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"content": " I wanted to contribute to the previous debate."
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"content": " Okay, I presume there are Members who would like to contribute to this Motion. If you wish to do so, raise your hand so that I can see you. Hon. Nanok, Member for Turkana West."
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"content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for giving me an opportunity to add my voice to this Motion. At the outset, I would like to express my heartfelt condolences to the families that lost their loved ones in the bizarre massacre that occurred in Todonyang. Hon. Temporary Speaker, it is a painful experience. You wake up one morning and embark on a business of fending for the lives of your family and you lose your life. Some people have not been accounted for up to now, and there is nothing to be said. The news broke out on Sunday because the killings occurred on Saturday night. It was shocking. The situation in Turkana County and the greater northern region of this country had remain calm because of the many meetings that had been conducted by the area leadership, and people had agreed with their neighbours to keep peace. We were seeing a semblance of peace and, therefore, people were pursuing development matters. Even in the case of Todonyang, there had been prevalence of peace. A peace deal had been brokered in the last two years. The recent killings occurred The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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"content": "during a period of relatively peaceful coexistence between the people of Turkana North in Todonyang and the people in our neighbouring countries, including the Dessanech people of Ethiopia. Suddenly, we lost more than 25 people. The story we have heard from people who have visited the area is that the Member for Turkana North is still there. He has been held there since Sunday. He has not been able to come and execute his function of representing the people of Turkana North because of this situation. The Security Committee of Turkana County is held up there. The story we are getting is that the whole area of the Omo River Delta, as it enters into Lake Turkana, is full of stinking human bodies thrown into Lake Turkana. That is the pain that the people of Turkana North and Turkana County are suffering from. What do we hear? We hear our Cabinet Secretary for Interior and National Administration referring the incident as a small matter, saying that we should show restraint. What do you do when you lose 25 people and you cannot account for more than 30 people, including children and men who were fishing in that lake? This is not a small matter. That is the pain we feel as the people from there. It is time the Government of Kenya did the honourable thing. The border between Kenya and South Sudan, and between Kenya and Ethiopia, is not secured. People cross in and out as they wish. The area where the massacre occurred is Kenyan territory, but because of the peace that had been brokered between the Dassanech and the Turkana communities in Todonyang, the two communities had been living together. Whatever triggered the killings is a matter that needs to be investigated by the two Governments and resolved in a way that protects the lives of the people of Turkana North. People have lost their livelihoods. Their fishing boats and fishing nets are gone. It is only good that we hear that these people have been given back their nets. The massacre should not be swept under the carpet again, like the many others that have happened before. That is the pain we feel, but for those who have lost their lives, we are sorry. The people of Turkana West, of course, stand with their brothers in Turkana North, and we hope that the Government will step in strongly to get a permanent solution. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker."
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"content": " Next is the Member for Turkana East. Please, proceed. Give the microphone to the Member for Turkana East."
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"content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for giving me an opportunity to contribute to this Adjournment Motion on the massacre of the Turkana people at Todonyang. Before I proceed, on my own behalf, my family and that of the people of Turkana East, I send my condolences to the families of those who lost their lives, the people of Turkana North and the great nation of Turkana. This has become the norm in our country. This Adjournment Motion is a concern for the entire country. However, many Members have already left the chamber. This Adjournment Motion talks about life. We have been discussing similar Motions every year, both internally and externally, but nothing has been done. We still do not know the exact number of people who have been killed, and our Government is quiet about it. The militia who committed the atrocities are still at large. They have even said they will not move from where they are to pave way for the dead people to be counted, but the Government has given it a deaf ear. If this incident had happened elsewhere in the country, everybody would have gone there. However, because it is in Turkana, no one cares. We have been talking about this for many years. The issue of Todonyang is not new to this House. In the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s, people were massacred in the same area, but no action has been taken to find a lasting solution. The Government goes there, comes back and tells the public that they are doing something, but at the end of the day, they go silent. Time has come for the Government of Kenya to take stock of the security situation in Turkana The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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"content": "County. We cannot send our officers to Haiti and Congo yet our people are being massacred along our borders in Turkana. Those incidents are happening between the borders of Ethiopia and Turkana, South Sudan and Turkana, and Uganda and Kenya, but nobody talks about it. For how long more are we going to lose lives in Turkana County without action being taken to find a permanent solution as we address the problem of the massacres happening in those areas? Even as we talk about international boundaries, on Monday, a Member of this House incited people at a Kabarnet Court, but he is still walking freely. Time has come for the Turkana people to rise. We are fed up. We want to enjoy the right to live in this country like other Kenyans. We need to be protected. Our property..."
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"speaker_name": "Hon. Farah Maalim",
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"content": " As moving and as important as it is, unfortunately, my hands are tied. I do not have any prerogative to give you more time. However, I share your grief. Next is the County Women Representative for Turkana County."
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"speaker_name": "Turkana County, UDA",
"speaker_title": "Hon. Cecilia A Ngitit",
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"content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker for giving me a chance to contribute to this Adjournment Motion. First and foremost, I pass my sincere condolences to the families of Turkana people who lost their people and property. Secondly, I attest to this House that I went to Todonyang. I personally visited the place. Whatever I am saying here is based on what I saw with my own eyes. What happened at Todonyang is unimaginable and beyond human understanding. We were there in a closed-door meeting without doing anything. The families who lost their loved ones were just hovering around, crying. They could not prove if their people were alive or dead simply because we were not allowed to access the place of the massacre to even take the bodies for burial. Is there any other inhumane act beyond this? How can a sovereign country like Kenya allow a neighbouring country to massacre her people, hold onto their bodies, bury and dispose them as they wish? As the Hon. Member for Turkana West said, that part of Lake Turkana is stinking of the bodies of our people. They hid them under the water hyacinth. Some bodies were hidden in shallow graves. We are not able to account for all the bodies. It is very wrong for anyone to say that 25 fishermen were killed. We do not know the number of people who were massacred because the entire Turkana County goes there to earn their living. That area is concentrated with fish. That is why the Ethiopians are there. There are also Burundians and people from other parts of Kenyan. This kind of massacre only happens to the Turkana people. The lady who rescued the 24 survivors is a Kikuyu. We thank God and celebrate her today. There is also a good-hearted chief on the other side of Dasanach, who facilitated the 24 survivors. We also thank him. Where are the specialised forces, the divers and the navy? Whenever there is a boat accident at the Coast, in Indian Ocean, the Government sends specialised forces there to retrieve the bodies. It is now one week and we are not able to retrieve the bodies of our people. We can only smell the stench emanating from their rotting bodies. The two bodies that were retrieved yesterday were of two men who were killed on Monday and not on the day of the massacre. They were hiding in the water hyacinth waiting to be rescued. When they heard the boats cruising in the lake, they thought Kenyans had gone to rescue them. So, they emerged from their hideouts only to get into another ambush. They were brutally killed in cold blood. It is so inhuman. This is not the first time we are doing this. For how long shall we move adjournment motions in this House to discuss massacres of the Turkana people? This is of an international nature. As Hon. Ngikolong put it, Kenya is able to send police officers to Haiti, and the Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) wherever. However, there is zero KDF presence in Todonyang. Our borders there are manned by theTurkana people. We lose lives and property. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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"content": " Unfortunately, my hands are tied. I cannot give you more time. Member for Turkana Central, Hon. Emathe."
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