Olekina Ledama


Ledama Olekina is a Kenyan politician who serves as the Senator for Narok County. Olekina was elected on an Orange Democratic Movement ticket in the August 8, 2017, general elections in Kenya.
He was born and raised in Oloombokishi, a small village near Narok, Kenya, on 11 November 1974, Currently Ledama Olekina resides in Eor Ekule, Enkanasa Village . Ledama Olekina was educated at Narok High School and thereafter proceeded to the United States where he earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Political Science and English Communication from The University of Massachusetts in Boston in 2002. He is the founder of Maasai Education Discovery, an education center for girls.Ledama Ole Kina has been involved in efforts to conserve the Mau Forest in Kenya.

Controversy

In 2018, Ledama Olekina was cautioned by Kenya's National Cohesion and Integration Commission against making issuing utterances bordering on incitement against the Kipsigis Community. He has also been accused by other Kenyan politicians of fuelling hate against one community after the Senator claimed that most state jobs were being awarded to one community in Kenya.