Ledama Olekina

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 921 to 930 of 4248.

• 23 May 2023 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Standing Orders state that the Committee has 60 days to complete the matter. I request that when you give instructions and commit this Petition to the Committee on Education, let them give us a status update. Earlier on, when we were sitted in the Senate Business Committee, we were happy with the work that the distinguished women Senators, Members of the Kenya Women Parliamentary Association (KEWOPA), are doing. Those are things that have got results and we commend them when they do that. With the support of your office and the secretariat, they went to our ... view
• 4 May 2023 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, there is a saying that goes; ‘what is good for the goose, is good for the gander.’ When any Government institution is owed money, they rush into charging penalties and interests. That situation should be the same when it comes to the issue of paying teachers who take their time to go through papers and mark them. In this case, it is even tougher because students pay to do the examinations. So, the money is there. This is an issue that the Kenya National Examination Council (KNEC) is notorious on because it has always delayed the payments. ... view
• 4 May 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 Hansard Editor, Senate. view
• 4 May 2023 in Senate: Sometimes, when we look at Statements, we may invite the Cabinet Secretary for Education and ask him why the KNEC is dilly-dallying when it comes to paying teachers who have worked. In order to have finality on this issue, the most logical way is to peg this with the amount of money that is paid by the candidates for them to do those examinations. However, candidates do not sit examinations for free. In other jurisdictions, if you lease an apartment, you pay a deposit, which is put in an escrow account. You only get the money back the day you ... view
• 4 May 2023 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the reason I am smiling is because this is one of the most controversial programmes in the history of healthcare in this country. In the last Senate, we delved into this matter. We set up an Ad-Hoc Committee, I believe to investigate on the MES scheme. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we travelled to different parts of this country. We were not travelling using the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR). People who travel via SGR are denied an opportunity to carry miraa or alcohol. This is a serious matter, which I wanted to comment on. I wish we ... view
• 4 May 2023 in Senate: As we pump this money to the leasing of the equipment, ultimately, at the end of the seven-year period, the equipment goes back to the manufacturers. You then ask yourself whether it was justifiable to spend billions of shillings to lease equipment which you do not use. Not all hospitals use them. The only company I saw to have tried as much, is the company that was dealing with dialysis. We travelled to hospitals and found them with a dialysis machine. In this case, the county would be dealing with the purchasing of all the reagents. view
• 4 May 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 Hansard Editor, Senate. view
• 4 May 2023 in Senate: We should be diligent and care about the welfare and health of our people, to whom we are given an opportunity to represent. However, we forget why God favoured us and put us here to fight for their rights. When we come here, it becomes about the Benjamins and not the interest of the people. If this Senate would care this year and pursue--- In fact, this should not be a mere Statement. We should go back into the archives, get all the reports and diligently pursue the process of getting an Ad hoc Committee. I sit in the Committee ... view
• 4 May 2023 in Senate: The first question you ask is whether the project has been abandoned. Is the money being set aside and will it be availed? Will those people sue the Government to be paid? Whose responsibility is it, if the equipment as supplied to a hospital and they are not utilised because the hospital does not have electricity? Investigating this matter will require us to have a wider scope, so that we know whether the equipment is working or whether they have been abandoned. Also, whether we have the capacity to absorb and utilise this equipment. I support. view
• 3 May 2023 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I will begin by thanking the distinguished Senator from Tharaka Nithi, a gentleman and a half, for bringing this Statement and moving this Senate to consider, deliberate and give a way forward on it. One of my greatest pet peeves is when we, as the legislative Arm of Government move away from our responsibility and try to follow the advice of another Arm of Government. That is dangerous. For all the years I have been in this Parliament, I have never seen a report that quotes the President of the Republic of Kenya as ... view