BARINGO COUNTY ASSEMBLY
THE HANSARD
The House met on Tuesday 14th February 2017 at 3:01PM
The Speaker (Hon. Kamket) in Chair
PRAYERS
The Speaker (Hon. Kamket): Let’s proceed
COMMUNICATION FROM THE CHAIR
The Speaker (Hon. Kamket): Good afternoon Honorable Members
(Applause)
You are all welcome to this session. It has been a long recess and in I am grateful that all of us have come back without too many incidences. I take this opportunity to congratulate Members from Ravine for remembering the family of our colleague late Hon. Kimani.
(Applause)
This Inorder to finish what you have started and we expect you to inform us when to join you to help Mrs. Kagathi sail through. I ask all of us to spare a day before the election day to go and campaign for her in respect for our departed colleague in spite of our political differences. 
Have you heard that Hon. Kamuren? You need not to respond. Thank you Mheshimiwa and the same applies to all Members. I know why I am targeting Hon. Kamuren.
(Laughter)
Secondly colleagues, this is a short session  and there are some housekeeping matters I want to address immediately at the rise of Assembl. So we remain behind for a Kamukunji so that we can address our own issues. Please Mhe. Chepsongol and the Minority Whip let us whip our other colleagues who are within Kabarnet to be present so that we discuss issues affecting us together.
 Finally I wish you a fruitful session as we prepare for party primaries. Thank you.  Next order!

PAPER
second quarter budget implementation report for 2016/17 financial year
The Speaker (Hon. Kamket): The Leader of Majority.
Hon. Toroitich (Leader of Majority): Thank you Mr. Speaker before I lay the paper on the table, allow me to usher in members after a long recess. As you have already said, I thank all members from Eldama Ravine lead by the Speaker who delivered that seat of Maji Mazuri to Mrs Kagathi despite some technicalities.  
The Speaker (Hon. Kamket): Did you mean Deputy Speaker?
Hon. Toroitich (Leader of Majority): Yes the Deputy Speaker. Mr. Speaker this is the time that all of us have a real test on the ground as Jubilee supporters. We have to show how much we hold the ground Mr.2 Speaker. We need to come together to support Mrs. Kagathi because of our departed colleague and we need each one of us to contribute something little so as to finance her to enable her campaign on the ground.
Mr. Speaker, being the nomination and campaign period, I urge the Members of this House to come for sessions especially those of us who are in Jubilee party since we have many task ahead of the coming nominations. I urge other Members like Hon. Kamuren who are not going for nominations to pray for us so that in August we will face each other. 
Coming on the order paper, I beg to lay the Second Quarter Budget Implementation Report for 2016/17 Financial Year.  I beg to lay
The Speaker (Hon. Kamket): Very well, this document is referred to Committee of Finance. Next Order! 
STATEMENTS
construction ESMOS curio stalls
The Speaker (Hon. Kamket): Mhe Cheboiwo
Hon. Cheboiwo: Thank you Mr. Speaker sir I would like to ask a question to the Chairman Trade, Tourism and Cooperatives on the following matters of concern;
i.	If he is aware that the County Government has budgeted for the construction of EMSOS curios Stalls?
ii.	How much funds were allocated for the aforementioned project?
iii.	Can the department provide the implementation status of the construction of the aforementioned stalls and the expected date of completion?
Thank you Mr. Speaker sir.
The Speaker (Hon. Kamket): I am not seeing the Chair.  Who is the Vice or a Member of that committee…yes!
Hon. Kiplimo: Mr. Speaker, I am neither seeing the Vice Chair but I am a member of that committee.  I will inform the Chairman about the question and I request the member to give us time until next week Wednesday morning; we will bring an answer.
The Speaker (Hon. Kamket): Very well next week on Wednesday morning. Mhe. Kiplimo the next question is yours. 
