Ledama Olekina

All parliamentary appearances

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• 25 Sep 2018 in Senate: I want to talk about the issue of contracts. I am sorry I am rushing because of time, but I want to touch on all those areas. The second area that I care so much about is the issue of revenue-sharing contracts and the field development plan which the contractors have to come up with. These are things that have to be ratified by Parliament, so that it takes care of the interest of the people. view
• 25 Sep 2018 in Senate: The other issue, which is something that every stakeholder spoke about, is to do with direct involvement by county governments. This Bill creates very powerful Cabinet Secretaries. In this era of devolved Government structure, it is imperative that the people in the county governments and their county governments have a say, so that we can be seen to be dealing with issues that take care of all our interests. view
• 25 Sep 2018 in Senate: Fourth, is the issue of revenue sharing. I am not from the school of thought that believes that the county governments or the people should have a share of the national Government revenue. I tend to believe that county governments and the people should have a share of the profits that we get from the upstream petroleum operations. It will be good for the people of Kenya to get 70 per cent and people living around places where oil is extracted to get 10 per cent. The issue of saying that people went to Turkana and negotiated for 5 per ... view
• 25 Sep 2018 in Senate: The other thing is the issue of permits. From the outset I said this is a terrible Bill. We will bring amendments from Clause 1 all the way to the end because when you talk about permits, there are so many permits which are required, which do not take into consideration--- The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate. view
• 25 Sep 2018 in Senate: We now have Madam Temporary Speaker. There was transition which is confusing. It is important for me to wrap it up that we have to look at the Bill, taking into consideration the issues of exemption of permits and who will be exempted. There are certain issues which are decided on by the Cabinet Secretary (CS) without consulting the people on the ground. When, say, there will be an issue to be communicated, we do not even find a method that can be used to reach all the people. There are many amendments that we will bring to this Bill. ... view
• 25 Sep 2018 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, could I please have one minute to conclude? view
• 25 Sep 2018 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, as I wrap up, I am happy that I am seated in a House which has Members of high intellectual capacity to look at the reports that we have drafted. Finally, this Government or country must take seriously this issue of national resources. This is because right now in the Maasai Mau, in Olpusimoru, people are dying because of fighting for resources. If we cannot control those issues, what about oil? view
• 25 Sep 2018 in Senate: On a point of order, Madam Temporary Speaker. view
• 25 Sep 2018 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, it is out of order for Sen. (Eng.) Mahamud to insinuate that some of us are opposing the Bill. As a Member of that Committee, I stood here and I pointed out clearly that it was important for this House to have gone through the Committee Reports first before we debated it. That was an earlier intervention that I made. The Speaker then said that since the Bill is in its Second Reading stage, we proceed because during the Third Reading we will bring all the amendments. view
• 20 Sep 2018 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, thank you for allowing me to ride on this Statement requested by Sen. Pareno. view