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    "content": "report to fix crooks who are now banking their money in Uganda. They simply take two hours to drive to Muoroto or Kotido in Uganda to do banking. We should break their houses because they have hidden the money in their houses. There was a case where a county water executive officer in charge of irrigation decided to delay water contracts for one year awaiting a drilling rig from South Africa so that she could clinch the contract. That is the kind of impunity that exists in Turkana County and it is very painful. A road construction for a sum of Kshs5 million is inflated to Kshs30 million. During the 2014 renovations of offices, painting them amounted to Kshs15 million. The County Government allocated Kshs50 million just to do painting and the Governor pocked that money. We called officers from the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) who came there and wrote a good report about him. There is so much to say, but I risk being boring. I do not know what our county will do on these matters. I think hon. Duale was right in saying that offices should be locked. People must actually get out of these offices if they have been named. Let me move to other aspects of the Presidential Address. Electricity is what will spur economic growth in the northern part of our country, which is very dark during the day. Very few homes are connected to electricity. We need to expand our sources. Lake Turkana is really affected by the damming in River Omo, Gibe 1, 2 and 3. The Kenya Government has a contract with Ethiopia to supply electricity to Marsabit and other border counties. I have seen transmission lines closer to Turkana from the southern part of Ethiopia. I would have expected the President to say that some parts of the northern Kenya will be covered by these agreements. We can have a bilateral agreement to ensure that electricity is supplied to those areas; given that we have lost our water anyway. The rest of the country will be benefit but we have lost water in Lake Turkana, because some Ministers went to Ethiopia and signed an agreement. I must say that we blame our friend, Sen. Murungi, who was the Minister at that time and those closer to him. Lake Turkana is a cultural lake that is protected for what it is. However, we just went ahead to give away our water, which is now affecting the lake. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, on insecurity, the President was shallow in his speech on matters of insecurity. I had expected him to invest on cattle rustling. In his Speech, it is mentioned in only two or three paragraphs. Recently, I talked to the Uganda Peoples’ Defence Force (UPDF) Commander. I asked him what he thought in his view affected Kenya as far as cattle rustling is concerned. He told me that we do not have the political will. He told me that in Uganda, the bull is held by its horns. If the Turkanas have raided the Pokots, you pursue the cattle into West Pokot and there is communal punishment. The first cows found in West Pokot are given back to the Turkanas. In this country, the Turkanas have been finished by the West Pokots. So many Samburus have lost their lives because of the Turkanas. It is a vicious cycle. We are killing each other. Sen. Leshore is happy with what I have said but there is a serious matter in this country. It is a matter of national importance. It is not something to give ultimatums over and over; that in two weeks you want to do something as the Minister. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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