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"content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, according to these two MPs, the foreign office in Kenya is failing the people of Turkana. There has been no involvement at all in terms of support by the Ministry of Foreign and Diaspora Affairs. This is very troubling. According to them, the Cabinet Secretary for Interior and National Administration, Hon. Murkomen, is present. The Cabinet Secretary for East African Community (EAC), Arid and Semi-Arid Lands (ASALs) and Regional DevelopmentArsal areas, Hon. Beatrice Askul, has been with them together with the county commissioner. However, there has been no presence whatsoever of the Ministry of Foreign and Diaspora Affairs. This is a problem, especially because they have said that they would require cooperation of the Ethiopian Government and authorities for them to conduct search and rescue operations to retrieve these bodies and find the people who are missing. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate."
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"content": "Our MPs have also told us that on the night of the attack, there was no network coverage; that somehow the network by Safaricom experienced an outage on the night of the attack, making it impossible for them to save lives. The argument by these two MPs is that if they were able to communicate the attack early, many lives would have been saved. Sen. Lomenen can also confirm this. The two MPs and the Senator are currently there trying to calm our people down because there is growing frustration on the ground. Some people are calling for retaliatory attacks. If these leaders were not present to calm the temperatures down, it is going to be very difficult. We want the Government to move with speed, especially the Ministry of Foreign and Diaspora Affairs, to secure the necessary cooperation from the Ethiopian authorities for us to get our brethren who are missing in the lake. Lastly, the report was that the National Police Reservist officers who were stationed in Turkana had no ammunition. The Senator can also confirm this. Sometimes when we raise these issues, people say we are being unduly critical. However, as a Member of the National Security, Defence and Foreign Relations Committee, I assure the people and the Senator of Turkana County that we are going to get to the bottom of these issues and the lapse in security that has led to the loss of lives. Hon. Temporary Speaker, I have been asked to send a message to the Ministry of Foreign and Diaspora Affairs through the Prime Cabinet Secretary, Hon. Musalia Mudavadi. The people of Turkana want to see the same effort we have seen in other things, including the same sort of delegation that went to Addis Ababa from the Ministry being stationed in Addis Ababa again to be able to secure the cooperation of the Ethiopian authorities. This will ensure that we not only retrieve the bodies of our beloved ones who are still somewhere in the lake, but ensure that such a thing never happens again. On behalf of the people of Nairobi, our party, my family and myself, I tell the people of Turkana that we stand with them. This is a county that is very close to my heart for---"
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"content": " Sen. Sifuna, your time is up. I am very sure sitting from the Chair that the Honourable Cabinet Secretary for Foreign and Diaspora Affairs has definitely listened to the cries that have come from you on behalf of the people of Turkana. They should give it the attention that the other Ministries have given to safeguard the interest of our people. Thank you very much, Sen. Sifuna. Sen. Okech Eddy, proceed."
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"content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I have an intervention. I know that the matter we are discussing is very important. We had sought an adjournment on this matter of Turkana, but I am realising that the House is literally empty. Therefore, I wanted to rise under Standing Order No.41. Perhaps, this could have been necessitated by the fact that some of our colleagues are at the funeral of our departed brother, Sen. Cheptumo. I share the pain and losses that have been in Turkana. I hope we can find a broader solution based on what my dear friends and colleagues have shared, including what Sen. Sifuna has said. However, I wanted to ask whether due to the lack of quorum in this proceeding, you may consider invoking Standing Order No.1. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate."
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"content": "If we do not have quorum, then perhaps we can revisit such conversation when the full House is here for the purposes of proper attention to such a matter of serious magnitude of state concern. I thank you."
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"content": " Sen. Eddy, the Motion on Adjournment pursuant to Standing Order No.37 seeks to adjourn the House. As it stands, the House is adjourned for purposes of this Motion. That is why we have sought for every other Member interested in contributing to it to do so within a limited timeline of five minutes. Therefore, you cannot rise under Standing Order No.41 on quorum because the House stands adjourned for purposes of the Motion. I, therefore, rule you out of order. We still have Members who are interested in contributing and you were one of them. However, yours was an intervention. We have Sen. Peris Tobiko, Senator Seki, who is not in the House and Sen. Joe who want to contribute. I will allow Sen. Peris Tobiko to speak to this Motion."
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"content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I rise to support the Motion brought by Sen. Lomenen. I sympathise and empathise with the people of Turkana County because of the agony they have gone through in the hands of foreigners. It pains a lot to lose Kenyans in ways that we should not lose lives. Of course, human beings are mortal and we will all pass on, but there are ways that lives must be saved and protected. I stand to urge the Government to take quick action to bring to book the culprits of this heinous act. The Government should protect other Kenyans in Turkana County and take seriously the lives of all Kenyans. When a Kenyan dies in Turkana, it should be taken as seriously as it is in other areas. The life of every Kenyan is important. It is sad that regions in this country have not been treated and supported equitably. I know this could be the feeling that Senator Lomenen has and a number of other people who come from these marginalized areas with no infrastructure and network that look like another country altogether. Kenyans have not been treated equitably. We all want to have the feeling of being valuable Kenyans. Dignify the life of every Kenyan. This is very sad. Just like when I was speaking about the police officer we lost in Haiti. He was defending the image of Kenya in a faraway land, but when the body lands in Nairobi, unless you take it with a chopper to Kajiado, we have no roads to take that body. He was a Kenyan who stood in for the 43 million of us, protecting and defending this country's name and giving us a good international image, but there was no road to his home. Will there come a time when Kenyans will be equal when we will all feel we belong? At the moment, we feel like there are Kenyans who continue to be marginalised. It is sad. My brother, Sen. Lomenen, I feel it for the Turkana people because I know we go through the same things. In fact, whereas Turkana is in the far north of the country, those of us who are adjacent to Nairobi feel the same because roads go to other regions of this country, but no roads go to Kajiado and Turkana. There is no power, network, or water in these regions. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate."
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"content": "Can we all be treated as one country of equal people, one country of life that is equal and matters most for all Kenyans? Let the Kenyan Government work fast to relieve the pain of the Turkana people and bring justice to what has just happened. Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir."
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