Ledama Olekina

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• 5 Dec 2018 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, I would like to inform my dear colleague, the distinguished Senator, because I have heard that issue being repeated severally. If you read the Bill properly, which I have read, it says that the Cabinet 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
• 5 Dec 2018 in Senate: Secretary shall appoint. However, when you go behind who he or she is appointing from, the Cabinet Secretary is appointing the board Chair from the existing members, and those members are forwarded by the contributors. Sorry, he or she is actually just gazzeting, he or she is not appointing. view
• 27 Nov 2018 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, hypothetically, suppose you said view
• 27 Nov 2018 in Senate: , what exactly is it? I know that we have people from the Kamba community in this House and the pomegranate fruit is kukumanga in Swahili. What is the big deal then? view
• 20 Nov 2018 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I rise to support this important Bill. In terms of the amendment, I wish that I had the opportunity to look at the Committee Report. In future, I hope that the Committee reports can be circulated so as to give us the opportunity to see what our colleagues thought about. From the onset, I have to say that the amendments being brought in to introduce county governments are important for we must respect the two levels of governments that we have. As we bring the services to the people, it is important that the ... view
• 20 Nov 2018 in Senate: Murkomen talked of how it will be easy for us to resolve the transport issue in this country if we approach it through PPP. Development bidding and the ongoing cost of PPP are likely to be greater than those of traditional Government and that is why we have to be extremely careful when venturing into PPP. Some people will say that PPP is good for it can help when a public agency needs some money to finance certain projects. They say that the public agency can partner with a private sector that is looking for an opportunity to make a ... view
• 20 Nov 2018 in Senate: Therefore, we have to be aware of these risks which are involved and then develop legislation that can cushion citizens of this Republic on those risks involved. Some of those risks include, the issue of the debt incurred; that has got to be paid by somebody. It might be easy for a private entity to get money to finance a project but the risk is that in most cases, the Government, which the public expect to protect their interests will either end up bearing the consequences of a failed project in the event that there are certain risks that the ... view
• 20 Nov 2018 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, it is imperative that we look at the issue of value for money. I would have expected that the Committee while introducing these new amendments now, where they are involving the county governments, should have taken into consideration the citizens and also the lack of expertise. Currently, we are dealing with issues of financial risks. When you go through the reports of county governments, you find out that there is lack of capacity in these counties. When you allow county governments to enter into public private partnership agreements, you have not looked at the capacity. These ... view
• 20 Nov 2018 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, when you look at these public private partnerships, the private sector itself, which is coming in to work with the public, will invest a lot of money and overtime, to those private entities that will have the expertise to control even the data. While they are controlling the data, the public might end up losing big time. Therefore, when we come up with the issue of approving these projects, since the definition of public private partnership really ventures on long term projects, it is imperative to set up legislation that will look at the scope of ... view
• 20 Nov 2018 in Senate: The issue of value for money is something which is important. My biggest problem is where a project was designed with the intention of helping the public but the Government is forced by the terms of engagements in this Public Private Partnerships, (PPPs) to raise the tariffs, which will leave consumers suffering. This Bill has got to define what projects county governments can venture in, in terms of their PPPs. Certain projects which might be easy to raise local revenue, for instance, water projects, should The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version ... view