Dr. Noah Wekesa

All parliamentary appearances

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• 18 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, this is in response to a request for a Ministerial Statement from hon. David Ethuro, Member of Parliament for Turkana; about the death of one Ebenyo Ebwangiti. view
• 18 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: On 7th July, 2011, a report reached our Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) offices in Lodwar that one Ebenyo Ebwangiti was killed by an elephant at Namadi in Oropoi. A team of KWS security personnel was dispatched to the area from Lodwar to confirm the incident. On the way, the KWS team gathered intelligence information which indicated that on 29th June, 2011, a team of three Kenya Police Reservists (KPR), namely Daudi Epenyo, who was in possession of an FN rifle; Epuwa Losur, who was in possession of a G3 rifle, and the deceased person, Ebenyo Ebwangiti Lolaput, who was in ... view
• 18 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, when the Security team reached Namadi area, they further established that the same team of three had proceeded westward of Namadi towards Kidebo National Reserve, which is in Uganda, and were following a herd of elephants. The security team followed the wildlife tracks and the KPR’s footprints for another 30 kilometres and established that the accused were purely on a poaching expedition. On the tracks, they noted blood drops stains of the elephant that the accused persons had hit while on their poaching mission before the deceased person met his death. view
• 18 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: This indicated that the three KPR personnel, armed with their rifles, had wounded the elephant and followed it in anticipation that it would shortly die and they would pick the tusks. The wounded elephant charged at the three men and killed Emojeo Ebwangiti. The dead elephant’s carcass, with one tusk chopped off, was also found at the scene. Daudi Ebenyo Lotyang sustained injuries, while Epua Losur escaped and took the rifle of Emojeo Ebwangiti to Kalobei Police Station for custody. view
• 18 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the two KPR personnel, with the help of the regular police, were picked up to help with investigation on what led to the killing of the elephant and help produce the missing tusk. The accused refused to co-oprate and were handed over to Kakuma Police Station for arraignment in court and conviction. The KWS and police security team visited the scene and confirmed that the KPR personnel were on a poaching expedition since there were livestock tracts in the area in question. There is no sign of human habitation within the area of the incident. There were ... view
• 18 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: The death of the deceased person was not in self defence, nor was it in any way connected to the herding of livestock. There was only one death, caused by the elephant. In this particular incident, a man by the name Emojoe Ebwangiti was trampled to death beyond recognition by the injured and enraged elephant. The death did not occur in the process of self-defence by the deceased person. view
• 18 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, as per the laid down regulations and the Laws of Kenya, KPR personnel are mandated to protect the lives of common wananchi from attacks, protect and secure livestock from theft and ensure that national heritage is well preserved. The two KPR personnel were not supposed to kill wildlife for any trophy. The KPR view
• 18 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the evidence is not only from the Government officials. It is also stated that there were residents in the areas that corroborated the stories that the Kenya Wildlife Services (KWS) and the police observed. So there were also other people there who corroborated the story. view
• 18 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Yes, they did. view
• 28 Jul 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. view