Ledama Olekina

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 3921 to 3930 of 4076.

• 6 Jun 2018 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. view
• 6 Jun 2018 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, I rise to welcome the young girls from Precious Blood High School, Riruta. I want to encourage them to take cue from what we are doing here, fighting for this country. Also, to learn that we, indeed can be their mentors. Do not let anyone tell you that you cannot be what you want to be in life. So, I encourage you to take this time to learn. You do not need to be born in wealthy families for you to be a millionaire in this country. If you really believe in what you are ... view
• 6 Jun 2018 in Senate: No, Madam Temporary Speaker. When you are speaking, thinking and so passionate about something, and the person you are looking at is on phone, it completely throws you off balance. view
• 6 Jun 2018 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, we are not allowed to use phones in the House. view
• 6 Jun 2018 in Senate: Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker, for protecting me. It is important. I cannot reiterate that we push for a policy shift. I do not want the people of Narok, Kericho or Bomet counties to continue shouldering the burden of paying for leasing of medical equipment, yet they did not consider whether it is value for money. All these contracts which are being signed, I dare say that these are huge corruption scandals just waiting to happen. When we talk about devolution, let us fight for and support it. These grants are good. They will help build our polytechnics. However, if ... view
• 5 Jun 2018 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I rise to second the Motion on the establishment of a select committee to investigate the circumstances that led to the Solai Dam Tragedy. It is commonsense that to solve a problem, you must first of all recognise your share of responsibility. As a nation, we tend to escape a lot of our own responsibilities. We have institutions and Government bodies that have been set up to outline regulations or things that must be done in order to store water. There is no way a dam can shift if developed properly like the Seven Forks Dams which ... view
• 31 May 2018 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I have to admit that you caught me unawares. I was having a discussion with my leader in terms of other legislations that we are introducing into this House such as the Urban Planning Bill that tries to redefine our cities. I thought about it and said, what about our hospitals? This Petition is so timely because it gives us an avenue or opportunity to look at all the hospitals that we have in densely populated cities or towns in this country and ask ourselves; what is it that each referral hospital must have? Mr. Speaker, Sir, ... view
• 31 May 2018 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for giving me the two minutes to comment and support this Petition. My leader talked about a black person taking the land of another black person. When I reflect on all the land issues that we have, I come to the conclusion that the full dispensation of land by the British colonial masters set precedent to all the problems that we have in this country regarding land ownership but the people who took over the land from the colonial masters make them look like philanthropists. There are issues surrounding land ownership which include the way ... view
• 31 May 2018 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, I rise on a point of order, under Standing Order 100. Is the distinguished Senator in order to go against the Standing Orders? The Standing Orders are very clear that we can only limit the time before the debate starts. view
• 31 May 2018 in Senate: Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. As the Italian mafia would say, all of us in this country are corrupt. We, the politicians, are number one in corruption. If it was a championship, I would probably say that the presidency would be the defending champions. So, the biggest question to ask ourselves is; what is this corruption? Madam Temporary Speaker, the media is awash with all ideas of what form of corruption ails this country. We were recently entertained by the distinguished Senator for Nandi, Sen. Cherargei, who spoke before me, when he said that in his county, there is The ... view