Ekwee David Ethuro

All parliamentary appearances

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• 6 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I would like to support the point of order by Mr. Kabogo that this is a serious matter. I support the people who have gone to The Hague and I am not using this to whip up any emotions. It is a matter of addressing the plight of the IDPs. These are people who live in terrible conditions and yet we are sitting here because they fought over us. We have a responsibility as a country and as a Government to these people. Even money that could have been used to ... view
• 6 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am torn between supporting this Report and rejecting it. That is because if you look at the observations of the Committee and the recommendations, you will see that they do not tally. You cannot argue that in some areas, that is happening and then you recommend the opposite. The recommendations should come from the observations of the Committee. However, the Mover, hon. Affey, a man I respect, has conceded that they were doing armchair practice, getting, relying and trusting on the Ministers to provide information. So, the information given here is purely from the ... view
• 6 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: known as Kapua, people are demonstrating before the District Commissioner’s place because they do not have water. We are doing water tankering. Fortunately, she gave us some little money to do water tankering. However, for how long shall we deliver water to people when we should be drilling boreholes so that they can have permanent sources of water? The last time we checked with UNICEF, the cost of drilling a borehole in Turkana with a windmill was Kshs4 million. view
• 6 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: Last time, Turkana was allocated Kshs400 million. This included the UNICEF component. But look at Kiambu, with due respect and all its rivers, it was given Kshs1 billion. Nairobi was given Kshs7 billion. If it is a matter of equity, then put money where the need is greatest. I could understand Ukambani 30 per cent on the condition that Turkana was 50 per cent, because that is how relative the need is. view
• 6 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: So, while this report is a good attempt to look at what the Ministry has done, I want to plead with the Committee that they need to go beyond this one. Let us treat this preliminary report, because this mandate is completely limited. It is misleading. It is very easy for us to support the Minister and say she has done a good job, when she herself last weekend realized that she has a lot of work to do, specially where we come from. view
• 6 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Minister, if you look at other sections of the report, you will see in Lokichogio Airport, there is one borehole. This is where the UN has been having swimming pools in the camp, when our people are standing outside there, with those 20- litre jerricans looking for water. This is a County where refugees in the camp have boreholes and free citizens of the Republic of Kenya are just watching and thirsty. view
• 6 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, is it not a wonder when a child in the area where I come from asks a local priest: Which is better; to be a free Kenyan or to be a refugee? This is because the conditions of the free independent Kenyans are worse than the refugees who ran from political turmoil in their countries. view
• 6 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I have a report here. It is called “The Pastoralist Child”. I will give you some statistics. In 2003, a survey done by Oxfam, my former employer before I came here, found that 69 per cent of a sample population in northern Turkana in Kenya had access to less than five litres of water per day, while 25 per cent of between five to 10 litres per day, when they should be having a minimum of 20 litres of water per day. The average distance to the nearest water point is 40 kilometres in Ijara. ... view
• 6 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Minister, we want a serious policy like the one of the health facilities that for every one kilometre, there is a water point for our people. At least, the health policy is such that, they say every ten kilometres, which they have now reduced to five kilometres, there is a health facility. She must give us one kilometre, at the very maximum, to get to the next water point. This is because water is life. This report says that the difference between life and death is access to safe water. It can reduce our chances of death by 50 ... view
• 6 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Minister, what we are talking is about provision. Somehow I think you have what it takes. But I do not know why you are not exercising yourself to ensure that water is available to the rest of this country, especially where there is need. view