wilson sossion

All parliamentary appearances

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• 23 Sep 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, I start by thanking the office of the Speaker for approving this Motion of Adjournment on an urgent matter of national interest in terms of the insecurity we are experiencing in Laikipia. It is not only in the past few weeks that we have had this problem, rather it has been perennial and recurring. The state agencies seem not to be very keen in solving the issue once and for all. view
• 23 Sep 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, we are facing insecurity not only in Laikipia but also in Saku and parts of the Northern Kenya region. We are also being ravaged by COVID-19. We have also been attacked by drought. From rumours, the Cabinet has not sat for the last eight months. It is only God who will protect Kenyans. That is why we look upon God to come and protect us. The Cabinet is supposed to meet weekly, being the highest security organ in our country. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this ... view
• 23 Sep 2021 in National Assembly: Cattle rustling and historical land injustices are the causes of all the insecurity we are experiencing in Laikipia. Let me talk about cattle rustling. It is high time this House pronounced itself on cattle rustling because it is a crime that is sanitised culturally for it to sound a bit ruthless. Through cattle rustling, crimes against humanity are committed. These include murder, displacement of people and robbery with violence. However, we sanitise this dangerous practice by giving it a cultural tug so that we do not deal with it in accordance with the Penal Code like. view
• 23 Sep 2021 in National Assembly: The way our security agencies responded to the insecurity in Laikipia was wanting. The Regional Commissioner, Mr Natembeya, said that the bandits were superior to the Kenya Defence Forces (KDF). He went on to say that the bandits had M16 Rifles, whose shooting range is 3.5 kilometre, literally scaring away police officers from pursuing the bandits. So, police officers maintain a radius of 3.5 kilometres between them and the bandits. Was Natembeya aware of where the cattle were being taken or was he a beneficiary? Why scare away our security forces from pursuing the bandits if you do not know ... view
• 23 Sep 2021 in National Assembly: What are the residents of Laikipia supposed to say having cried to the Government to go and protect them, only for the Government to say that its forces are inferior to the bandits and that they do not have enough arms to deal with the bandits? What will the terrorists say? They will say that Kenyans are vulnerable and are open to attack. The Regional Commissioner was addressing the world through the media. Those are things they should have discussed off-camera. view
• 23 Sep 2021 in National Assembly: Another cause of the insecurity in Laikipia that should be addressed once and for all is land historical injustices. There are big chunks of land that were migration corridors for livestock searching for water and pasture. Because of historical land injustices, that land was harnessed and put into the hands of big ranchers. To solve this matter, we have to know how the land was acquired. Land in Kenya can only be acquired through two means. One, you are allocated land because you are a member of a group ranch and, of course, your neighbour next door must be aware ... view
• 23 Sep 2021 in National Assembly: The response to the insecurity in Laikipia is wanting. Cabinet Secretary Mating’i is on the view
• 23 Sep 2021 in National Assembly: record . He came to this august House and claimed that the Deputy President has 15,000 acres of land in that area, thus inciting the masses in Laikipia. If it is true that the Deputy President of the Republic of Kenya has donated the land to the pastoralist and herders, why is the land not demarcated and allocated to the beneficiaries that the Deputy President allocated it to? It is because Cabinet Secretary Matiang’i knew very well that he was lying. You can lie on the streets but you will not be allowed to come and lie on The Hansard ... view
• 23 Sep 2021 in National Assembly: We have lost lives. Hon. Sara Korere is here. She literally risked her life when she went through a hail of bullets to rescue a person with a hearing disability. He was deaf and could not hear the bullets being shot left, right and centre. Literally, with her people, she endured a hail of bullets and rescued three persons with disabilities. One of them is Gitai Musa, who called me. He The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 23 Sep 2021 in National Assembly: is blind. The other one is deaf and another one was in a wheel chair. Such are the leaders we need in this country. view