(Statement deferred)

status of projects in eldama ravine ward
Hon. Kiplimo: Thank you Mr. Speaker I rise again to seek a statement on behalf of the people of Eldama Ravine Ward from the Leader of Majority on the following matters of concern;
i.	If is aware that the County Government has allocated funds for projects in Eldama Ravine?
ii.	Can the Leader of Majority provide list of all the projects undertaken by the County Government and the cost of each projects in Eldama Ravine ward since 2013?
iii.	How many projects have been commissioned and what is the implementation status of the other incomplete projects? 
iv.	Can the Leader of Majority give a report on the impact of each of the aforementioned projects to the livelihoods of the people of Eldama Ravine Ward?
Thank you Mr. Speaker sir I beg to seek a statement.
The Speaker (Hon. Kamket): Yes.
Hon. Toroitich (Leader of Majority):  Thank you Mr. Speaker, I do not think this question should come to my office but to the implementation Committee. 
The Speaker (Hon. Kamket): It is to your office.
(Laughter)
Hon. Toroitich (Leader of Majority):  Mr. Speaker on the same note the Member asking the question is the Hon. Member of that Ward.  He knows the status of all projects.
The Speaker (Hon. Kamket): Order!  Yes Mhe Kiplimo.
Hon. Kiplimo: Mr. Speaker, I beg that you ask the Majority Leader not to expose his ignorance because I am a representative of the people of Eldama Ravine. This question is not personal but it is the people of Ravine who are asking. He has to answer the people of Eldama Ravine.
The Speaker (Hon. Kamket): That is true, you are responding on behalf of Governor.
Hon. Toroitich (Leader of Majority):  I oblige Mr. Speaker and I will give the answer next week on Thursday at 2:30pm.
The Speaker (Hon. Kamket): Okay next order!
(Statement deferred)

MOTION
approval of the 2017 calender
The Speaker (Hon. Kamket): Mhe Toroitich.
Hon. Toroitich (Leader of Majority):  Thank you Mr. Speaker I rise on a motion THAT, pursuant to the provisions of Standing Order 26, this House approves the Calendar of the House, Regular Sessions for the Fifth Session of the Assembly, as contained in the Schedule.
Mr. Speaker, this is another session and this Honorable House need to approve this calendar as contained in the schedule. Thank you 
The Speaker (Hon. Kamket): Who is seconding you? Yes Mhe Kiplimo.
Hon. Kiplimo: Thank you Mr. Speaker I stand to second this calendar which is well thought. Before I continue, I apologize for the membership of this House that we were to resume earlier but the executive overstayed with the budget. The reason for us to resume earlier was the budgeting process because we are on a tight schedule. ….
The Speaker (Hon. Kamket): Yes. 
Hon. Chepsongol: Mr. Speaker, is it in order for the Member of Ravine to make a communication when we have the Speaker on the Chair? 
The Speaker (Hon. Kamket): Yes. He is in order. Yes Mhe. Kibii
Hon. Kibii: Thank you Mr. Speaker. I believe…
The Speaker (Hon. Kamket): Are you rising on a point of order?
Hon. Kibii: Yes. That Hon. Deputy Speaker is misleading us because the Leadership of this House had gone for a trip. That is why we were late to come to the Assembly.
(Laughter)
The Speaker (Hon. Kamket): Thank you for that information.
Hon. Kiplimo (The Deputy Speaker): Thank you Mr. Speaker. I thank him and ask Hon. Chepsongol, I said earlier, if you speak, you will expose…
The Speaker (Hon. Kamket): Please second the motion.    
Hon. Kiplimo (The Deputy Speaker): Mr. Speaker that is the reason why we had to come today. But you are aware that party primaries are as from April 13th to 26th. We have put it from 14th February to 6th April so that Members can have a week of recess and those seeking elective positions have time to present. While Hon. Lotela is laughing at me I am asking him to come to Eldama Ravine in August to support me.
We will resume immediately after the party primaries and from that, there will be an adjournment by sin die for this House. According to the new Constitution, the President or the Governor no longer has the power to dissolve parliament. Parliaments will always be there until the next parliament. During this period, Members will have time to campaign for their parties, and themselves in the general election for those who will have gone through the party primaries.  
