Ledama Olekina

All parliamentary appearances

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• 3 May 2023 in Senate: sent to Tharaka Nithi County. Even the CoB cannot stop it as the law is very clear. She releases money. If we are to argue about the stoppage of money to counties; we have been dealing with issues where counties requisition for money to pay for project ‘a’, but end up paying for project ‘b.’ Those are the issues where we are trying to panel beat the law to ensure that when the requisition is for project ‘a’, it pays for it specifically. Those are simple administrative steps we can take. I support and I thank the distinguished Senator for ... view
• 27 Apr 2023 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, thank you. Karl Max described religion as the opium of the masses. The work that we do in this Senate, is to try and bring sanity to what we consider insane. view
• 27 Apr 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
• 27 Apr 2023 in Senate: In the last Parliament, we had the Solai ad hoc Committee. I am happy to note in the newspapers this morning that the judges agreed with the report that we submitted, that the owners of the Solai Dam have a case to answer. I was a Member of that Committee. I believe the distinguished Senators whom I have a lot of faith in, who have been tasked with the mandate to investigate the massacres and atrocities in Kilifi, are men of integrity who will assist this country move far. The challenge is ignorance, which I spoke about when I was ... view
• 25 Apr 2023 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I rise to support the Equalisation Fund Appropriation Bill 2023. From the onset, I want to go on record and say that I do hope counties get their money. The Constitution provides for setting up a percentage of revenue to assist counties that have been dragging behind to catch up with the other counties. This country was developed, along the railway line. If you look at the country today, the developed areas are along the railway line. This is because of Sessional Paper No.10. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the framers of our Constitution saw ... view
• 25 Apr 2023 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I, therefore, posed the question, what exactly were we looking at when we talked about the Equalization Fund? Other people refer to it as the marginalisation fund. I know, the decision to define counties as being marginalised was reached by a serious study that was carried out by the CRA. view
• 25 Apr 2023 in Senate: I am happy that ultimately, they decided to narrow down to wards, sub wards or villages so that they can assist counties to at least develop. One of my biggest pet peeves is every financial year, money is set aside, but that money never reaches the counties. I hope that now, finally, with this Equalisation Fund, the money will reach the counties. view
• 25 Apr 2023 in Senate: One of my other bigger problems is that there are so many people through the Ministry of Finance and Planning who were engaged in contracts. If you happen to go to counties, you will be shocked. There are hospitals that were built, but ended up just being white elephants. view
• 25 Apr 2023 in Senate: Earlier on, when I was in my office, I was listening to the good Senator from Homa Bay County talking about pending bills. Yesterday, we had the Cabinet Secretary (CS) in charge of the National Treasury discussing pending bills and also money that is sent to counties vís-a-vís money that is sent to the national Government. view
• 25 Apr 2023 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, it is sad that at this time, we are still grappling with the idea of coming up with legislation that will ensure that we comply with the Constitution. We have highlighted the Constitution for so many years. Right now, National Treasury view