Godana Hargura

All parliamentary appearances

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• 7 Oct 2020 in Senate: I support the Bill with amendments. view
• 1 Oct 2020 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to support the Petition by the residents of Vihiga County. Article 188 of the Constitution states that the views of the communities affected have to be factored in if county boundaries are to be altered. This is a clear case of a community that has been disenfranchised because arbitrary the colonial The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate. view
• 1 Oct 2020 in Senate: administration split one community into three counties. It is in the interest of the affected community to consolidate and have their identity and representation from one point. view
• 1 Oct 2020 in Senate: This petition brings us back to the question of who is supposed to handle the review of boundaries of counties. A commission set up by Parliament should have resolved boundary disputes between counties. Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr. drafted the County Boundaries Bill, 2017, which I am surprised is being referred to as a money Bill. It has become a practice of the National Assembly to refer to all Bills coming from the Senate as money Bills. Initially, they used to say the Senate only needs to process Bills that concern counties. The National Assembly has been shelving all the Bills ... view
• 1 Oct 2020 in Senate: I think colleagues in the National Assembly need to get serious because we all have the same mandate under the Constitution to make laws. Therefore, we have to legislate. We have to do it together. That is why Bills originate from one House and go to the other. What they are doing is not in good faith because I have seen Bills which have come from that House which are now in Second Reading in this House like the Equalisation Fund Bill. You will be surprised if you see what is at the back of that Bill. I do not ... view
• 1 Oct 2020 in Senate: We are doing disservice to Kenyans by not making the right laws. No wonder Kenyans went to the Chief Justice (CJ) to ask for Parliament to be dissolved because of the kind of games we are playing. Mine is to urge our colleagues in the National Assembly to get serious. We are serving Kenyans. This is an important piece of legislation. We have problems as it has been enumerated by Members. In almost each and every county, there is a boundary dispute because there is no consultation. Some of the boundaries are colonial or tribal. Some of them were done ... view
• 1 Oct 2020 in Senate: As Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr. has said, we have to start from somewhere. We have to adopt that Act then come up with amendments to create a commission which will address these issues. We have boundary problems, but one House of Parliament is sitting on the legislation which would have created that commission. view
• 1 Oct 2020 in Senate: We empathise with the situation Kenyans are in. Parliament has to move with speed and create that commission which will deal with county boundaries. As we know, the only relevant existing commission is the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) which only deals with constituencies and wards. It does not deal with counties. The law says we have to create a commission under Article 188 which this Senate has done by coming up with the necessary legislation. So, as to sort out the problem of The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version ... view
• 1 Oct 2020 in Senate: Kenyans in terms of petitions and county boundary disputes, the starting point will be that commission. Even if we take the petitions, how are we going to do it because the law envisaged a commission? view
• 1 Oct 2020 in Senate: We have done our part. This is now the tenth year since this Constitution was promulgated, but that commission is not in place. Kenyans still have that problem. There will be more challenges once counties continue to realise and generate their resources. We know very well that there is a dispute in Kapedo Area between Turkana and Baringo. It might escalate once geothermal power starts being exploited around Silale because that is a disputed area. Those kind of conflicts will be there once counties start looking back to see how they can generate their own resources. view