Ledama Olekina

Sen. Olekina Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I rise to support the Creative Economy Support Bill because it is timely. In this country, due to high rate of unemployment, many youth have become creative to a point where they pay for their school fees. Most of our youth have become content...

Sen. Olekina Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I rise to make comments on the statement by Sen. Kibwana on the issue of unwanted pregnancies in school. I think that we are all missing the point. We can stand here, lament, make beautiful statements and condemn certain individuals yet we...

Sen. Olekina Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, let me take this opportunity to welcome the students and teachers from Sekenani Girls Secondary School to the Senate of the Republic of Kenya. Earlier on we had students and teachers from Olderkesi and Olchorro. A few who came in late are the ones...

Sen. OlekinaMembers listened keenly because the distinguished Senator from Nyandarua led the House to where we should resolve this problem.When a county that has two assemblies, we should first ask ourselves what our role as a Senate is. This is because we are the House that is supposed to protect...

Your 30 seconds are up, Senator. Sen. Sigei Hilary, proceed.

Sen. Olekina Mr. Speaker, Sir, I rise to support the statement by Sen. Mumma on the need to protect data in this country. It is surprising that at a time when data is the most expensive asset that anyone can have, we are not protecting the poor people who cannot...

Sen. Olekina

Sen. Olekina Sen. Veronica, I request that you follow the same trend, so that Sen. Mandago also gets a chance to speak. May 8, 2025 SENATE DEBATES 49 Sen. Olekina passing the budget, will pass a budget that does not have NG-CDF? You know, there are things that we should...

Sen. Olekina Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I rise pursuant to Standing Order No.52 (1) to make a statement on the need to institutionalise strategic foresight and anticipatory governance in the Senate of Kenya. We live in a time of accelerated change defined by interconnected global crisis, rapid demographic shifts,...

Sen. Olekina

Sen. Olekina

Sen. Olekina

Sen. Olekina

Sen. Olekina Mr. Temporary Speaker, let me inform the Senate Majority Leader that I am among the few people who have driven across Africa. I drove from South Africa all the way to Nairobi, passing through Botswana, Zambia, Tanzania and, finally Kenya. Secondly, I have also driven across South Africa...

Sen. Olekina Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. Allow me to make some brief comments and support this Report. I support it because I understand the importance of the Great Lakes region in Africa and the fresh lakes which exist in these region, which help boost our biodiversity. All my...

Sen. Olekina Yes, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. Why not?

Sen. Olekina Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I thank him for that information. However, the truth of the matter is that it does not matter whether it is the car that Sen. Tabitha drives, that is US$220,000, or the car that you drive, which is US$30,000. The truth is that you...

Sen. Olekina On a point of information, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir.

Sen. Olekina Asante, Mhe Spika wa Muda, kwa kunipa fursa hii ili nitoe changizo zangu kwenye statements tatu zilizoletwa na wajumbe wenzangu, nikianza na statement ya dadangu Sen. Esther Okenyuri. Ningependa kumpa heko kwa kufikiria zile jamii zinazoishi katika maisha ya kurandaranda katika miji mikuu katika taifa letu la Kenya....

Sen. Olekinathe management of our counties, it behooves all of us to come together and come up with a solution.The Statement raised by Sen. Dullo should worry all of us. This is because the county chief officers are tasked with the day-to-day running of those counties. Hearing that the County...

Sen. Olekina Sen. Omogeni, this House can benefit from hearing from the Senator representing that particular county, which has issues and I have repeated myself several times on this. The Senator for West Pokot is here to represent the interests of West Pokot County. We should hear from the Senator...

Sen. Omogeni, this House can benefit from hearing from the Senator representing that particular county, which has issues and I have repeated myself several times on this. The Senator for West Pokot is here to represent the interests of West Pokot County. We should hear from the Senator representing a...

Sen. Olekina

Sen. Olekinais not collecting money in Narok, such that you do not send any money from the court fines?We should now be creative so that we can ensure that money collected from taxpayers in Narok goes to Narok and that money collected from taxpayers in Kajiado goes to Kajiado.It is...

Hon. Senators, let us rise. Sen. Olekina, the Chair would not have wished to interrupt your flow of thought. However, because of the Standing Orders, we cannot go beyond that. You will have a balance of 16 minutes to conclude on your remarks when the House resumes at 2.30 p.m....

Sen. Olekina Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. Let me begin by thanking the two committees and the distinguished Senator for Homa Bay County for telling us what is going on in this country. We do have serious fiduciary risk. Fiduciary risk comes about when those who are tasked with...

Sen. Olekina Yes, putting of the question be deferred until the next sitting.

Sen. Olekina On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir.

Sen. Olekina I can.

Sen. Olekina Mr. Speaker, Sir, I do not know whether you are allowing me now. However, you have allowed me. I rise under Standing Order No.66 to request that the next Order be deferred until another time. (Applause) March 20, 2025 SENATE DEBATES 16