They will have their salaries without the sitting allowance. Having said that, I beg to second, thank the Members, and urge them to support this calendar.     
The Speaker (Hon. Kamket): Thank you.
(Question Proposed)
Debate on the calendar is open. Leader of Minority!
Hon. Lekakimon (Leader of Minority): Thank you Mr. Speaker. I also support the calendar as it was well researched on and planned. I congratulate these Members for coming back healthy and staying in their Wards for two months because it is not easy and we thank God for the opportunity. The time specified for us to be in this Assembly is very short. By 4th March, we will have accomplished four years and by the time elections will be held, we will have been in the office for four years, five months. 
And because the Constitution has to run smoothly, elections were put in August otherwise; our term could have run to March 2018.  As Members, we should use our time in office wisely because from today to 6th April, it’s about two to three months. Members are going for their Party primaries from 13th April to around 20th. There are requirements for the parties. So, don’t be locked out. Look for those requirements as you attend sessions.  We shall be very happy when everybody comes back here. 
For those aspiring for the Senate or Parliamentary seats, we wish them well so that when they will be in the National Assembly, others will be here. Elections this round are not going to be easy as there are laws that some Members are not aware of including the law of party hoping. Two, you are required to be in the office until the sin die recess that will end on 7th August 2017. If you don’t come out in the party primaries, you will just be there to say goodbye. There are also issues on hopping from the party that you were elected with. I wish everyone the best and let’s avoid wrangles and work in peace so that we have time to balance the ground and the Assembly. I support this calendar. 
I know that I am the only one in ODM where people don’t come and I am aligned to NASA.   I think KANU will be our friend although they are yellow line and don’t want to go to Jubilee. We welcome them to NASA and take this Government home. Thank you.
(Laughter)
The Speaker (Hon. Kamket): Yes Senior.
Hon. Cheptoo: Thank you Hon. Speaker. I support the motion on the adoption of the calendar. First and foremost, I thank God for having kept all of us in recess. It has been busy and with a lot of anxiety in the sense that we were with our opponents. We are in a very difficult period especially because of the ongoing drought and for those of us who have JICA boreholes, we are grateful as they have been of great help and we wish that they can be increased.    
Hon. Colleagues, despite our busy schedule campaigning; we should find time to be in this Assembly because it is our responsibility as the programs in this House have to continue.  Occasionally Hon. Speaker, you have to bear with us on the issue of quorum because that is expected. Notwithstanding that, we will be affiliated to different parties but let’s campaign with decorum because we have life after campaign whether you will be in or out of the Assembly. 
Party issues are pertinent but there is a way that it can be done without hurting ourselves. Let us wish each other well. Thank you.
The Speaker (Hon. Kamket): Thank you. Member for Loyamorok.
Hon. Cheretei: Thank you Mr. Speaker. I welcome Members to this session and thank God that we are all back. My concern is about the calendar. I request that we amend this calendar because if we try to merge this with the IEBC calendar that states that the party primaries should be conducted from 13th April to 26th and it is like Members will be coming back to the House after nominations. Right after nominations, some people will not be coming back here because of the strict election rules set. Very soon, they will be gazzetted to our political parties and right after, nominations will take place. 
Some will hop from the parties, others will remain while others will not get nominations. Bringing back Members will be like a torture as they will have already been stabbed. They need to nurse their issues at home and be informed of a no comeback. Secondly, the law states that we will be given three months to campaign and from 14th April to 26th to August, its three months of thorough campaign. When will we come back and to do what? Let us be paid as we conduct our campaigns. I beg that we change the calendar so that we go on sin die between 14th April and 26th April to August. 
But subjecting us to nominations  and right after nomination we are  expected  to come  back here  is a problem  because I know there are some people who are going to…  the IEBC register says that after nominations there will be Party disputes and you may not  know some of  these Members might be busy handling those disputes. When are you expecting to have them in this House?  
