Billow Kerrow

All parliamentary appearances

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• 30 Mar 2017 in Senate: Mr. TemporarySpeaker, Sir, you heard the Senator for Meru saying that no Kenyan has died. This news has been live on our television screens and even our kids have seen Kenyans literally dying in broad daylight. What do you want Kenyans to do? Do you want dead bodies to be brought from Turkana, Marsabit and Samburu to the Ministry of Agriculture for you to admit that people are starving? People are starving and dying and you know it. How do you deny the obvious? view
• 30 Mar 2017 in Senate: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I am also a member of the Government that the Chairman of the Committee on Agriculture purports to defend. However, one cannot defend the indefensible. I come from Mandera County. As I speak, there is not a single programme by the national Government of providing food or water to the people who are starving and needy. There are people who have lost their lives. It is not the responsibility of Senators to table lists. This is a shame. It is the Government that must go out to the counties after they ... view
• 30 Mar 2017 in Senate: Is the Chairman of the Committee on Agriculture in order to defend the indefensible? People are dying because this Government cannot feed them. None other than the Head of State asked the international community to give us aid. They declared drought an emergency. If you read the newspapers today, you will realise that we are spending Kshs40 billion – I am sure he will not believe this – how many billions were collected in bags in cash from Government offices? Why do we not spend that money on relief and feeding our people? Why are we begging for money from ... view
• 30 Mar 2017 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, my point of order is clear. The reason why our Governments have failed is precisely because of what the Chairman has said. view
• 30 Mar 2017 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I want to bring my point of order. view
• 30 Mar 2017 in Senate: I will not touch your ruling, Sir. view
• 30 Mar 2017 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I just wanted additional information in this regard. view
• 30 Mar 2017 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, that is what I was coming to. Could he provide a substantive programme of this Government of dealing with the current drought? He should not ask Senators to go to the ministries. What is the Government’s programme and policy? What activities are there? Let him table that then we can know that the Government is indeed --- view
• 30 Mar 2017 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, since you have deferred the statement, he can get that additional information. It addresses most of the questions we are raising per county. view
• 30 Mar 2017 in Senate: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. You are the Speaker and I seek your indulgence. We all know that corruption causes drought and it kills. It causes drought in the sense that it denies the Government the opportunity to come up with intervention measures. People do not get food because the Ministry says it has no money. There is no money because the money has been stolen. That is how corruption kills people. Corruption kills more than any other thing you can imagine. In this country, people die because of corruption. view