Dr. Christopher Andrew Langat

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• 8 Oct 2019 in Senate: Therefore, without mincing my words, I wish to say that the Government is highly responsible for the deteriorating position of this sector. We must come out seriously to implement the recommendations of this Report, so that we can save this sector. I support the Bill by Sen. Cheruiyot, which is in the National Assembly. I call upon Members in the other House to support it, so that we may save this important crop. It does not only play a great role as an economic earner, but even outside there, it is our image. Whenever we go outside this country and ... view
• 8 Oct 2019 in Senate: that we are tea growers. Whenever we visit hotels outside this country, we hear people say: “I want Kenyan tea.” Therefore, we must support this crop, which is our international image and is very important to all of us. Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I fully support this Report. view
• 26 Sep 2019 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for also giving me this chance to make my contribution on this Petition. It is, indeed, very sad that at this time, people have been living for around 70 years in an unstable situation by being displaced. Up to now, they are still squatters in their own country. I want to narrow down to the issue of Mau, on which I have little knowledge about. The people who are living in Mau--- Remember that I am not saying “Mau Forest” because not all the places those people are living in is necessarily the gazetted forest. ... view
• 26 Sep 2019 in Senate: Some of the other lands that were ancestral were finally occupied by the current black colonial masters. These are the people who were fortunate, after Independence, and had political power. They occupied large chunks of land at the expense of those people who were regarded as intruders in the forest today. Some of them were originally from Bomet and Kericho, and are now in Mau. They are actually not in the gazetted forest; they are in a block which was trust land for the Maasai. The people who lived there initially sold the land to these particular people, and they ... view
• 26 Sep 2019 in Senate: The worst part of it is on that side of Mau, where even during our campaigns, all of us, including the President, went to those places. We then assured those people that they are rightfully there. They now wonder what happened. They have been telling us: “So you are lying, come and tell us that you were cheating us so that we see what next.” Those are the places where the Government constructed schools and issued title deeds, which are there. view
• 26 Sep 2019 in Senate: Right now, Mr. Speaker, Sir, the threats of eviction are very rife and they have just been told that after the national examinations, they should prepare to leave. It is, therefore, very interesting. I would like to ask that Committee, with all humility, that they should bring us a solution to this perennial problem. I wish they would conduct a lot of research and investigate exactly what is happening among these people. We have been mistaken a lot; even some of our colleagues have asking me, “Langat, with all your education, are you are supporting people to live in forests?” ... view
• 26 Sep 2019 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, people from South Rift are not insane to encroach into the forest. In fact, where I come from in Bomet County, we have Chepalungu Forest which nobody has ever interfered with. We are also surrounded by the Mau Forest in parts of Bomet and Kericho counties and no one has ever touched the trees. We know historically that those people were displaced. Most of the land in Nakuru County which belonged to the former Agricultural Development Corporation (ADC) that they could have been given by the previous governments was rewarded to people who were in positions of ... view
• 26 Sep 2019 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I support this Statement and urge the Committee that will be given the responsibility to look into the issues to do thorough work and bring a solution to the problem that has been affecting our people. It is not only in Bomet because land issues are many. When we were in Taita-Taveta County, we realised that 65 per cent of the land is occupied by animals. In fact, animals benefit from it more than human beings. Whenever human beings attack the animals, they are treated harshly more than when the animals--- view
• 26 Sep 2019 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, this is something we need to take seriously. view
• 26 Sep 2019 in Senate: I support. view