Godana Hargura

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• 16 Nov 2021 in Senate: of the development budget will be suspended and be put on emergency. However, nobody knows what the other is doing. We are having serious problems. Regarding the national Government, the other day the President instructed Kshs2 billion to be released in September for this program. We met last week as the Pastoralists Parliamentary Group. It was a problem to even trace who has received that money. A bigger component is supposed to be for food relief. I think yesterday it was in the news that one of the Principal Secretaries (PSs) was arrested because of the Kshs1.2 billion. They do ... view
• 16 Nov 2021 in Senate: legislation and it setting involved in executive work of planning. That was what was said the other time. Let us see how we can get these things in such a way that we avowing those kind of huddles. We still get a forum of the county leaders coming together especially in making sure that resources are sued in the right way and there is no duplication. Even in the case of what we are going through, this would have been the best approach. It should have been the best body to sit down and address disaster issues. Mr. Temporary Speaker, ... view
• 10 Nov 2021 in Senate: Thank you Madam Deputy Speaker. I would like to support this Motion on the adoption of the report of the Standing Committee on Justice, Legal Affairs and Human Rights on the inquiry into extrajudicial killings and enforced disappearances in Kenya. I would like to thank the Committee for the work it has done. They have considered the existing situation we are in on extra judicial killings and enforced disappearances, which is affecting many Kenyans. The Committee has come up with an elaborate report, which gives a background of what they did, how they did it, the many organisations they met ... view
• 10 Nov 2021 in Senate: the confines of law, but goes ahead and commits this kind of crime against its own people. Currently, in this country the people who are facing the brunt of extra judicial killings and enforced disappearances are Muslims. If you look at the figures and ask these organisations to break down the numbers, you will find that over 80 per cent will be Muslims. If you check the history of this country, it has not been Muslims always. In the 1980s it was Kenyans from different backgrounds who were agitating for democratic space. The mwakenya issues of the 1980s where the ... view
• 10 Nov 2021 in Senate: inform them on what the Senate has adopted and what they are supposed to do according to their mandate. One of the recommendations is that in this country we have an international law, the International Convention for Protection of all Persons from Enforced Disappearance. Kenya signed this law in 2007 and it is yet to be ratified so that it becomes part of our laws. When we avoid this, we are intentionally exposing ourselves or citizens to lack of that benefit of an international instrument which protects us. Madam Deputy Speaker, after the 9/11 incident, Kenyans have been renditioned to ... view
• 10 Nov 2021 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, these are all acts of commission by State officers. However, there are cases in this country where even the acts of omission become crime. For the past three or so years in my County of Marsabit, we have had cases where State organs decide to look the other side, leaving citizens to commit crimes against each other. That is still an act of omission on the side of the State actors. They are the ones committing the crime, while on the other side, they look the other way and leave members of the public to arm ... view
• 10 Nov 2021 in Senate: omission. We have had many cases of illegal firearms in the hands of members of the public within the community. It is the responsibility of the Government to disarm illegal firearm holders, but it has not done that. In the early 1990s, it was felt that the way to counter the presence of illegal firearms and improving security, especially within pastoralist communities, was to arm civilians under the Kenya Police Reservists (KPR) arrangement. The pastoralist communities could not be covered by the current system of policing, where a police station somewhere covers a particular area. The police saw it fit ... view
• 10 Nov 2021 in Senate: carrying traders to town was sprayed with bullets in broad daylight at around 5.00 p.m. Six people were killed and eight were injured. After that, there was no operation. The illegal firearm holders commit crimes and go scot-free and the Government systems do not respond. As I speak, two raids took place in my county in the area between North Horr and Laisamis. This happened between last evening and today. People mobilized themselves and came in vehicles in broad daylight to attack others, carry their livestock and kill and injure people. In the nearest police post, nobody was even bothered ... view
• 3 Nov 2021 in Senate: Madam Deputy Speaker, I would like to support the Statement by Sen. Cherargei. Any country must be able to feed its people. Sometimes food is a security issue. When we claim to be an agricultural country, which actually we are because we have all the capacity, then we must provide the right environment for our farmers to produce. When you withdraw subsidies, food production might go down and we may have to import food. That will not be good for us. Three quarters or about 70 per cent of this country is arid. With the issue of climate change, we ... view
• 14 Oct 2021 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for giving me the opportunity to commend Sen. (Dr.) Lelegwe for coming up with this Petition on behalf of the residents of Kirimun in Laikipia South. view