Ledama Olekina

Sen. Olekina Mr. Speaker, Sir, I would have suggested that our vote (inaudible) and conscience as a House should have preceded this vote. However, look, this being a Bill on popular initiative, the vote of consequence lies not with the House, but with the registered voters who shall have their...

Sen. Olekina I exercise my duty on behalf of Narok County by passing this Bill to the voters. I vote ‘Yes.’ (Laughter)

Sen. Olekina

Sen. Olekina Madam Deputy Speaker, on behalf of the 4.3 million residents of Nairobi City County who deserve adequate representation hence the 12 more constituencies; on behalf of the urban poor who deserve more resources hence Kshs40 billion for Nairobi, I vote yes. The Clerk-at-the Table: Sen. Seneta Mary Yiane.

Sen. Olekina Madam Deputy Speaker, I choose to abstain. The Clerk-at-the Table: Sen. Wako Amos.

Sen. Olekina Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Allow me to share my experience with these young men and women. In 1994, I was given an opportunity to work as an intern at Reuters International and while there, we started a program called African Journal. My adopted father, Jared Williams, asked...

Sen. Olekina

Sen. Olekina

Sen. Olekinabe discussed in this House, those are two different versions, introduces a complete different thing which was never there in the first place.Madam Deputy Speaker, I am a firm believer that the framers of our Constitution as it stands, were alive to the fact that it becomes very difficult...

Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker, for giving me a chance to contribute to the Constitution of Kenya (Amendment) Bill, 2020. April 29, 2021 SENATE DEBATES 34

In the Memorandum of this Bill, the promoters set the following objectives:

Sen. Olekina

Sen. Olekina Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I hope I am audible enough. (Loud consultations) Sen. Olekina I was given five minutes. The Speaker rules, not me. Most counties do not concentrate on own-source revenue. It is about time that you do because we are all complaining here that the...

Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I support the Division of Revenue Bill. The Senate is doing great work as far fighting for this money to go to our counties. However, we still have some few challenges that I want to highlight here, right from the National Treasury. If you go...

Your time is up, Senator. Sen. Pareno.

Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I will try to just do it in point form because the time is very short. First of all, I would like to congratulate Sen. Abdul Haji. For him to be elected unopposed means that the people of Garissa trust him. Madam Temporary Speaker, the...

not disburse in good time. We speak of big money and increase, but they keep delaying the services to the people. I hope that this time, they will improve in service delivery.Madam Temporary Speaker, on the ruling of the High Court, it was a 2016 High Court ruling. I wonder...

Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I hope I am audible enough.

Yes, you are.

Sen. Olekina Madam Temporary Speaker, I thank you for an opportunity to comment on this very important Statement by my sister, Sen. Susan Kihika. Everyone in Kenya today is alive to the fact that we have COVID millionaires; people who made so much money during the height of the pandemic....

Sen. Olekina Let him make his point.

Sen. Olekina

Sen. Olekina What they were saying, which I will leave it to your conscience, is that you dress in a decent manner.

Sen. Olekina

Sen. Olekina

Sen. Olekina Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for also giving me this chance to add my voice on this. I do not know whether it is by coincidence, but just some few minutes before Sen. Olekina stood to raise this matter, an orphan who had gone to make an attempt...

Sen. Olekina Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for the opportunity to add my voice to this concern. I am not necessarily defending the military personnel. I know that they probably have inability to speak as freely as we do. However, this matter is a very complex matter. As I speak...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for also giving me this chance to add my voice on this. I do not know whether it is by coincidence, but just some few minutes before Sen. Olekina stood to raise this matter, an orphan who had gone to make an attempt to be...

Sen. (Dr.) Ochillo-Ayacko, kindly, proceed.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for the opportunity to add my voice to this concern. I am not necessarily defending the military personnel. I know that they probably have inability to speak as freely as we do. However, this matter is a very complex matter. As I speak in this...

recruit them. I have thought about it and asked myself, how are such officers identifiable? These are Kenyans who have approached me. Some of them are here in Nairobi, and others are in my County of Migori. When I talked to them, I was quite sympathetic.I want to state two...

Mr. Speaker, Sir, similarly, I want to express my appreciation for the request. This Statement is an important Statement. Abraham Lincoln one time described governance in a democratic system as being a government of the people, by the people and for the people. One of the ways in which we...

Sen. Olekina

Sen. Olekina Thank you, Senator. I do not see Sen. Rose Nyamunga. I give that chance to Sen. (Prof.) Ongeri.

Sen. OlekinaOtherwise, we are going to continue just digging a big hole, which we cannot be able to fill.Mr. Speaker, Sir, I support this Statement and I hope that the Committee on Labor and Social Services will take it seriously and even propose an amendment to certain laws like maybe...

Proceed, Sen. (Dr.) Lang’at.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I join my colleagues in speaking to this issue of counties failing to pay employees on time. The worst part of it is failure to remit the statutory deductions that they have already deducted from their workers. Sometimes it is reflected on their pay slips...

Proceed, Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr.

Sen. OlekinaThere is no way that people will know you are growing this product, which now there is a Bill to promote its production, if you do not let the county government know that you are also growing it.The only part that I would like to request my colleague to...

