Godana Hargura

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• 16 Jul 2019 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, in the same spirit, I would also like to ask the Committee to follow up on the issue of the pastoralists. August is normally a dry month and most of the pastoralists move to areas where they cannot be accessed. We need to know how the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) will capture the pastoralists who will be in inaccessible areas. All the able-bodied young men from Laisamis Constituency are in Samburu County because that is where they can get pasture for their animals. They do not intend to go home because it is still ... view
• 16 Jul 2019 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I would like to support the Report by the Mediation Committee because most of the amendments by the Senate were accepted by Members of the National Assembly, except for a few cases like the Title where they insisted to have it the way it was. The rationale behind having amendments to various land laws is because we have been having compulsory acquisition of land for infrastructural development. Being a Member of the Committee on Roads and Transportation, we have many petitions based on that. We have had cases where within the same year, land valuation by ... view
• 16 Jul 2019 in Senate: An acre of land could be valued at Kshs900,000 but another valuer could value the same land at Kshs30 million. Using the same parameters, you cannot get that kind of variation in the same year. So, there is need to have some way of calculating the values. I hope once the Bill is assented to, there will be some order because many Kenyans are suffering because the relevant commission could not come up with acceptable land values. When valuation is done, you can have three different values by the same commission for the same piece of land. That shows there ... view
• 16 Jul 2019 in Senate: It is assumed that community land is not developed; the way we understand development. We, as Pastoralists, believe that the way we are using land is the best way to use it. We do not have to construct structures on it to indicate that we have developed it. The way we use it; that is the best way we can use it. So, there must be a way of taking that into account; the form of land use. This involves a bigger population. Unlike private land where only a family or an individual will be affected. In this case, we ... view
• 10 Jul 2019 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, I support the ban on logging because we have a forest cover level to meet. This statement is under Standing Order No.47. If you commit it to a Committee, there are issues that we need to look into. We have several forests in Marsabit County. A group of women used to depend on the Mt. Marsabit Forest not for logging, but to collect the dead wood for firewood and to earn a livelihood. When this ban was introduced, the forest was fenced off and nobody has access to it. Those are some side benefits that when such ... view
• 4 Jul 2019 in Senate: On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. view
• 4 Jul 2019 in Senate: Yes, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I commend the Chairperson of the Committee on Energy in the way they handled the issue of the LTWP. This is where the CS was trying to completely avoid answering questions. Sen. Wetangula and I have looked at whatever answers that they gave. I commend the Chairperson for saying that there might have been some loss and that needs to be investigated further. view
• 19 Jun 2019 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I rise pursuant to Standing Order No.48(1) to seek a Statement from the Standing Committee on Roads and Transportation concerning the state of Loiyangalani Airstrip in Marsabit County. In the Statement, the Committee should- (1) Indicate the plans the Government has to rehabilitate Loiyangalani Airstrip to bitumen standards and improve it to a level where it can accommodate large aircraft considering that the airstrip is an important access point to among other, the Loiyangalani Resort on the eastern shores of Lake Turkana which plays host to the annual Lake Turkana Cultural Festival. (2) Indicate what measures are ... view
• 18 Jun 2019 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would like to support this Bill, which is an amendment to The Kenya Medical Supplies Authority Act. Much as this is an Authority that has been mandated to deal with the supplies of drugs and other medical equipment to all health facilities, there is need to understand that there is devolution, and health is a devolved function. The facilities other than the ones which are referral facilities under the national Government are under the county governments. Therefore, the county governments must be fully involved in the supply system, unlike what is there now where the ... view
• 18 Jun 2019 in Senate: I do not get the direct connection between KEMSA and health facilities. I thought that it is the county governments that procure. This is tricky because the county governments have to receive and make sure that what they receive is what they have ordered for, and then pay for it. If there is that direct connection between KEMSA and health facilities, the county governments, which are the procuring entities, might not be in a position to certify that what they are paying for is what they requisitioned for and supplied. I, therefore, support Sen. Were in saying that the Mover ... view