Ledama Olekina

Sen. Olekina Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Before I make my contribution on this matter, I would like to welcome you and my colleagues back. I hope that this session will support devolution. I would like to make several comments on this Petition. I am very impressed by the action...

Sen. Olekina Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, thank you for giving me an opportunity to comment on the speech by His Excellency the President of the Republic of Kenya. From the outset, I want to congratulate the President for recognising the late Kenneth Matiba for having given his life for patriotism....

Sen. Olekina That was my first attendance, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I am sure I will be speaking on behalf of some of us who are not here.

Sen. Olekina Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, that notwithstanding, I want to move to the contents of the President’s speech. I want to talk about his comment on the achievements of the Eleventh Parliament. I congratulate him for having mentioned that the Eleventh Parliament was tasked to implement the new constitutional...

Sen. Olekina Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I too would like to extend a warm welcome to the teachers and students from Meru County. I have a challenge for them that when I was growing up, I really wanted to be in this House. Back then, it was just...

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Sen. Olekina Thank you Sen. Olekina. Please proceed, Sen. Madzayo. March 21, 2018 SENATE DEBATES Sen. Olekina all means, the Committee should go back and look at this report. If they feel the need to amend that law to give this young man an opportunity to fully represent us, so...

Thank you Sen. Olekina. Please proceed, Sen. Madzayo.

Asante Bw. Spika wa Muda. Jambo la kwanza, nasimama kupinga ripoti hii. Tunaelewa kwamba katika maisha ya binadamu, urefu, ufupi na miaka ya kuishi katika ulimwengu ni ya Mwenyezi Mungu. Katika maisha, huwezi hata kidogo kumbaguwa mtu kwa sababu yeye ni mfupi au mrefu. Hayo ni majaliwa ya Mwenyezi Mungu....

Sen. Olekina Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Let me first register my congratulatory messages to Sen. James Orengo for being validly elected by the National Super Alliance (NASA) Coalition to lead us in this House. The distinguished Senator comes in at the time when the Senate is fighting for the...

Sen. Olekina Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I rise to welcome our visiting guests from Botswana. I have never been to Botswana, but now that they are here, I will make sure that one of our Committees will come there and benchmark. I also welcome the students from Inyokoni Secondary...

Sen. Olekina Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I rise pursuant to Standing Order No.46 (2) (a) , to make a statement on the following issues:- March 20, 2018 SENATE DEBATES Sen. Olekinakilling of one of their members by the neighboring Pokot Community and general insecurity in their ancestral land in...

Sen. Olekina Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I wonder why we have an Order Paper because a distinguished Senator does not know on which Standing Order I am making my statement. I am making a statement under Standing Order No. 46 (2) (a) . I ask the distinguished friend from...

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Mr. Speaker, Sir, I thank you for your ruling and as a Member of this House, I must submit to it. I am a signatory and one of the 16 that signed the petition that came to you. Whereas I might not agree fully with the ruling, I have no...

Sen. Olekina Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker, Sir. On behalf of the people of Narok County, I would like to say welcome to the visiting delegation and request that they visit our county. I appreciate the work that they do in ensuring that African countries promote good governance. I...

Sen. Olekina Mr. Speaker, Sir, on a point of Order. I would like to request that the response be deferred so that I am served with a copy for me to interrogate it.

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Sen. Olekina Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity. I would like to congratulate the hon. Senator for this Assumption of Office of the County Governor Bill, 2018. I support it wholeheartedly because it has tightened quite a number of loose areas. I want to join...

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Sen. Olekina On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I want my brother to prosecute his case, but as I stand here, you can see that I am not an old woman; I am a man. So, it is wrong for him to insinuate that I am an old...

Sen Olekina Sen. Moses Wetangula. The Senate Minority Leader (Sen. Wetangula) : Mr. Speaker, Sir, could the Chairperson also tell this House and country the following:-

Sen. Olekina One more week, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir.

Sen. OlekinaHowever, I agree with Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr., and the Majority Leader that, maybe, Nairobi should have been counted separately. Now that he is of that view and he was a Chairperson of a Committee that made some proposals to amend the Constitution in the last Senate, I hope...

Sen. Olekina The Chair Committee on Finance and Budget.

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Sen Olekina Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Pursuant to Standing Order No. 46 (2) (b) , I rise to seek a statement from the Chairperson of the Standing Committee on Lands, Environment and Natural Resources on titanium mining by Base Titanium Limited Company (Kenya) , Base Resource Limited, Austria and...

Chairperson?

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Sen. Olekina Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I will issue the statement in seven days.

Sen. OlekinaOrder,

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Sen. Olekina It is so directed. That is a constitutional requirement and all that should take place so that we minimise a lot of the exchanges that come on the Floor of the House. They should have been dealt with at the committee level and other stages. Next Order!

I call upon the Mover to reply.

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