Olekina Ledama

and scope of the engagement is that in No.38, the County Government, through the Department of Public Works, Roads, Energy and Transport, reported that it had not contracted any individual company or firm to undertake constructions or maintenance work along Bar-Osimbo and Pap/Oriang’ roads. Further, the department clarified that no...

These are not points of order; they are points of annoyance. This is a House of debate, allow me to debate. I am not a member of that---

Order, Sen. Olekina. (Sen. Olekina spoke off record) I will throw you out if you continue along that line. Continue debating within the context of matters of facts as laid down by Sen. Wambua. If you do not do that, I will find you out of order and throw you...

Sen. Olekina, you are out of order. The Chair has directed that you have your right to debate. You are not being directed on how to do it. Refrain yourself from making reference to matters of facts which have been cleared. If you cannot do that, then the Chair will---...

Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I shall not be guided on how to debate. I will debate based on what I deduce from this Report. I am not told to say “A” and do that. If I believe it is “B”, I will say it is “B”. Allow me to debate....

Odhiambo guy who negated the contract, this House has the powers to recommend that, that person be compensated from the initial agreement. That is the reason I am disagreeing.My colleagues have a right to say, “Sen. Olekina, we did not have the powers to pursue that.” Secondly, the Committee should...

Sen. Wambua.

I do not wish to be informed, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir.

Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I rise to make brief comments on this Motion. From the onset, I say it is a good Motion, but I do not believe it has been well thought out. I say this being cognisant that health is devolved. In the 2025/2026 Financial Year budget,...

Mr. Speaker, Sir, thank you for this opportunity to briefly comment on a couple of statements. One is a statement by Sen. Sifuna. This morning, I was listening to a song by one of my favourite artists called Wyclef Jean. I invite all of us to google the song. It...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for your magnanimity. Sen. Faki has allowed me to comment on this very important Motion. The role of the EACC in Kenya has been misunderstood. In most cases, you will find that when projects are investigated, where there is either misuse of public funds or...

Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, let me appreciate Sen. Faki for the good work he has been doing. In fact, when people are awarded medals or honours, they should look at the kind of work that these Senators are doing here. This petition is important and I am happy that the...

Thank you Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. Let me, once again commend the Committee on Lands, Environment and Natural Resources for doing its job. However, as I do so, it is a bit perplexing and confusing that for 18 good years, from 2007, children are now graduating from high school and...

Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, let me briefly do my job and congratulate the good Senator for Mombasa County, once again, for supporting the citizens and petitioners who have come to this House seeking refuge and settlement. It becomes very difficult when the Government carries out a transaction and the landowner...

Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. As I rise to contribute on this Motion from the Committee on Cohesion, Equal Opportunities and Regional Integration, my views are completely unorthodox. I do not believe that I support the report of the committee in its entirety. I have listened to my colleagues contribute....

Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I rise to contribute to this Motion, which in my view, requires a complete transformation and complex policy shift from the current one. Remember, when we talk about a comprehensive transformational policy shift, that has pros and cons. The question that we must ask...

Mr. Speaker, Sir, I rise to make some brief comments on two Statements. First, I will begin with the Statement by the distinguished Senator for Busia with regard to the issue of Webuye Pan-Paper Mills. If my memory serves me right, Webuye Pan Paper Mills was sold in 2016, after...

Thank you Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. Let me begin by appreciating my dear sister. The only reason I requested for the two minutes is because I think it is important to put the record straight. The delay on this additional allocation is not on the part of the Senate. The...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I rise to make some comments on the Statement by the distinguished Senator, Sen. Hamida Kibwana, on gaps in neonatal care in health facilities in the country. Mr. Speaker, Sir, even before I begin to comment on this Statement, let me appreciate the work that...

Mr. Speaker, Sir, I appreciate you for giving me this opportunity. We have a problem where pieces of legislations that originate from the National Assembly do not come here, then we assume that since they have not come here, what the KDF is doing is legal. I just want to...

other people working under it, you have an implementation officer and an auditor who are all working to support the Auditor-General, the CoB and the Senate as an institution.This is because this Senate, the committee that is ably deputized by the distinguished Senator from Taita Taveta, the County Public Accounts...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I rise to contribute on this Statement by the “youth leader” now my party leader. Mr. Speaker, Sir, this Statement is quite troubling because we, as representatives, are supposed to make it easy for people, who go to school to get employment. However, we find...

Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I do not know where to begin. All I know is that the Rt. Hon. Raila Amolo Odinga was not only my party leader, a personal friend, but also a father figure. When I got back from the United States of America (USA) and wanted to...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. On my own behalf and on behalf of the Senate, I would like to extend a welcome to the three distinguished Deputy Governors from this region, as well as the religious leaders. The Deputy Governors, we come to this particular place to oversight the counties...

Mr. Speaker, Sir, I would like to support the Statement by Sen. Cherarkey. This Statement should worry Kenyans. We cannot have an audit carried out and we are told by the Auditor-General that there is an issue of accountability of up to Kshs7 billion. That is why I always say...

time, ladies and gentlemen, that we really moved forward. Pass this Motion and ensure those things are resolved.What can we do? I see that time is running out, is that all of us, particularly policymakers of both countries, the first thing is that we must all be educated on the...

Proceed, Sen. Cherarkey. neutral when it comes to that. When you lose your life because of fighting for property that you believe is yours, but the police who are supposed to protect you are the ones being accused of having killed you, that sends a bad message to the younger...

Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I rise to second this very important Bill. It is important to note that this is the third Senate since the new Constitution was enacted. Secondly, this is the 13th cycle of the budget 2012-2013, all the way to 2025- Devolution is very dear to...