I request that we look on to the IEBC calendar and we match with our calendar, so that by 25th of April we dissolve this House and we go for our campaigns and nominations.  On 26th of April and thereafter we are not expected to come back to this House until we are dully elected to become Members of this House.
Mr. Speaker when someone loses in the nomination and he is not even in any Party and he come here claiming that he is still a Member, it is a problem. I hope the law will allow us to draw our allowances at home as we do our campaigns.  
So I beg that we amend this calendar so that we go on a sin die  from April 24th so that we have two days to do our serious campaigns for nominations and if we manage to come back well and good and those who will not manage Mungu saidia.
Mr. Speaker (Hon. Kamket): Member for Kolowa
Hon. Makal: Thank you Mr. Speaker. I welcome all the Hon. Members to this Hon. House. It has been long since we were here but now we are back and everybody’s heart is beating hard knowing the season we are in now.   
It is very serious, anyway we wish to stay but because of the Constitution Mr. Speaker we have to abide by it. We have been here with friends and political enemies, I can say that it is very hard but we have managed to this level.
Mr. Speaker, the issue of this calendar is that we approved it like this as a board because in the Constitution Article 126 Section 2 of the Constitution, the Assembly will be on until 8th that means that this Assembly will continue up to the time it is indicated in the calendar. 
It is unfortunate for the Members who will lose on the nominations but it is a matter of gambling; we wish them well. Like in schools or even the universities as the ladder goes up few people manages and the same applies to this House. We wish to come back again but it is the law of nature we can just pray to God about it. 
Mr. Speaker I support this Motion that we have just approved.  We wish all the Members to go and work hard so that we come back to this House.  
There is also an issue on drought; I was perplexed by the Hon. Member who was talking about JICA.  JICA have not constructed even one project in our place.  I don’t know what Baringo North have done for them to enjoy, anyway we wish our citizens well.
On the other side they have dug the boreholes but they have not put the solar and other requirements. Mr. Speaker as we pass this calendar, I am also requesting this House to rethink on how we can curb this issue of drought. 
It is a National disaster that this House to at least look on to it so that we can at least pass a supplementary budget and purchase maize and provide water to the people across the County. That way we can be seen as a County Assembly or a County Government that takes care of the people. I beg to support.
The Speaker (Hon. Kamket): Yes Member for Saimo/Soi.
Hon. Kambala: Thank you Mr. Speaker. I support this Motion and I echo first Members who had contributed on the matter.  I thought by April we would be no longer in this House but when I saw the calendar of the House, I smiled but again it will be determined by the nomination of parties.
I think parties like ODM is assured of nominations upto August and maybe KANU because they don’t do nominations. Anyway we are going to see this time round, never the less what a Member had said earlier that maybe after April we could go for a sin die.  I have the IEBC calendar here and comparing with ours, I think the Members of the House Business Committee sat and just thought without IEBC timelines.  
So Mr. Speaker, the issue of going for sin die from April might not arise here because we are going as per the House calendar which of course you will for example see the Governor or the President not to dissolve both Houses according to the Constitution, the issue at hand at the moment which is worrying our County and the other 23 Counties or 13 is about the issue of drought.
The drought has swept many livestock in our County, people are going without water and food, which is really very serious.  We are sorry about the death of one person from Silale Ward who passed on because of taking a carcass of a camel and many other hundreds of people who are now sick in hospitals.
Mr. Speaker we have to know what our Government is doing about it, I saw the other day Governors were contributing Kshs. one million from their Counties.  As much as we are beneficiaries of the donations we also need to know what our Government is doing to help the people and their livestock to avert the crisis.  
There are some schools without water even the water pans are dry and the boreholes are broken down. This House should come up with a recommendation or a Motion to see that our Government is doing something to our people.
I support this Motion, I have no problem with the way the calendar has been set but the issue that worries me much is that as we want to go for election we want votes from the people but they are dying and suffering from hunger, like the other day two people just hanged themselves in Turkana because their livestock were swept away by this drought.
