Dr. Christopher Andrew Langat

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• 26 Nov 2019 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I convey my heartfelt condolence to the people of West Pokot County and more especially to all families that were directly or indirectly affected by the landslide. As I have mentioned, the tragedy has claimed over 50 lives and more bodies are still missing and are yet to be retrieved from the mud sludge. Some families have lost all their members. As we heard in the media yesterday, there is a family that lost five members. Apart from the loss of lives, many other residents have been injured, property worth millions destroyed and livelihood lost. I, ... view
• 26 Nov 2019 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, county governments have got least strength to respond to these particular disasters. Therefore, this House needs to reconsider strategies and money that the county governments have put aside for disaster management. The Governor of West Pokot County is only making statements, but is unable to do much in this area of concern. I have also registered a lot of disappointment. This is because the highest officers in Government moved to Eldoret using machineries like a helicopter from the army. They gave an excuse that they could not reach that particular place yet the Deputy President’s chopper landed ... view
• 26 Nov 2019 in Senate: This negligence should not be taken lightly yet people are dying. We also heard yesterday that places like Murang’a, Bomet, Kericho and others parts of this country are sending signals of danger yet we have not seen any Government response in those particular places warning people to keep off areas that are giving signals of danger. Therefore, the Government has to pull up its socks when it comes to responding to these particular disasters. People in West Pokot have received little medication on specialised areas. The military officers that have been deployed to the place are few. Therefore, we request ... view
• 26 Nov 2019 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, I would like to thank the people who have made contributions to assist the affected families such as churches and other well-wishers. We thank the Government of the United States of America (USA) through the Ambassador. Yesterday, the President of the USA, Mr. Donald Trump, announced that they will assist the affected families financially. view
• 26 Nov 2019 in Senate: I am not happy with how the Government of Kenya is responding to this tragedy. There have been warnings on impending mudslides in other counties such as Murang’a yet the Government has not taken proactive measures to assist our people. Disaster management in our country is poor. I wonder whether there are any disaster preparedness measures for such situations. This is a matter of grave concern and I have requested the particular committees concerned to take serious action. view
• 26 Nov 2019 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, I beg to move this Motion and ask Sen. Cherargei to second. view
• 6 Nov 2019 in Senate: Do you want to speak and then I finish? Is it possible? I can respond and then you--- Ongea basi . view
• 6 Nov 2019 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity to make my comment on this. First, I would like to thank Sen. Wetangula for the great concern displayed in this Statement. I still believe, like Sen. Sakaja said, that we are in a country where our children are not friendly to the police. In most of the villages, they only saw the police for the first-time during the examinations. This creates a lot of terror and fear in our children during examination period. Instead, the Government should invest in creating a culture of honesty among our children, so as ... view
• 6 Nov 2019 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I think that the matter is very serious. The Members have expressed their concern and I would like to request that we be given two weeks to handle this. view
• 6 Nov 2019 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, we will act accordingly. view