Ledama Olekina

All parliamentary appearances

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• 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
• 31 May 2018 in Senate: No, Madam Temporary Speaker; I do not need any information. view
• 31 May 2018 in Senate: The former Vice President of the USA, Joe Biden, once said that fighting corruption is not only good governance in itself, it is self-defense and patriotism. This is what we need to be talking about. We need to realise that if God is so kind to us, he will only give us 70 years; we will then die and leave all these earthly possessions in this world. Madam Temporary Speaker, I am sick and tired of this corruption. It is now becoming a comedy. Every year, the President is heard saying: “Everyone who is corrupt should carry their own cross.” ... view
• 31 May 2018 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, if you look at the quality of legislation that we are drafting in this Parliament, they are designed to establish authorities to create Chief Executive Officers (CEOs). We forget about devolution. Recently in the House, we killed the Irrigation Bill. I have seen it in the Order Paper after coming back from the National Assembly. The reason we killed it is because we did not agree with the way it was drafted. Now, it is finding its way back. What do we call that? It is corruption! It is coming to a point where we are almost ... view
• 29 May 2018 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I notice that the Chair of CPAIC has just entered but I just want to shed some light. I want to assure this House that the CPAIC is working daily to table a lot of reports. I want to assure Sen. Sakaja that the amount of work that we have done is not equal to the amount of work that was carried out by the previous committee. We had a lot of work which had not been completed. The first time when we met, we worked day in day out to complete those reports. I assure this ... view
• 29 May 2018 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity to support Sen. (Dr.) Musuruve’s Motion. First of all, let me talk about the history so that we understand where I am coming from. When we talk about introducing Kenyan Sign Language (KSL) in schools or when trying to come up with a Motion to ensure that people can be trained to speak is kiswahili through sign language, what is the history of the entire sign language in this country? If history serves me right, KSL was introduced through the support of the United States Peace Corps Volunteers in ... view
• 29 May 2018 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I, thank you. view
• 10 May 2018 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, to defend the Chairpersons, it is important for us to talk about capacity. It is high time that we trained them and indeed all of us because I think we lack in capacity. I am honest with you. The work that the Chairpersons are supposed to do --- view