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May 3, 2018 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 1 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OFFICIAL REPORT Thursday, 3rd May 2018 The House met at 2.30 p.m. [The Deputy Speaker (Hon. Cheboi) in the Chair] PRAYERS COMMUNICATION FROM THE CHAIR DELEGATION FROM THE PARLIAMENT OF ALGERIA IN THE SPEAKER’S ROW Hon. Deputy Speaker: Order, Hon. Members! Hon. Members, I wish to introduce to you a delegation of Members and staff from the Parliament of Algeria, seated at the Speaker’s Row. The delegation comprises the following: 1. Hon. Said Bouhadja - Speaker, Leader of Delegation 2. Hon. El Hadj Laib, MP - Deputy Speaker 3. Hon. Mohamed Abdelhadi, MP - President of the Algeria-Kenya Parliamentary Friendship Group 4. Mr. Mhand Berouk - Advisor on International Relations to the Hon. Speaker 5. Mr. Nadir Beladjel - Chief of Protocol to the Hon. Speaker. Hon. Members, the delegation is in the country under the invitation of the Speaker of the National Assembly and their programme includes, among other activities, the formation and inauguration of the Kenya-Algeria Parliamentary Friendship Group. On behalf of the National Assembly and on my own behalf, I welcome them to the National Assembly and wish them fruitful engagements during their stay in the country. The delegation is also accompanied by Ambassador Lemoshira, the Kenyan ambassador to Algeria. I thank you. PETITIONS CONSTRUCTION OF DAMS AND DRILLING OF BOREHOLES IN TURKANA COUNTY Hon. Deputy Speaker: On this particular one, we have Hon. Jeremiah Ekamais. Is he in the House? Proceed. Disclaimer: The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. May 3, 2018 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 2 Hon. Lomorukai: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to read this Petition. It is by residents of Turkana County on the establishment of dams and drilling of boreholes. I, the undersigned, on behalf of the residents of Turkana County draw the attention of the House to the following… Hon. Deputy Speaker, the problem is that I did not carry my spectacles. THAT, Article 69 of the Constitution provides that the State shall ensure sustainable exploration, utilisation, management and conservation of the… Hon. Deputy Speaker: Hon. Ekamais, I know you have a problem. Normally you use some glasses. I do not know whether that is what is giving you trouble. Hon. Lomorukai: That is the major problem. (Hon. F.K. Wanyonyi gave Hon. Lomorukai his spectacles) This one is different. (Laughter) Hon. Deputy Speaker: I think in the spirit of the handshakes of yesterday, I can see many members approaching you. Hon. Lomorukai: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I think the handshake has really helped a lot. I repeat. Hon. Deputy Speaker: Order, Hon. Ekamais! Actually, the Member for Juja wants to give you his contact lenses. I do not know how he will remove them from his eyes. (Laughter) You can proceed. Hon. Lomorukai: Thank you. Hon. Deputy Speaker, I, the undersigned, on behalf of the residents of Turkana County, draw the attention of the House to the following: THAT, Article 69 of the Constitution provides that the State shall ensure sustainable exploitation, utilisation, management and conservation of the environment and natural resources, and ensure the equitable sharing of the accruing benefits; THAT, water is a key natural resource which is essential for the wellbeing of every individual; THAT, Turkana County is an arid and semi-arid area and as a result experiences dry spells and lack of water and pasture throughout the year; THAT, the Turkana residents’ main economic activity is livestock farming and, therefore, it is crucial to have adequate water for livestock use; THAT, in the recent past, the residents of Loima and Turkana West have migrated to the neighbouring districts of Uganda in search of water and pastures for their animals; CONCERNED THAT for more than 40 years, pastoralists in those areas have suffered due to lack of basic necessities such as water for both domestic use and for livestock; Disclaimer: The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. May 3, 2018 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 3 THAT, the residents have persistently sought assistance from the Government and Non- Governmental Organisations for construction of dams and drilling of boreholes in Turkana County to provide water to the residents with no avail; THAT, efforts to resolve this matter with the relevant Government agencies have been futile; and THAT, the matter presented in this Petition is not pending before any tribunal, court of law or independent body. Therefore, your humble Petitioners pray that the National Assembly, through the Departmental Committee on Environment and Natural Resources: 1. Recommends that the National Assembly allocates