Ledama Olekina

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 3231 to 3240 of 4088.

• 21 Feb 2019 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I worry that the direction that we are taking as a country is one which is dictatorial; where a CS gives herself powers which she does not have. These are people who are suffering from what the good Sen. (Eng.) Maina would refer to as poverty related syndrome. You are poor and are being punished for being poor. You went to school and finished and a CS now comes to say that she is the law unto herself. This is the most ridiculous thing that I have ever heard from a CS. You cannot go ... view
• 21 Feb 2019 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, we, as Parliament, need to sit down together and decide what should be done. For example, it will not be a crime to waive these loans. We can treat them as a bad debt. We are all businessmen in one way or another. Sometimes we negotiate with the banks on how to service our loans. A bad debt is a bad debt. Therefore, we need to waive it. view
• 21 Feb 2019 in Senate: We should think of prudent management of our resources so that we can create job opportunities for our youth. Once they are employed, they can start paying their loans. Maybe when Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr., was going to university he took a loan from HELB. I am sure it took him many years to repay it. We have lawyers who are yet to repay their loans they took from the HELB. Some of them have never started paying theirs because they have never been employed. view
• 21 Feb 2019 in Senate: We need to be sober and create job opportunities for our youth if we want them to pay HELB loans. How can we bequeath this country to them when we want them to be arrested because they are not paying HELB loans? 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
• 21 Feb 2019 in Senate: Yes, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I cannot resist but comment on this. Yesterday, I was in a heated argument where someone showed me the Chief Justice in a public rally and I told him that it was a photo shop, because I could not believe. However, the issue is very clear: What we need to do is to ask ourselves whether that was really the Chief Justice or it was a photo shop. I am still not believing it. view
• 21 Feb 2019 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, I will restrict my comments to supporting the Motion of amending the Report in order to expand the scope of responsibility. At first, when I was listening to Senior Counsel Orengo, I was not too sure whether to support or oppose the amendment. Ordinarily, I would oppose anything that is an afterthought in terms of responsibility. But as I specifically look at the Gazette Notice, which I want to refer to, I think the people who ought to take responsibility on this matter extend further even to the Presidency. I will be seeking direction, because I have ... view
• 21 Feb 2019 in Senate: Silas Rotich Rono from Kibomet in Kitale, who currently has over 20,000 bags of maize in his store, would be happy to see this issue of maize resolved. I have looked at the recommendations that have been moved and I was baffled. This is because when I go back and read the Gazette Notice, I think that for the Minister of Treasury to issue it, he must have done so following certain laid out steps or conditions. However, reading the Gazette Notice, I am not sure whether it was just for issuing or for notification; people will have to tell ... view
• 21 Feb 2019 in Senate: If I can read the Gazette Notice and this Act to go specifically to the exemption part, it says: – “It is notified for the general information of the public that in pursuit of powers conferred on the Cabinet Secretary under Section114(2) of the East African Community Customs Management Act of 2004, and in consequence of the declaration by the President and Commander-in-Chief of the Kenya Defence Forces of a national disaster, through Executive Order 1 of 2017, duty shall not be charged for the importation of items set out in the Schedule here into.” On that Schedule, maize is ... view
• 21 Feb 2019 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, you may want to give us direction on whether the Committee should have asked the President to appear before it and ask him under what circumstances he issued Executive Order No.1 of 2017. This is because Mr. Rotich proceeded by notifying the general public that there was the East African Community Customs Management Act, which provides that you can go ahead and open a window when there is a crisis. At that time, the President of the Republic of Kenya under Executive Order No.1 of 2017, went ahead and said that there was a crisis in Kenya, ... view
• 21 Feb 2019 in Senate: I fully support the amendments to this Report. However, I would like to ask a very simple question, which this House could resolve, on the reconstitution of the Committee or maybe expansion of its mandate. I would like to know whether the President could be called to state under what circumstances he issued Executive Order No.1 of 2017. view