26 Nov 2019 in National Assembly:
Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker for giving me this chance. I appreciate the messages of condolences that have been sent by my colleagues who have spoken before me. I thank Hon. Moroto who brought this issue up. It is my constituency that suffered the most. That is why you have not seen me around. I have been on the ground since Saturday when it occurred. It occurred on the eve of Friday. For the Hon. Members of the House to appreciate, it covered an area of about 300 square kilometres in my constituency and Sigor Constituency of Hon. Lochakapong. On ...
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26 Nov 2019 in National Assembly:
Saturday morning. It is very sad for West Pokot and my constituency. I thank you for giving us this opportunity to ventilate and share information for national interest. About 20,000 people who are still alive are affected in one way or another. They are in camps. We have three camps in West Pokot. The biggest camp is in Nyerkulian, which is about 10,500 feet above sea level. There are others in Parua and Tamkal Primary schools, which are hosting the people I talked about. This has never happened in West Pokot. In the history of our community, such things have ...
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26 Nov 2019 in National Assembly:
Hon. Deputy Speaker, I want to join colleagues, and this is not politics, because we oversee people. If there is something that we feel is not done properly, it is the responsibility of this House to say so. I was born and grew up in that area. I am a leader now. The people, we, as a House, give responsibility must take it seriously, particularly cabinet secretaries and all other people who are charged with the responsibility of responding to disasters. From Saturday up to yesterday, it has been like a ping-pong kind of talk. It is the truth that ...
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26 Nov 2019 in National Assembly:
I want to plead with the people who missed to go there. They need to go there quickly. I am appealing to the Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) to construct the bridges. The bridges in Wei, Ortum and Sepit must be constructed very quickly. There are other small bridges that we have communicated about. We, as the Pokot people, are lamenting that some of these characters have been spoiling our image by saying all the time that we are bad and should not be visited. They also say that the area is insecure and there is bad weather. That is why ...
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26 Nov 2019 in National Assembly:
On a point of order, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker.
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26 Nov 2019 in National Assembly:
Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, is my senior, in terms of leadership, in order to insinuate that security is a county function? It is not! The last time I checked the Constitution, the responsibility of taking care of security of people of Kenya is a national Government function. Two, the resources we vote as a House go to the national Government. Is he in order?
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26 Nov 2019 in National Assembly:
Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, we know where Hon. Kamket is coming from. Is he in order to come and tell people here that somebody of the stature of the Deputy President of the Republic of Kenya… I know he is being used by KANU to abuse the Deputy President. He has been used. I know that. I know he is being used.
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26 Nov 2019 in National Assembly:
That is what I am saying.
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21 Nov 2019 in National Assembly:
Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I will respond in two weeks. However, there is nothing called a security road. There is no such classification. I will bring an answer in two weeks. I will give answers on the roads he has asked.
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21 Nov 2019 in National Assembly:
I wanted to give him that advance notice.
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