ... view
• 3 Apr 2019 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, thank you for this opportunity to congratulate my good friend, the Chairperson of the Committee on Budget and Finance. I confirm that I have been in touch with the coordinator from the Controller of Budget’s office on the ground and he has been able to give me that information. Recently when we travelled to Samburu County, we were told the Controller of Budget had withheld over Kshs6 billion that belongs to the County Government of Samburu. We know the governor now is in trouble. We could not believe that amount was withheld by the Controller of Budget. ... view
• 3 Apr 2019 in Senate: long as you have overestimated your local revenue collection, then the Controller of Budget owes you that money. This is not the case. Getting this information for us in a timely manner will help us to be able, not only to carry out our oversight role, but also build the capacity of the MCAs. We are moving in the right direction. Recently I was impressed by the Auditor General for publishing a list of stalled projects in every county. It is a high time that we looked at these projects and engaged budget coordinators to know what happened. Were these ... view
• 3 Apr 2019 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the crisis in Samburu reminds me of the crisis in Northern Ireland where they have no government but they do have civil servants who are tasked with the daily running of the operations. It is time that we in this House came up with legislation that will ensure that whether or not we politicians are in office, or whether people who are appointed by politicians remain in office, county governments will remain operating. I support Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr. on the issue of having a lacuna in law in terms of state and public officers stepping aside ... view
• 3 Apr 2019 in Senate: very awkward because everybody is in an acting capacity. It is time that we in this House rose to the occasion because we are the defenders of devolution and county governments. The reason why some people worship governors as if they are everything is because of the power of money. We were in Samburu County and we could see that some people were afraid of talking when the governor was there. However, when the Governor was not there, they gave us more information but the moment the Governor appeared, they retracted everything that they had said. We should take this ... view
• 3 Apr 2019 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. The issues that have been raised by Sen. Sakaja are very serious. This is a violation of the Public Finance Management (PFM) Act. I want to assure Sen. Sakaja that the Committee that I sit in will take up this matter and we will invite the Governor of Nairobi City County to appear before us tentatively around 16th or 17th May, 2019. This is a very serious matter because the method used by the county governments to identify or give authority to people to collect money on their behalf is normally flawed and it ... view