funds for construction of at least three dams and three boreholes in Namoniangikala, Lomokori and Moruita areas; 2. Ensures that the Petitioners’ plight is addressed; and 3. Makes any other order or direction that it deems fit in the circumstances of the matter. Your Petitioners will ever pray. My friend Sankok will contribute to this. Hon. Deputy Speaker: No. That is not your business, Hon. Ekamais. In fact, as a result of what you have just done, Hon. Sankok will not contribute to the Petition. That is when you will realise that power rests somewhere. You cannot choose Members who will speak. I see Hon. Sankok on the list but I will skip him and give an opportunity to the Member for Kwanza, Hon. Wanyonyi Kevin. Hon. F.K. Wanyonyi: Hon. Deputy Speaker, I want to take this opportunity to thank my colleague. I come from Trans Nzoia County which neighbours Turkana County. This Petition is properly before this House. It is necessary for us to help the residents of Turkana. As you know, we recently passed the Irrigation Bill. It is so unfair that in most cases, during the dry spell, the residents of Turkana go to Uganda to graze their animals. Therefore, it is necessary for us to build for them the boreholes and dams as requested. This Parliament, through this Petition and the Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation, should do something on this request because that is the only way we can help the people of Turkana. I support the Petition. Hon. Deputy Speaker: On the other side, I see Hon. Bowen Kangogo, Member for Marakwet East. Hon. Bowen: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to support my good friend from Loima. The Petition before this House is very important because water is a basic human need, especially for the pastoral community. To change the nomadic life of the people of Turkana and pastoralists in Kenya in general, we need to provide water for them. It is very unfortunate that our people in Turkana have to cross to Uganda to get water. As a Member of the Departmental Committee on Environment and Natural Resources, we will take this Petition very seriously to make sure that the people of Loima benefit from the natural resource of water. I also want to tell the Member that there is the Equalisation Fund whose Estimates the Leader of the Majority Party will table before this House this afternoon. In that Fund, there is an aspect of water. We encourage the Turkana MPs to utilise that Equalisation Fund so that the people of Turkana can have water. I support the Petition. Hon. Deputy Speaker: Lastly, let me give an opportunity to Hon. Murungi Kathuri. Disclaimer: The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. May 3, 2018 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 4 Hon. Murungi: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I also want to comment on this Petition. Most of the areas in Kenya are dry. Almost two-thirds of the Kenyan land mass is dry. As we ask the national Government to build those boreholes, Turkana County receives the highest amount of money from Parliament through the county government. Therefore, Turkana County receives money from the county government plus the Equalisation Fund through this Parliament because we have that responsibility. We would like to see what has been done in Turkana County with those two funds. I chair the Committee on Special Funds which looks at the audit reports of the Equalisation Fund. I would be very interested to see the impact of that Fund in this country. Many Members are always complaining that the Equalisation Fund is not running smoothly and reaching the beneficiaries. A lot can be done but I support the Petition. The residents of Turkana can also use the water from Lake Turkana which is a fresh-water lake. Turkana also has a lot of water aquifers. The Government can tap that resource and benefit the people of Turkana. Hon. Deputy Speaker: Let us have Hon. Wandayi. Hon. Wandayi: Hon. Deputy Speaker, I also wish to thank my friend and colleague, the Member for Loima, for presenting this Petition. I want to echo the sentiments of Hon. Kathuri Murungi. Even as we petition the national Government to help the people in terms of the provision of basic facilities, requirements or necessities such as water, we must be alive to the fact that the county governments have now come of age. We could have excused them in the first term but currently, the county governments should be in a position to prioritise for their people what needs to be done. Hon. Deputy Speaker: Let us be brief, Hon. Wandayi. Hon. Wandayi: As much as I want to support the Petition and implore the Government, through this House to look at the matter expeditiously, I must challenge the county governments to up their game and address the issues that are of concern to the people in their counties.
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