Our departments especially for Agriculture, Water and Health should be moving to the ground to assist on the situation and encourage the people that the government is doing something, but when we just sit in our offices they will not   know what is going on but just get reports from chiefs and the local people from ground, this is something that worries me. Otherwise I support the Motion, thank you.
The Speaker (Hon. Kamket): Yes Mhe. Kamuren.
Hon. Kamuren: Thank you Mr. Speaker. I support the Motion. Mr. Speaker what is driving us is the constitution and it is very clear that we are in this Assembly until the next day to elections that’s on 7th of August.
Mr. Speaker, since this is a House of legislation so we have to work within the law and I can see it is already clear that the IEBC calendar  is not colliding in any way with this calendar so this is very okay.
On issues of the Parties, since you are a Member and you have taken the oath of office,  you are eligible to be a Member of this House until 7th August,  nobody will deny you  your right even if you are not nominated.
You are still relevant and you are a Member until that time because you are guided by the Constitution and not the issues of your party.  So there is no worry on what will happen during the nominations all through.
One  just need to plan on how he or she will carry out the activities of their campaigns and as members we should understand that  our major role is to provide oversight; we can’t say because this Country is going for elections then there should be no activities going on including  developments in our County.
We are still approving budgets and activities of the Government both at the County and the National level and the House should be active to make sure that in case there will some issues to do with corruption and issues to do with some individuals taking advantage of our busy schedule then that is the time we can also come in to assist.
So we can’t do away with this time, it is really very important and that is why it was provided for within the Constitution that there should be lifespan of the Assembly until elections because there is need and there is relevance over the same.
This is the most important period in our Country that we being the first group of this new Constitution to make sure that as we are going for campaigns and doing other issues to do with campaigns we should also have in mind that we have a role to make sure that the activities of Baringo County Government are going on and the law is being followed.  
Let us take care of resources already allocated for in the budget so that we watch and avoid corruption because at this particular time certain officers may mess up especially now where people are in the campaigning mood; people can take the advantage of our resources and mess up with them. 
You can see what is happening in Baringo, we are affected by drought, there are issues of water shortage and there are many other issues to do with health and many more challenges on matters of education, so our relevance in this House is very important and I think as per this calendar we are within the right position. So I support this and let it be the way it is and let us adhere to it. 
On matters of parties I want to inform Hon. Kambala that I am a member of KANU and Hon Kambala defected some years back and by now he doesn’t know what is going on in the House.  I may request that during his free time he may come so that I assist him.
(Laughter)
Because I know he is planning to join us soon.
(Laughter)
We are going to have nomination in KANU. On issues of Jubilee let it be clear that it is still a new party and you don’t know its whereabouts, it is going to be tested for the first time during this elections and that is why my friend and a colleague was saying they will test it for the first time at Majimazuri/Mumberes by-election because it is not known yet. 
 I want to assure you that there will be nomination in KANU as I welcome you to join us. Otherwise we want to wish each other success at this particular time and I beg that we move together as brothers and sisters and as colleagues to see that our resources at this particular time specifically this year are utilized to safeguard the rights of the people of Baringo.  Thank you Mr. Speaker.
The Speaker (Hon. Kamket): Thank you, yes member for Bartabwa.
Hon. Chepsongol: Thank you Mr. Speaker, I rise to support the adoption of this Assembly calendar. Mr. Speaker I want to differ with Hon. Kamuren, I think the issue of calendar is meant to guide us in the Assembly and it does not link itself to the issues of party primaries. We from the Jubilee are going to have our nominations in April and the only happy member Mr. Speaker is the Hon. Member from Ilchamus Ward because he doesn’t have any competitor from his party ODM which we are informed that they are in NASA now… I think we better talk of KANU because we are seeing some efforts that they are making  maybe Hon. Kamuren may ask Hon. Lekakimon to join him.
Mr. Speaker according to me the issue of nomination on our part that is Jubilee we are not afraid of anything because Jubilee is a democratic party where by the nomination will be done fairly. I am sympathizing with those members that we were together but they have now jumped to a place they don’t know, it is better for us because we know where we are now. Mr. Speaker there are some people who will suffer after April, people like my friend Hon. Kitilit because we shall be enjoying salaries but people like the Hon. Member we only pray that he comes back…
(Laughter)
Therefore Mr. Speaker I support the adoption of this calendar thank you…
The Speaker (Hon. Kamket): Member for Silale. 
