Ledama Olekina

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• 25 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
• 25 Apr 2023 in Senate: has violated Article 219 of the Constitution when it comes to the issue of sending money, the share of county governments. Yesterday, we got to some form of consensus on where the money for February will be send. view
• 25 Apr 2023 in Senate: My biggest problem now is the Constitution sets up a sunset clause on the issue of equalisation. It was only supposed to be 10 years. However, our counties have not enjoyed any resources from the Equalisation Fund. We have kept this money. So, as I support this Bill, the question is; will all the money that has been kept aside, be sent to the counties? Is that money in the consolidated fund or not? Those people who built those hospitals and were never paid, will they be paid? Will those hospitals that were built in some counties and the roads ... view
• 25 Apr 2023 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, as a county, we need to be asking and reminding ourselves of the concept of fiduciary responsibility. I dare say that we as legislators and the other arm of Government, the Executive have not been as responsible because if we were and we cared about our counties catching up with other counties, 2023 should not be the first time we are discussing the issue of Equalisation Fund. If we are to be remorseful, I hope the National Treasury will be able to release the entire amount set aside for our counties. view
• 25 Apr 2023 in Senate: I also hope those contracts which will be built using the money from the Equalisation Fund will be given to the youth and women from the villages. We do not want a situation whereby a small cabal or cartel ends up getting all the contracts yet the whole concept of setting aside a small percentage of all the revenue collected should be supporting those counties which are behind in terms of development. view
• 25 Apr 2023 in Senate: In conclusion, since I do not want to belabour the point, I believe my point was very clear from the onset. In my view, this Senate failed in defending devolution by agreeing for the very first time with the national Government in terms of the sharable revenue and we are going to pay hard for it. I do hope that now, all of us will be able to support this and also follow through to make sure that whatever amount of money is sent to Narok County--- There is a point of order? I am happy to wait. view
• 25 Apr 2023 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, facts are very stubborn. In the history of the Senate, this Senate, for the very first time, failed devolution. This Senate, for the very first time, went against its own committee. view
• 25 Apr 2023 in Senate: The Committee, which is Chaired by the distinguished Senator from Mandera County, is a committee of this House. view
• 25 Apr 2023 in Senate: The Committee proposed that we, in this Parliament, agree with the CRA by sending Kshs 407 billion to the counties. If the distinguished Senator from Nandi County would like me to substantiate my facts, I would be more than happy. The first thing I will table here is the Report of the Committee on Finance and Budget Chaired by the very able party leader, EGH, Captain, Sen. Ali Roba who recommended that we send Kshs 407 billion to the counties. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, this is something that I am willing to defend. We will cry for a very long ... view
• 25 Apr 2023 in Senate: My brother is now inviting me to comment on the Division of Revenue Bill. Article 218 of the Constitution says that when we deviate from the recommendation of the CRA, we must give substantive reasons. The National Assembly proposed that we send Kshs385 billion. The reasons we were given in the Memoranda of the Division of Revenue Bill, to try and justify the deviation from CRA, was that the money was set aside to pay the Hustler Fund. So, it begs the question, why are we here? Are we here to defend the national Government or county government? view