Ledama Olekina

All parliamentary appearances

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• 30 Oct 2024 in Senate: I am being very honest, Madam Speaker. If you cannot protect your young girl, a vulnerable person, then who are you? I want to encourage my colleagues that next time when we are talking about this, all of us must be seated here to address those challenges but look at it. Seriously! Look at this House, very few people are here. Is it that only Sen. Sifuna, Sen. Hamida Kibwana, Sen. Oketch Gicheru, the Senator from Wajir County, and Sen. Cherarkey? Is it the Senator from Turkana County, and my dear sister, Sen. Betty Montet, who only cares about women ... view
• 29 Oct 2024 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. Let me begin by saying that I support the Amendment to the County Government Elections Laws (Amendment) Bill (Senate Bills No.2 of 2024) by Sen. Crystal Asige. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, being included in any society should be our main principle in this House. It should be what we advocate for. I just got back from Wajir County and this county is one of the most progressive counties in this country. It has billionaires, the residents of Wajir County own their aircraft that fly daily. There are two flights daily to Wajir County. However, ... view
• 29 Oct 2024 in Senate: we have to extend this issue of disability to be able to define it? How pragmatic can we be to ensure that we achieve what the Constitution has set out? So, as I support this Bill, I challenge my sister to further define disability when it comes to this country. If you go to most counties, buildings are erected. Maybe we might have an expert in Nairobi who can come and say, “before you build this building or before you give out permits or approvals for a building, make sure that building can be accessed by someone who is physically ... view
• 29 Oct 2024 in Senate: “For Section 1(f)(iii), the commission shall draw from the list such members of special seat Members in the order given by the party, necessary to ensure that at least 5 per cent of the Members of the county assembly are persons with disabilities.” view
• 29 Oct 2024 in Senate: I would like to persuade my sister to change that so that we make it mandatory, because the mischief that you are attempting to cure cannot be cured with such language. The people there will still choose whoever they want to choose. So, I think we must expand that provision further to be discreet, to say this and this person ought to be the one given priority. I am sure my brother, Sen. Sifuna, who is the Secretary-General (SG) of the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) Party, can attest to what I am saying and can speak directly on these issues ... view
• 29 Oct 2024 in Senate: All of us here, in one way or the other, have some form of dyslexia in us. What measure do we use so that we also include those people? They are the only ones who can be able to explain the challenges they go through. I will try to demonstrate. There are people who when they read, you will find them reading on a zigzag line. That is a form of dyslexia. I do not know how much the Senate Majority Whip knows about dyslexia because of being a medical doctor. I can attest that for my own family, I ... view
• 29 Oct 2024 in Senate: Finally, let me again appreciate the work of Sen. Crystal Asige. I hope that she can continue enlightening us on the uniqueness of the challenges that People with Disabilities (PWDs) go through. I thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. view
• 24 Oct 2024 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, my two minutes are to be used on important matters. I wish to comment on the Statement by Sen. Kibwana on the status of Mama Lucy Kibaki Hospital. Mr. Speaker, Sir, in your Communication this afternoon, you indicated to us that the National Assembly has rejected the amendments to the Division of Revenue Act (DORA) that we proposed. I request that the Members who you will appoint to the Mediation Committee remain focused because we need money to go to our hospitals. We do not want a situation where three or four parents are sharing a bed--- view
• 24 Oct 2024 in Senate: I plead with our colleagues here that this time round, we need to think about how we can ring-fence money to support our hospitals. In my county of Narok, we have a hospital, which was funded by the World Bank. It is not complete. We need to understand what our priorities are and healthcare should be one among them. I sit in the Standing Committee on Health and I hope we can actually discuss how to ring- fence money. We need to improve the bed capacity. There was a point when people were talking about Mama Lucy Kibaki Hospital only ... view
• 24 Oct 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 and AudioServices, Senate. view