Ledama Olekina

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• 23 Oct 2018 in Senate: conviction to a fine not exceeding Kshs100,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months. Clause 14 contains provisions on the parking of motor vehicles. The clause states that a motor vehicle shall not be parked in any area other than that, which is designated as a parking bay. The driver of a motor vehicle shall not use a parking bay other than for the purpose of parking his or her motor vehicle and in accordance with the conditions set out by the County Executive Committee Member. Contravention of this provision shall result in the offender being liable ... view
• 23 Oct 2018 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, Clause 15 contains provisions on designated parking. It states that the County Executive Committee Member shall designate parking bays for the exclusive parking of petroleum tankers and the parking of other heavy commercial vehicles in accordance with Section 99 of the Energy and Petroleum Act. The clause also states that those vehicles may park outside these designated areas for the purpose of loading or offloading goods where; (a) the loading or offloading process is continuous; (b) the goods are such weighty that they cannot be reasonably conveyed otherwise by the means of a vehicle; (c) the vehicle ... view
• 23 Oct 2018 in Senate: Executive Committee member to designate these parking areas and say “this parking area shall be used by motorcycles, tankers or matatus” . One of the biggest problems we have in this country is that, sometimes certain accidents occur because of obstructions on the roads; people crossing from one side to the other. Once this Bill is passed and assented to, it will do away with that. Secondly, this Bill will help the County Executive Committee Member in charge of transport, for instance, in Narok County, to say in Narok Town, we have 10,000 parking slots out of which, 5,000 are ... view
• 23 Oct 2018 in Senate: or hawkers in front of buildings facing the highway, one will design their buildings in a way that when one walks into the building, they can enter the shop through the right or left. That will help us to reduce the number of illegal structures which are constructed on the road reserve. This will also help county governments to plan properly. When you look at the trends worldwide, especially the United Kingdom, you will realize that there will be no vehicles using petroleum or diesel by 2030, instead, they will be using electric vehicles. I am concerned of what is ... view
• 23 Oct 2018 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, I request that you protect me from my colleagues who are holding a kamukunji at the back. view
• 23 Oct 2018 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, the Bill will bring law and order. It seeks to create a framework which will establish pavements, which very few towns have, where one can freely walk without fearing of being knocked down by a car. If you call the folks at the National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA), the best thing that they can give you at the moment is statistics of people who have been killed in Kangemi. If you try to find out the reason as to why these people are being killed, you will realize that they get killed when crossing from one ... view
• 23 Oct 2018 in Senate: to leave the county government to develop the frontage of their building or they are going to incorporate public private partnership where they build, develop their frontage and use it for the parking of the shoppers who are coming to shop in their premises? This will empower the owners of these buildings because they will know that they have been given the regulations to construct the frontage and from there, they can choose to go green. They can decide to designate an area for, say, 20 people who will come with bicycles as well as those who will come with ... view
• 23 Oct 2018 in Senate: the county government. It is now time for this House to completely push legislations that will promote devolution. Madam Temporary Speaker, I am from a different school of thought that believes that once the counties that we have are managed effectively, they will generate a lot of own source revenue. The only way to do that is if this House supports this Bill while taking into consideration that it not rivaling The Kenya Roads Bill. Madam Temporary Speaker, in the history of this country, most of the legislations which have been brought into this House have been sponsored by the ... view
• 11 Oct 2018 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. On behalf of the people of the County of Narok, I send my heartfelt condolences to all the families whose relatives perished in this accident. Accidents distort people’s thinking. I know the owner of the bus. He is a good friend of mine. His name is Cleophas Toto. At the moment, he is also in a tough position going by what the Inspector-General is saying about this accident. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, my biggest concern is to do with the issue of liability. It is time we thought about the liability with regard to ... view
• 11 Oct 2018 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, before I reply, considering the importance of this matter, I wish to donate a few of my minutes to Sen. M. Kajwang' and my good friend Sen. (Dr.) Musuruve. I will donate three minutes to each and I beg that you allow me one minute to reply. view