Ledama Olekina

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 3761 to 3770 of 4219.

• 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
• 20 Nov 2018 in Senate: be left for local companies that want to venture into projects and partner with the national Government or county governments. However, any time you are dealing with a project that involves risks of exchange of currencies, then it is important that they are clearly defined. Before a county government submits their list of the approved projects to the Cabinet Secretary for approval, it is important for the public to be involved and to get their views on them. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I hope that it will be important to introduce amendments to these amendments, so that we can take ... view
• 20 Nov 2018 in Senate: there is much that we have learnt. This House will be debating the fiduciary risk involved. It is important for the Committee to consider the need to reintroduce Section 54, which they are proposing that it should be deleted, and also come up with a risk mitigation strategy in the amendments that they are bringing in. Tough regulations will ensure that despite the long term aspect of the project, the interests of the public and private sectors are always protected. I am very worried by the issue of expertise. This is because when the private sector invests a lot of ... view
• 15 Nov 2018 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the time limit does not affect me or does it? view
• 15 Nov 2018 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the time limit does not affect me or does it? view
• 15 Nov 2018 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I rise to second the Motion that this House do adopt the report on the Sessional Committee on the County Public Accounts and Investment Committee (CPAIC) on the inquiry into the possible loss of funds through the acquisition of land for public use. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to limit my remarks on three issues. From the onset, before I get into the substantive issues of this report, I would like to thank the Powers and Privileges Committee for having taken their time. This was a very emotive issue that brought a lot of questions ... view
• 15 Nov 2018 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I rise to second the Motion that this House do adopt the report on the Sessional Committee on the County Public Accounts and Investment Committee (CPAIC) on the inquiry into the possible loss of funds through the acquisition of land for public use. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to limit my remarks on three issues. From the onset, before I get into the substantive issues of this report, I would like to thank the Powers and Privileges Committee for having taken their time. This was a very emotive issue that brought a lot of questions ... view
• 15 Nov 2018 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I stand guided. Martin Luther King once said that in the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends. The most important issue here is the issue of fiducial responsibility. The question which we were tasked as a Committee is to investigate whether public lost money. That is the task we were given and that is what we set out to do. As a Member of that Committee, I had anticipated that once we conclude our investigation, we would be able to bring our report to this House ... view