Ledama Olekina

All parliamentary appearances

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• 3 Aug 2023 in Senate: I welcome you and wish you a wonderful visit to the Senate. Hopefully, we will still come back to the school and support it. view
• 3 Aug 2023 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I rise to make comments which will probably lead to supporting this cash disbursement schedule. As I do so, I want to put a few things straight and also on the record. Article 219 of the Constitution is quite clear. It gives guidelines on when funds should be disbursed to counties. In fact, it says a county share of revenue raised by the National Government shall be transferred to the county without undue delay and without deductions except when the transfer has been stopped under Article 225. view
• 3 Aug 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
• 3 Aug 2023 in Senate: That Article is very clear. I believe that is the Article that the National Treasury read and went ahead and disbursed money to counties without getting the approval from the Senate. The Public Finance Management (PFM) Act, Section 17(6) states as follows- “The National Treasury shall at the beginning of every month and no later than the 15th day, from the commencement of the month disburse monies to county governments for the expenditures of the following months.” Section 17(7) states as follows: “The disbursement referred to in subsection 6 shall be done in accordance with a schedule prepared by the ... view
• 3 Aug 2023 in Senate: Thank you. It is important for us to do the right thing. If this Government wants to be on record in making sure that they send money on time, it view
• 3 Aug 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
• 3 Aug 2023 in Senate: should make sure that in the next financial year CARA is passed before 30th May and the disbursement schedule is gazetted before 30th May, so that by the time we start the financial year you can release the money by 15th July. Whoever made---I am very happy to be informed. I hear my sister wants to inform me. view
• 3 Aug 2023 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I am not sure what the information was all about because it is not relevant to my arguments. I believe my arguments were on adherence to timelines. This is what I have been debating on. view
• 3 Aug 2023 in Senate: I am among Senators who passed that formula in this House. So, I am aware of all those parameters such as poverty index, population, urban and rural. I even know the percentages. That is not the issue I was debating. The issue here is on timelines. view
• 3 Aug 2023 in Senate: I called the Principal Secretary in charge of the National Treasury to confirm if the money has been sent to my county. I did that because there are contractors who cry on a daily basis. There are people who have committed suicide because counties have not paid them their money. I wanted to make sure that any contractor who calls and tells me their money has not been paid, I call the Governor and tell them to call that person because they have received their money. view