Sen. Olekina Bw. Spika, nakushukuru kwa kunipa nafasi hii ili pia mimi niweze kukuunga mkono na rafiki yangu, Sen. Madzayo, katika kuwakaribisha Delegation kutoka Kilifi. Yangu yatakuwa ni machache. December 4, 2019 SENATE DEBATES 2 Sen. OlekinaNingependa kuzingatia mambo mawili; kwanza, ni kuwahakikishia kwamba kweli, mko na shujaa hapa, ambaye...

Sen. Olekina

Sen. Olekina

Sen. Olekina Order, Members! We are making observations of the ruling that I have just made. I urge the Senators who are retreating to do so in dignity. (Loud Consultations)

Order, Members! We are making observations of the ruling that I have just made. I urge the Senators who are retreating to do so in dignity. Sen. OlekinaI would like you to interpret what you meant in your ruling by saying that the ‘learned judge was wrong’. However, later on,...

Order, Sen. Olekina! Judges are wrong every day; that is why appealing is allowed. There is nothing disrespectful about having an opinion. In fact, in my former life as an academic, one of the roles of an academic is to critique judgements. I am actually very polite in my critique....

Sen. Olekina Absolutely. We have heard you. I do not impute that you were acting for someone or something. Kindly proceed, Sen. Olekina.

Sen. Olekina

Sen. Olekina(Laughter)(Laughter) Sen. Olekina Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, you were not just an undertaker. I have performed the funeral rites to this Motion. I would like to encourage Sen. Olekina not to be discouraged. Some of us who have practiced as advocates, will tell you that half the time when...

Thank you, Sen. Olekina for the kind remarks despite the fate of your Motion. (Laughter) (Laughter)

Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, you were not just an undertaker. I have performed the funeral rites to this Motion. I would like to encourage Sen. Olekina not to be discouraged. Some of us who have practiced as advocates, will tell you that half the time when we go to court,...

of the Speaker. I have been in this House for a long time but I have never heard a ruling that long and well-researched. I thank you for that ruling and wish you well in your endeavours.Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I thank you.

Thank you , Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr. Kindly proceed, Sen. Wamatangi.

Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I also want to take the opportunity, first to congratulate you for the well-reasoned and well-researched ruling. On the same breath, I also wish to congratulate my colleague Sen. Olekina for having thought about the problem that is being encountered in some counties which...

situation is not only promoting confusion but unfair and unnecessary competition. Work cannot be done.I want to laud you for giving the ruling so that we are able to move forward. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I support.

Thank you. Proceed, Sen. Wetangula. Sen. Nyamunga, please approach the Chair. (Sen. Nyamunga approached the Chair)

Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to congratulate you and also salute Sen. Cherargei for raising the point. When Justice Mumbi Ngugi delivered her judgement, I remember telling Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr. that that is a judgement per incuriam and you have come to restate the same. On Wednesday, the...

Sen. Olekina

Sen. Olekina Thank you, Sen. Olekina. There are a number of things; first of all, Section 6 (A) of the County Governments Act, one of the amendments – I think this year or last year – you will remember that when we passed the law on where the headquarters of...

Proceed, Sen. Olekina. Sen. Olekina I just wanted you to clarify this, because you said that we have to be objective. In your ruling, you alluded to the fact the court barred these governors from December 4, 2019 SENATE DEBATES 44 Sen. Olekina Thank you, very much. That brings us...

Thank you, Sen. Olekina. There are a number of things; first of all, Section 6 (A) of the County Governments Act, one of the amendments – I think this year or last year – you will remember that when we passed the law on where the headquarters of each county...

Sen. Olekina It is okay, Sen. (Eng.) Maina. Those are important views. They are alternative views and you know nobody has finality in terms of wisdom and knowledge. Wisdom and knowledge is infinite. You have raised two issues. The first one about authority is partly true, but also given the...

Thank you, very much. That brings us to the end of that matter. December 4, 2019 SENATE DEBATES 46

Sen. (Eng.) Maina, are you on the same issue of deputy governors?

Sen. Olekina

Sen. Olekina You beg to move. (Sen. Kihika spoke off the record) December 4, 2019 SENATE DEBATES 49 Sen. Olekina farmers selling milk, but it is wrong when people decide to adulterate to preserve the milk for a longer period. When we have an Act of Parliament, there is nothing...

Very well, I see no other request. Mover, please reply.

Sen. Olekina Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I congratulate the Chairperson of the Committee on Energy who is the Senator for Nyeri. This Bill is a clear indication of innovative thinking. I am lucky because my legal name is also my nickname and it worked to my advantage. Nicknames...

There are two other Senators who want to speak; I request them to be brief. Administratively, they do have their time, but I would like us to dispose of this item. It has been here for a very long time because the Senator was absent with permission. I am noting...

Sen. Olekina Mr. Speaker, Sir, I rise to support this very important Statement by Sen. Mwaruma. If we do not take the issue of mining seriously, we will end up being treated by foreigners the way Zambia and other countries are treated. I drove from South Africa to Nairobi. In...

Sen. Olekina Mr. Speaker, Sir, the problem is that some of our friends--- Let me let it pass because I spent 40 minutes every morning with my barber called Omosh to look this good.

Sen. Olekina It is a nuisance! I was trying to prosecute an important matter but my dear colleague decided to interrupt me. Maybe he should visit Omosh at Flair by Betty and I know he will take good care of him. Mining can get us out of poverty in this...

Sen. Olekina

Sen. Olekina