Hon. Lotela: Thank you Mr. Speaker, I want to welcome my colleagues back to this session and  I want to comment that the sitting schedule is in tandem with our election calendar and so we don’t have any problem here just as some members have put in light to the Constitution but we have an option that, if you don’t feel like coming back after the party nomination then you can resign and continue with your campaigns, you are not forced to come back but if you feel like you want to campaign after nomination there is room for that.  So let us not punish our minds that we should come back with the embarrassment of losing the nomination.
Mr. Speaker I even doubt if there is any member in this House who is going to lose in the primaries because they have been standing and fighting so hard on party matters than the citizens’ affairs.  I doubt Mr Speaker...
(Laughter)
Mr. Speaker in the event that they are doubting that they might lose in nominations and they may feel embarrassed to come to the plenary then Hon. Members please you still have an option and it is that don’t go for any nomination, you can join any party or go as an independent candidate and you will have saved money and time and be able to face the electorates on the 8th of August.
Mr. Speaker I also stand to say that we will not be ending our five year term as elected members but by 8th August we will have only served for four  years and five months.  Mr. Speaker there are some issues here which we can deliberate on and ask the Assembly and the Service Board at the Kamkunji level as our affairs because we are winding up.
Mr. Speaker it has to go on to record that this is the year and the month that the Country is affected by drought but priority number one is election and that has been clearly seen as priorities of Jubilee Government.  Mr. Speaker for those who are going for a long recess please tell our beloved Kenyans not to vote for Jubilee again otherwise you will be a Government priority only on election matters 
(Loud consultations)
Mr. Speaker as we sit, many of our friends are flying oversees for treatment, you know a doctor and life are almost synonymous, we can say they are like the other side of a coin, but because we love election and we have insensible Government who take election as a crisis that is more important than life we therefore call upon my friends to think and rethink because you might not see the gates of heaven if you continue serving a kind of a structure that demean lives that God has given.  Thank you so much and I support the calendar Mr. Speaker.
(Laughter)
The Speaker (Hon. Kamket): Member for Kisanana.
Hon. Cheboiwo: Thank you Mr. Speaker sir, I also rise to support this calendar of the Assembly and allow me to inform the members that despite the fact that we are going for elections, the County Government and the people need our services.
Mr. Speaker, in the event that the IEBC is faced by the problems similar to what has faced them now from the ruling made by the courts on the case presented by the CORD Coalition and that has forced the IEBC not to procure the ballot papers; the other case was on the issue of the auditing of the voter register, so we should not prepare ourselves for elections instead of serving our people and so I urge the Hon. Members to pass this calendar so that we continue serving our people instead of thinking of the next election.
Mr. Speaker sir, I also know that everyone of these members wish him or herself that he/she comes back to this House but we should not suggest that we are under siege or a big battle that we cannot come through,  instead we should have our hearts strong and believe that we are going to win so that we can concentrate on service delivery to our people without division of attention.
We are hearing from the supporters of KANU saying Jubilee has failed and may I advice them Mr. Speaker that through the era of KANU the Country failed miserably until the IMF refused to fund this nation.  When I was young I heard that Hon. Nickolas Biwott sometime used to fund the Government. 
So the issues raised by Hon. Lotela should be forgotten because he is telling us that Jubilee has failed the Nation while Jubilee has served the Nation by constructing infrastructure, many kilometers of roads in every Constituency going on now, many dams are being constructed all over the Nation, there is free education which has led to the improvement of the number of students being educated from poor families.
