Ledama Olekina

All parliamentary appearances

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• 30 Oct 2024 in Senate: “The Controller shall not approve any withdrawal from a public fund unless satisfied that the withdrawal is authorised by law.” view
• 30 Oct 2024 in Senate: Then your proposition is justified. However, of course, those who are spending do not want to be called to account to it. So, I beseech you to remove this hindrance. There is no point of the Assembly depending on the Executive. The PFM Act as it stands right now, puts the County Treasurer as the CECM, Finance and Economic Planning. He is the sole County Treasurer. However, now that we are introducing this provision and we are giving the Clerk of the County Assembly the powers to administer these funds, why then should we not give him almost similar powers ... view
• 30 Oct 2024 in Senate: “The disbursement referred to in (ii), shall be done in accordance with the schedule prepared by the County Treasurer and submitted to the County Assembly for approval together with the County Appropriation Bill under Section 109(e)(vii).” The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only.A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and Audio Services,Senate. view
• 30 Oct 2024 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we are trying to resolve a problem here, but we are not solving it. The county assemblies will continue having that problem. It depends on the relationship between the Speaker, the Clerk and the county governor. He will just say, ignore. Let us not release the money. I would like to beseech you that you do away with 109(e) completely. Let us give these guys their full autonomy. Let them control their money. We already know that this Senate, the CRA, and the Committee on Finance and Budget have deliberated on the ceiling of the county ... view
• 30 Oct 2024 in Senate: I do not know whether it will be overstretching to further add 119(b), to require that when payments are being made out, that the CoB shall have some form of viewer rights to the people who are being paid that money, to ensure that when the county executive or the county clerk are requesting to pay vendors, they shall include the vendor account numbers to the requisition and in that requisition, when the money has been sent out, we should require the banks to send a confirmation that the money which was authorized by the CoB has been sent to ... view
• 30 Oct 2024 in Senate: On a point of order Mr. Speaker, Sir. I am listening to Sen. Tabitha trying to explain the reasoning behind still maintaining the hindrance of the autonomy of the Assemblies. I am just trying to understand. I would like her to clarify why they did not look at the provision of the Public Finance Management (PFM) Act that sets up the County Executive Committee Member (CECM) Finance as the County Treasurer, vis-a- vis Article 228(5), which talks about the Controller of Budget (CoB) having the powers to release the money. In this case, right now, when the Clerk of the ... view
• 30 Oct 2024 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, it is sad that in the 21st Century, we are discussing about femicide. This is the time we should be discussing about equality and not even equity because women in our society contribute and they play a critical role in the development of our culture and society. However, it is sad. This is a matter that we cannot take lightly. Let me start by thanking the distinguished Senator for Migori for causing this House to adjourn to discuss this issue of critical national concern. It is sad when we turn on our television stations to watch the ... view
• 30 Oct 2024 in Senate: Kiambu County and various other areas. It is wrong and we must say it as it is, that it is wrong and barbaric. Madam Temporary Speaker, we have to ask ourselves whether, as a country, we have laws to protect our young women who in most cases cannot speak for themselves. We are elected, we are here, not because of a right. It is a privilege; we are given an opportunity to come and represent our people. We pass laws. So the first question to ask is this, does this country called Kenya have laws to protect women? Today, as ... view
• 30 Oct 2024 in Senate: I want Kenyans out there to know that we will not relent until we get to the bottom of this issue. We need to make sure that our girls are protected. One of my biggest pet peeves is that some people think that they will breathe this air for centuries and centuries and generations. We are just a passing cloud. Our time will come and we will go. I will not sit here knowing that I am a father of two beautiful young girls, and when other women and young girls are being kidnapped out there and being attacked, I ... view
• 30 Oct 2024 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, thank you for the two minutes. I want to reiterate that this is a multifactored issue that requires a concerted effort from the Government, civil society, and communities to address it. Let us talk about, uh, you know, Nyumba Kumi . Let us talk about our implementing arm of the Government, our criminal justice system. I have a lot of confidence in the IG. I want to request him to take this matter seriously. Those three young girls or women who were killed in the Eastleigh, we need justice for them. That young girl, the taxi driver ... view