Ledama Olekina

Sen. Olekina Mr. Speaker, Sir, I rise to support the Statement. Over the last few years, our people, mostly pastoralists from Laikipia, Samburu and Narok have been subjected to tough banditry activities. People who are out there taking care of their cows are attacked, yet they cannot defend themselves. Their...

Sen. Olekina Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am baffled by how county governments increase charges or taxes to citizens yet when you look at their financial statements, that information is not reflected. I just came from the County Public Accounts and Investments Committee (CPAIC) meeting where we were considering financial statements...

Sen. Olekina Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am guided. However, I do not think I am off if I discuss a document which is already public. This is public information that anyone in this country can download from the website of the Auditor-General. What I am relaying are facts and you...

Sen. Olekina Mr. Speaker, Sir, I rise to support the Statement by the Deputy Senate Minority Leader. I am baffled by the way leaders are treated in this country. Article 49 of the Constitution spells out the rights of an arrested person. It also gives the arrested person the right...

Sen. Olekina Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I rise to support the Statement by Sen. Pareno. As a country, it is time for us to come back to our senses. If you want to destroy the future of a young person, just mess with their teachers. The teachers of...

Sen. Olekina What is it Sen. Kang‘ata?

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Sen. Olekina Yes!

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

Sen. Olekina Mr. Speaker, Sir, I was just curious whether that Statement by Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr. has already been dispensed with fully.

Sen. Olekina I just thought that as Members of the Committee on Energy, it is important for us to give our input. May 15, 2019 SENATE DEBATES 6

Sen. Olekina Mr. Speaker, Sir, from the onset, I would like to welcome the students. It is quite interesting that we are talking about these students yet we have a Ministry of Education which seems to be misguided on how to build the future generation. I went to Narok High...

Sen. Olekina Mr. Speaker, Sir, I take this opportunity to join my colleagues to welcome the students who were here. I encourage them to take this opportunity to plant trees because this is a rainy season. The rivers in Bomet County are drying up and I am sure my sister,...

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Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I also wish to congratulate the Senator for Narok County for his endless effort to bring Bills to this House. This is a short Bill but with far-reaching amendments to the electoral process. I listened carefully to the distinguished Senator for Narok. I got the...

So, Sen. Olekina needs to put a little more thought in this because we cannot shift the onus of transparency and accountability of elections from the referee to the player because the player is a candidate. [The Temporary Speaker (Sen. (Prof.) Kamar) left the Chair] May 14, 2019 SENATE DEBATES...

satisfied. Such a person could go away but swear an affidavit that they were forced to sign at gunpoint or rungu-point. That automatically raises an electoral dispute. You cannot water down the evidence of such a person simply because of a signature on a document because we have many injustices...

We have had elections in South Africa, as Sen. Orengo has said. South Africa is a fairly violent society. In fact, their politics in the rundown to elections have been very tumultuous. However, nobody fights or complains because everybody accepts the verdict after elections. India, with 1.3 billion people, conducts...

Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity to add my voice on The Election Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2018, by Sen. Olekina. I thank him for bringing this Bill. For those of us who have had the opportunity and occasion to go through several elections, one thing...

Exactly!

That is why we sat in Serena Hotel. The whole business of Constitution of 2010 is about elections. If you look at the history of this country even after the 2010 constitutional change, we still had problems in 2013/2014 and 2017/2018. The only thing that this points out to me,...

you were there to witness that process. I would like to see a form signed by my agent stating that when they went to the polling station, the ballot box was opened, they witnessed that it was sealed and the voting started correctly at the right time.There is the issue...

Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I thank you for giving me the opportunity to contribute to this Bill by Sen. Ledama. I know that he had good intentions to bring some order to our election process, especially on the voting day. Issues in elections start all the way from party primaries....

done away with. This is because our elections are very emotional and violent. As much as we do not want to validate or encourage hooliganism during elections, we have to consider that it is a process. It will take time before we reach where South Africa and Ghana have reached....

Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I rise to support this Bill. I thank Sen. Olekina for coming up with this Bill. I congratulate him generally for the interest that he takes on matters legislation, improving the society and making things work better for us. After all, that is what development is...

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Sen. Olekina Mr. Speaker, Sir, I thank you for giving me an opportunity to support The Division of Revenue Bill (National Assembly Bills No.11 of 2019) . I sat here one day until 10.30 p.m. with a few other Members to consider the Budget Policy Statement, where the Committee on...

Sen. Olekina Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would like to join you and my colleagues especially my good friend, Sen. Poghisio, in welcoming the girls from West Pokot. I am glad that the Senate Majority Leader has spoken about the Turkwel Hydroelectric Power Station. I would like to challenge the...

Sen. Olekina Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. First, I would like to join you and my colleagues in welcoming the students from Isiolo. I encourage them to continue April 11, 2019 SENATE DEBATES 8 Sen. Olekinacoming. I thank the school for giving these students an opportunity to see what...

Sen. Olekina Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I rise to support the Statement by Sen. Sakaja. I am shocked. This is a country where the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) is unable to collect enough taxes for the Government. In the UK, there April 11, 2019 SENATE DEBATES 11 Sen....

Sen. Olekina Madam Temporary Speaker, I would like to join you in welcoming the students from Siaya County who are here. This is a great opportunity for them to see what transpires in this House. I would like to encourage them to keep on learning about legislative work and laws....

Sen. Olekina Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I rise to support the Statement by Sen. Mwaruma on the issue of land compensation. I have listened to my colleagues. Recently when the President gave his State of the Nation Address, he requested particularly this House and the National Assembly to consider...

Sen. Olekina Madam Temporary Speaker, I stand guided. Yes, I support the Petition. I would like to refer to Article 113 of the Constitution which sets out the clear procedure in terms of the Mediation Committee. For us to be able to assist these residents of Taita Taveta – it...

Sen. Olekina Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker, for giving me an opportunity to contribute to this Petition. Last year, a similar Petition was brought here. It was about the dispute on the boundary of Meru and Isiolo, Lamu Port-South Sudan-Ethiopia-Transport (LAPSSET) and the military. The issue was that some of...

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Sen. Olekina On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I am not trying to altercate with the Chair. However, I tried desperately to catch your eye and I was unable to do so.

Sen. Olekina Next order. April 9, 2019 SENATE DEBATES 21 Sen. Olekina When I hear anyone talking against manure, I remember the time when people said that the Blue Gum Tree was very bad for the environment yet the rich people were the only ones who were planting them. I...

That brings us to the end of that Order. Next Order. THE DIVISION OF REVENUE BILL (NATIONAL ASSEMBLY BILLS NO. 11 OF 2019)

Next order. THANKS FOR THE PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS

Let us have the Senate Majority Leader who is the Mover.

Madam Temporary Speaker, I beg to move the following Motion:- THAT, pursuant to Standing Order No. 24 (6) the thanks of the Senate be recorded for the exposition of public policy contained in the Address of His Excellency the President delivered on Thursday, 4thApril , 2019, and further, the Senate...

You have five minutes.

That is out of 30 minutes?

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Sen. Olekina Mr. Speaker, Sir, thank you for this opportunity to congratulate my good friend, the Chairperson of the Committee on Budget and Finance. I confirm that I have been in touch with the coordinator from the Controller of Budget’s office on the ground and he has been able to...

Sen. Olekina Mr. Speaker, Sir, the crisis in Samburu reminds me of the crisis in Northern Ireland where they have no government but they do have civil servants who are tasked with the daily running of the operations. It is time that we in this House came up with legislation...

Sen. Olekina Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. The issues that have been raised by Sen. Sakaja are very serious. This is a violation of the Public Finance Management (PFM) Act. I want to assure Sen. Sakaja that the Committee that I sit in will take up this matter and...

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