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 8 August 2017, general elections in Kenya. He was born and raised in Oloombokishi, a small village near Narok, Kenya, on 11 November 1974. As of 2020, he resides in Eor Ekule, Enkanasa Village.^[1] 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.^[2] He is the founder of Maasai Education Discovery, an education center for girls.^[3] Olekina has been involved in efforts to conserve the Mau Forest in Kenya. His sister, Lilian Seenoi-Barr, is a councillor on Derry City and Strabane District Council in Ireland, and served as Mayor of Derry City and Strabane from 2024 to 2025.^[4]