Eugene Ludovic Wamalwa

All parliamentary appearances

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• 15 Jun 2011 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. This is a matter of life and death. The urgency of this matter demands that we do not put it off until tomorrow. We do not know what will happen. There are indications that President Obama is likely to come to this country in September. We do not know what might be done to hon. Mwau before he gets here. With all humility, I do urge that this matter be treated with the urgency that it deserves. It touches on the security of a Member of this House. view
• 15 Jun 2011 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. Is it in order for Prof. Olweny to continue laughing when you had indicated that this is not a laughing matter? view
• 15 Jun 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, Kshs4 billion is a lot of money for the children of Kenya! This is not a laughing matter! view
• 10 May 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, most obliged for your ruling. Indeed, I had already given notice. Pursuant to the provisions of Standing Order 23, I seek leave to move the adjournment of the House in order to discuss the rising insecurity in the country, and in Turkana County in particular, including the Todonyang killings, where over 40 Kenyans from the Turkana community were killed by the Merille Community of Ethiopia. Mr. Speaker, Sir, this is no doubt a definite matter of urgent national important as it touches on our national security. We will be most obliged if we are granted leave to ... view
• 10 May 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, this afternoon, the Minister of State for Provincial Administration and Internal Security did issue a Statement where he did confirm that there were killings of Kenyan Turkanas by members of the Merille community of Ethiopia on 2nd May, 2011. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Minister has put the official figure of the killings at about 20. The account that we have been given before the House today says view
• 10 May 2011 in National Assembly: that these 20 people were massacred by members of the Merille Community from Ethiopia because they had crossed the border into Ethiopia to go and look for food on the other side of the border. I did have the privilege of visiting this county over the weekend in the company of my good neighbour and friend, Mr. Ekwee Ethuro. We did tour the entire county beginning with Kainuk. We went to Kabulokor, Lokitaung, Lokichoggio and finally came to Lodwar. The account we got on the ground was that there were no 20 people killed, but they were over 40 people ... view
• 10 May 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I have listened very carefully to the Minister on what action was taken following the massacre. It is very worrying that the killings, having started at 7.00 a.m. in the morning, there was no immediate action to actually respond to prevent the killings and to help the affected families. It started with two killings in the morning at 7.00 a.m. and it escalated over time and, by the end of the day, over 40 people had been killed. It took over 24 hours for the Provincial Security Intelligence Committee (PSIC) to visit the area. From ... view
• 10 May 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, it did not take less than seven days before the matter was discussed at the national level. We are glad to hear yesterday that this matter was discussed and deliberated upon at a meeting by none other than His Excellency the President and the Prime Minister. That was over seven days later. On the action taken on the ground, we are told that the Ministry of State for Special Programmes has now sent 100 bags of maize, 100 bags of rice, beans and vegetable oil. What we have is tokenism. Over time, people have starved ... view
• 10 May 2011 in National Assembly: live in the 21st Century in this great City of Nairobi, there are Kenyans who are still living in the stone age in Kabulokor. They are still living in the dungeons of poverty, starvation and despair. Not much has been done over the years in spite of there being great potential in that region for irrigation from River Turkwel, to ensure that we are able to boost the food security in that region and make the communities independent. We have, over the years, made the communities dependent on relief food and even the relief food that has been given to ... view
• 10 May 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, it is an area where we must emphasise that the cardinal duty of any government is to protect the lives and the property of its citizens. That is the cardinal duty of any government worth its salt. It is a duty that is not charitable. The people of Turkana County and the people of this nation are not asking for charity. It is their constitutional right, enshrined in our Constitution. They are entitled to security. This is what we say under the Bill of Rights. One of the God given rights that is inalienable and ... view