Ledama Olekina

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 3581 to 3590 of 4076.

• 13 Feb 2019 in Senate: seconded. view
• 13 Feb 2019 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, I second. view
• 12 Feb 2019 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I support your Communication. This is a very interesting year for us because there will be many discussions concerning changes in our Constitution. As my colleagues have said, it is important for us to remind us of our responsibility as a Senate in this country. view
• 12 Feb 2019 in Senate: During the last Session, we deliberated on various issues that touched on common mwananchi. One of them, and which is dear to me, is on the price of maize in this country. Over the weekend, I travelled to Kitale. I visited a gentleman by the name of Mr. Silas who had two big storage facilities with over 20,000 bags of maize, but no market for them. Mr. Speaker, Sir, over the weekend, I travelled to Trans Mara in Narok County where farmers are crying that the price of sugar cane has dropped because of a surplus of imported illegal sugar ... view
• 6 Dec 2018 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. Likewise, I would like to extend a warm welcome to our friends from Namibia and Zanzibar. A couple of years ago, I went on holiday in Zanzibar and had a great time. It was good and I enjoyed it. I want to encourage all of you to make sure that you visit the Maasai Mara Game Reserve, which is a different kind of experience. I know that you are used to the ocean in Zanzibar, but here you will go and see the wild animals. I know you have them in Serengeti, but it ... view
• 6 Dec 2018 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I rise to support the Petition by my brother, Sen. Wambua on pending bills. The biggest question we must ask ourselves is: why is it that many counties still owe their suppliers a lot of money yet we have laws? For example, the Public Procurement and Asset Disposal Act 2015 states very clearly under Section140 that if any supplier is not paid their money on time; it will accrue a lot of interest. view
• 6 Dec 2018 in Senate: When I sat down with the Cabinet Secretary of the national Treasury, Hon. Rotich - I remember engaging him on this in Narok - he indicated that there is no excuse as to why counties should have pending bills because all their money had been released. If you look at Kitui County, for the last financial year, they received about Kshs9.3 billion and a majority of that money went into recurrent expenditure. When you look at the Controller of Budget report, the amount spent on development expenditure indicates 44 per cent. However, when you go to the summary of the ... view
• 6 Dec 2018 in Senate: There is a disconnect and it has been clearly indicated in the Controller of Budget report who has cited serious issues with the Integrated Finance Management Information System (IFMIS) and procurement. Therefore, as we try to balance this war, where we are listening to the excuses given by the Cabinet Secretary of the national Treasury, Hon. Rotich, versus the excuses the county governments are giving for not receiving their money, we have to figure out who is telling the truth and who is not. I support my colleagues who said that we should further investigate this matter. I am sure ... view
• 6 Dec 2018 in Senate: Accounts and Investment that I belong to will deal with it. I am aware that we interrogate these issues on a day to day basis. If in Kitui County, about seven out of ten projects are not completed - some of them are at 15 per cent - I dare say, when you follow the procurement process of these entities, they are not even on IFMIS. We have to approach this issue wholesomely to ensure that those companies that have supplied services to---. view
• 6 Dec 2018 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity. I rise to support the Motion that the Senate do adjourn. When I came to this House, I believed that black is black and white is white. However, today, black is indeed white. It has been a tumultuous and confusing time for me, in terms of my expectations. Someone was right in saying that when you have expectations, you are setting yourself up for disappointment. I had so much expectation about this House, being the House of union. However, at the end of this Session, I am one of the ... view