Ledama Olekina

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• 19 Oct 2023 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
• 19 Oct 2023 in Senate: It is about time the Department of Lands and the Committee on Lands, Environment and Natural Resources, take this matter seriously. Those people of Machakos County are human beings. If it was completely determined that the land belongs to East African Portland Cement, those people should have been given some time to relocate and even appeal. What was so ironical and which really shocks many people is that the next day after those houses were demolished, there was an advertisement of sale of that land. Shame on them! These are Kenyans. If we do not stand strong and fight for ... view
• 18 Oct 2023 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I rise to support this Petition. There are a couple of things that struck me on it. Two Government institutions under the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, and Fisheries, have been allocated 83 acres of land on a leasehold of land belonging to private individuals. The first question that Sen. Methu and his Committee on Agriculture Livestock and Fisheries will try to look into is land ownership. The Committee should ask the right questions. For instance, when this lease expired, what happened? It is important to ask this because once we have the right question asked, ... view
• 18 Oct 2023 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
• 18 Oct 2023 in Senate: lucky it is not Masai land. Otherwise, we would have kicked them out ourselves because they have no right to come in and take the land that does not belong to them. This has affected every community. In Nakuru County, there is the Maasai Community displaced by the Kenya Agriculture Reforms & Innovations (KARI). I believe it is the same tactics which was used. Maybe KARI was only given a potion of land. However, they took the entire land. Today during this drought season, all Masai cows go back to where they belonged before. The land that was taken away ... view
• 18 Oct 2023 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for protecting me. I never thought Sen. M. Kajwang’ would be speaking across the aisle. On a serious note, it is important that we resolve the issue of leaseholds. If your leasehold of 99 years ends, unless it is renewed, you have to vacate the land and revert back to the original owner. This is an important Petition and I hope we can give the people of Kisii County the justice they deserve for them to go and live on their land and leave the riparian land for conversation. view
• 18 Oct 2023 in Senate: On a point of order, Madam Temporary Speaker. view
• 18 Oct 2023 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, I have a lot of respect for the distinguished Senator, Commissioner, Sen. Omogeni. However, is he in order to suggest that an independent commission which is set out by the Constitution of Kenya, given all the tools, the resources to traverse the entire country did not come up with the right formula? He is now lying to the people of Kenya that Kericho is not developed? That another county is not developed, seriously? Earlier on, the Speaker had requested the distinguished Senator for Vihiga County to substantiate and he did. It is about time that we respected ... view
• 18 Oct 2023 in Senate: Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I rise to support the Equalization Appropriation Bill. It has been a long time coming. We have been agonising every year about money being distributed not for equality but for some form of equity. The framers of the Constitution decided that it was important to uplift the standard of living of those people who were left behind when this country was developing. I have listened to my colleagues especially my good neighbour the Commissioner opposing this Bill and I wonder whether he truly understood the meaning of marginalization. If you traverse the expansive Narok County, ... view
• 18 Oct 2023 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