Ledama Olekina

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• 28 Feb 2024 in Senate: The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard Services,Senate. view
• 28 Feb 2024 in Senate: We have to defend our role. Our role here is clearly to represent our people, oversight counties and no one should tell us, as Senators, that we do not have the powers to do so. We are powerful. Let us put our foot down. I am happy to see my sister, Sen. Tabitha Keroche, excited about it, but let us carry out the oversight. view
• 28 Feb 2024 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, mine is a supplementary question on the Question that was asked by Sen. (Prof.) Tom Ojienda, SC. I have read the response by the Cabinet Secretary. First of all, I found it very casual even though the Senator was comfortable with it. Once a matter has been brought here, it becomes the property of the House. I wanted the Cabinet Secretary to clearly give an indication on two issues. In his response, the Cabinet Secretary alluded to the fact that he is currently developing regulations to set up terms of transportation of sugarcane. The question was ... view
• 28 Feb 2024 in Senate: sugarcane weighing. Could the Cabinet Secretary tell this House what the Ministry is doing now that although agriculture is devolved, still the Ministry gets the lion’s share of the budget? What are they doing to assist reduce the cost of inputs for sugarcane farming? There are new taxes. I am sure when taxes are introduced, it is the Cabinet Secretary who proposes them to the Ministry of Finance and National Treasury. There are taxes on transportation of sugarcane, fertilizer and harvesting. When the sugar is sold, there is also Value Added Tax (VAT). I would like the Cabinet Secretary to ... view
• 28 Feb 2024 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I rise to second this Motion on declaring banditry a national disaster. First of all, I would like to congratulate the distinguished Senator for Baringo County, Sen. Cheptumo, for bringing this Motion. You will forgive me for this, but in Maasai, we say; kairuru ngiri . My spirit is restless because of the challenges of cattle rustling. I was in Baringo over the weekend. A lady from Turkana rose and said that when they travel from Turkana to Kenya, they find bandits. However, when they are in Turkana, they lead a good life. That means that ... view
• 28 Feb 2024 in Senate: The other day, I told my friend, a former Senator and Deputy Speaker, Hon. (Prof.) Kithure Kindiki, to leave Harambee House and go to Baringo, Samburu and Narok counties where terrorists have decided to terrorize people. They can call all the shots. Cattle rustling is one of the biggest trades that has made billionaires in this country because it has enriched people. Blood money enriching you? Shame on you! It is time we not only spoke about it, but also acted on it. This House has the powers. I heard Sen. Cheptumo saying--- view
• 28 Feb 2024 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, because of the interest in this matter and we only have 13 minutes, I propose that we limit debate to 5 or 3 minutes. view
• 28 Feb 2024 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I will try to be very first. Five minutes is a very short time. So, I will time myself as well. I rise to support this Report. I can find my clock here or I am wasting my time? This is a Report that demonstrated a lack of fiscal discipline in our county governments and our governance in this country. It is about time that we try to have a balance to ensure that whatever we commit ourselves to, we fulfil. There is something we call a fiducial duty; a legal obligation for all ... view
• 28 Feb 2024 in Senate: The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard Services,Senate. view
• 28 Feb 2024 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, we need to have foresight on how we deal with these issues. If today, some of the Kenyan civil servants who have given their life and worked so hard for this country retire, they would spend half of their remaining time in this life going to the pension funds to collect their retirement benefits and they will be told there is no money because county governments have not remitted the money. There are certain recommendations that we gave here. Some of them unfortunately, I was not here on the last day, I did not agree with ... view