Godana Hargura

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• 23 Jun 2020 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I rise pursuant to Standing Order No. 47 (1) to make a Statement on a matter of countywide, inter-county, national and international concern, namely the general state of security in Marsabit County, the neighbouring counties and the neighbouring country, Ethiopia. Mr. Speaker Sir, there has been serious escalation of attacks and loss of lives mainly between residents of North Horr and Saku constituencies around the area of Orodere. To date, these attacks have claimed not less than 33 lives along that particular area. There have also been attacks along the Kenya-Ethiopian border at Forole and ... view
• 23 Jun 2020 in Senate: were on their way to address these issues. Unfortunately, we lost of all them and we seem not to have learnt from that. We know that Moyale Constituency had experienced serious fighting between 2012 and 2014 which resulted in Kenyans becoming refugees in Ethiopia and houses being burned. This has been recurring. The conflict in Marsabit has been documented and analysed over a long period of time. In my short study of the conflict, I have come across not less than 10 documentations. When you go through them, they have all analysed and noted that the causes of conflict are ... view
• 23 Jun 2020 in Senate: I would like to urge my fellow politicians and leaders from Marasbit County on the Floor of this House to take the lives of our people seriously. Let us not make our people fight each other, so that we can show that somebody has not been performing, so that we use that as a basis of campaigning. Unfortunately, that is what is happening. The expansionist aspect is also there, but it is being sustained by the fact that the national Government is not ready to come and set out the constituencies and administrative boundaries. There was a case where we ... view
• 23 Jun 2020 in Senate: the security apparatus is the one that is driving or emboldening these criminals to continue with this. In the case of the four students who were killed two weeks ago, on 8th June, 2020, the County Commissioner called in the Northern Rangeland Trust (NRT) which had sniffer dogs who tracked the killers to a particular farm which is known and it has an owner. Instead of arresting people in that farm, we are being told that investigations are going on and nobody has been arrested. There was a case in 2017 during the election time where two children from the ... view
• 23 Jun 2020 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am concluding. I am at the last paragraph. Sometimes last year, the Cabinet Secretary for the Ministry of Interior and Coordination of National Government called leaders from Marsabit, Samburu and Laikipia counties to Nanyuki and had a meeting with them. He made his decision that one of the drivers of conflict are the KPRs, so disarm them while knowing very well the conflict is caused by the illegal firearm holders. Instead of disarming the illegal firearm holders, he disarmed the KPRs whom he can disarm. Now the illegal firearm holders The electronic version of the Senate ... view
• 23 Jun 2020 in Senate: have a field day and they are killing people left, right and center. The police cannot match them because they lack will. That is why these incidents are escalating. In light of the above, I would urge the Cabinet Secretary for the Ministry of Interior and Coordination of National Government to ensure that the KPRs are armed after proper vetting. When we asked the county security team, they told us they have done the vetting and submitted the names. That was two years ago and it is still lying here and people are killing each other. For example, in the ... view
• 26 May 2020 in Senate: Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I would like to thank Sen. Khaniri for bringing up this issue of lack of concern or focus by the Government on the agriculture sector or the food security in this country. As a nation, we must be in a position to feed ourselves. We have been endowed with good land, enough space and also citizens who are dedicated to food production. Without clear focus at the policy level, the production will go down as we are experiencing now. We are told that we need to import maize, when we know that in parts of ... view
• 26 May 2020 in Senate: Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I would like to thank Sen. Wetangula for bringing up this issue again because as a Committee, we had visited Malaba sometime late last year. At that time, it was only because of the infrastructure issue. However, the aspect of testing drivers is coming in now and it is causing more delay. As a Committee, we need to follow up. I remember two or three weeks ago, we had a promise from the Cabinet Secretary that they were to construct a small 50 metres within one week. I do not think it has been done. ... view
• 28 Apr 2020 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would like commend the Standing Committee on Finance and Budget for coming up with this Report. I engaged the Chairperson of the Committee when the Clerk of Marsabit County Assembly came to follow on that issue. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, generally, we must have ceilings, which should have been given at the right time. We are not addressing the issue here. We are trying to save money, but we might lose more through litigation, since we have contracts that have been awarded and signed by contractors. Some of them have even done more ... view
• 21 Apr 2020 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I would like to send my condolences to the bereaved families of the 24 persons in particular, the people of Elgeyo-Marakwet and West Pokot counties in general. We have been going through disasters one after the other; it is either drought, floods, or this kind of thing. As a country, we should be prepared. I know that in the case of drought, there is the National Drought Emergency Fund. It is a Kshs2 billion fund. This Parliament passed a Bill, I do not know whether the President assented to it, but it needs to be ... view