Ledama Olekina

All parliamentary appearances

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• 3 Aug 2023 in Senate: The issue is violation of the law because money has been sent to counties without our approval. Did we just pass the Public Finance Management (PFM) Act which has Section 17(6) and (7), just to be mere words in the law or are they supposed to have a meaning? view
• 3 Aug 2023 in Senate: The Committee on Finance and Budget has a duty to ensure that the National Treasury submits the disbursement schedules on time. It also has a duty to ensure that the County Allocation of Revenue Act (CARA) is assented to before 30th May. 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: We passed the Division of Revenue Bill way back in April. Why did we dillydally? Why does it take 20 days for the Committee on Finance and Budget to table this on the Floor of the House? Why does it take a month for the National Treasury to give us a schedule so that we go through, debate and approve? These are questions we should be asking. view
• 3 Aug 2023 in Senate: It is not right to pass something which has been overtaken by events. The Constitution is clear. If the timeline had not been prescribed, we should have looked at Article 259(8) of the Constitution. In this case, it is quite clear that there are timelines and we must adhere to them. view
• 3 Aug 2023 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, as I support this Schedule, albeit with a lot of reservations on how we are applying the rule of law, I also want to speak to Governors. The Senate sends them money, however little it may be. In these difficult economic times, I plead with them to make sure it is absorbed. view
• 3 Aug 2023 in Senate: When I spoke to the officer at the National Treasury today, they told me that we have a serious problem. They released monies to counties, but all that money is still lying at Central Bank of Kenya (CBK). County governments do not absorb all the money. However, when we go to all our counties, we find that our hospitals do not have drugs and feeder roads are dilapidated. We talk about having a bumper harvest in some parts of Kenya, but drought is creeping in. In Maasai land, we are busy moving cows because drought is creeping in. Even the ... view
• 3 Aug 2023 in Senate: Let us not be quick in employing people and absorbing all the recurrent budgets but when it comes to development budgets, we do not touch it because it is a challenge. We have a serious problem. view
• 3 Aug 2023 in Senate: I want to speak for the future. There will be no need to have a supermarket in this country or pay for medicine upfront. view
• 3 Aug 2023 in Senate: In other developed nations, people just stay at home. Suppliers put all their goods in a portal. When an item is ordered, that is when a supplier is paid. I hope we will get to that point where someone in a hospital in Bomet will be able to go online and get the best medicine available worldwide without having to pay because of systems in place. The way we are behaving now, where we send all the money before anything can be done, will not help us move forward. We have to think. view