Mr. Speaker the poverty level in this Nation is very high and without reduction of fees then most of the families would not afford to educate their children; so KANU should relax and let the Jubilee Government develop this Nation. You know that there were many parastatals which failed during their era; AFC took our land and money from our farmers and said they wanted to come back to power.  I want to advice them that they should not even try to campaign, we have been seeing them sometime saying let the cow come back home, and in our areas we are starting to see our animals who were grazing in the estates are now brought back home… KANU have failed and I don’t know why they are still following us, thank you Mr. Speaker sir and let us adopt this calendar.
(Applause)
The Speaker (Hon. Kamket): Member for Tirioko.
Hon. Maklap: Thank you Mr Speaker sir I rise to support the adoption of this calendar.  I also want to inform members that don’t bring a lot of issues here because the issue we have is adoption of the calendar and possibly the other important thing is that our people are starving for lack of water all over the County which has resulted to closure of schools and lack of food hence people are eating carcasses of dead livestock which have also caused health problems.
As members of the Assembly, we should focus on the lives of our people this time not on nominations because that is not an issue.  Mr. Speaker, maybe some of these members are very fresh on these issues of nominations and so they are so scared.  I want to let understand that these are normal things, I have personally gone for it four times and I have seen it and I can tell you it is not an issue, the issue here is our people who are suffering.
(Applause)
We want to see how we can save the lives of our people in Silale, Tirioko and parts of Lokis where you can hardly see a drop of water. People here walk for twelve to eighteen hours looking for water.  It is our mandate to talk to the Executive to make sure that the available water boozers supply water to these people that are suffering and also to buy food. 
We have this money for Emergency fund allocated in the budget to buy food because those people are suffering. Last week we received food from NSSF but we have not received food from the County Government that the Governor himself will go and distribute, why should this happen Mr. Speaker?
Let us look at the lives of our people so that by April when we will be going for this nominations we will have healthy people who can participate in the nominations. Otherwise we will be having a shortage of people who are going to nominate us in our Wards. If you tell a person in Lokis or Akorek  that we have nominations he will tell you to give him food. How will you go and tell him that you want votes when he tells you he needs food Mr. Speaker? 
So the only issue we will address in our County is all about our people. Let us be serious about our people this time or else we will have the media reporting that someone has died or two people have died.  If that is the case, then I think we will not enjoy those nominations. So Mr. Speaker we should be serious as the Members of the County Assembly to see that our people access food and water.
Secondly Mr. Speaker sir,  Members of the Assembly should not blame Hon. Lotela. You know he has no president to vote for….
(Laughter)
That is why he is saying don’t vote for Jubilee or NASA; he is just voting for himself as the MCA.
(Laughter)
So he is not a problem to Jubilee.  Mr. Speaker I support the Motion…
(Laughter)
The Speaker (Hon. Kamket): Member for Tangulbei.
Hon. Amasile: Ok,  thank you Hon. Speaker, I stand to support the calendar of this Assembly and first I want to thank God for giving us life and good health as much as there is drought and we have met again being in good health. 
Members have spoken about the calendar and we have a member who was controversial about the activities in this calendar. I believe that there must be some uniformity across the country and I thank the constitution of Kenya whereby it has given the assemblies either national, senate or the County Assembly the autonomy to decide on the activities of their parliaments because during the past years and eras, the president was the only person to decide at any given time that the assembly will go for a break and you could not question. As we discuss about the activities of the Assembly we thank the constitution of this Country because it has given us liberty that we can decide our issues.
Mr. Speaker when you look at this calendar up to the last part, I think those who made it have done a proper research about the plenary, party nominations and after the nominations I think the assembly’s activities must continue. Even in the National Government during the past years when an Hon. Member is defeated and he is a minister in the Government, he continues to be a minister until the time of handing over his position and so this is not a new thing that we may say maybe there will be some harassment when you come here after not winning in the primaries. So that should not arise from the Hon. Members, lets learn to adapt and have some shock absorbers when things come. We are mature leaders and we believe that things will go right.
Mr. Speaker Hon, Members have also spoken about drought and for sure historically we are not old enough to give the history of the drought but this time Mr. Speaker, things are very serious. It has never reached a time when the level of water in all dams and even boreholes reduces. In fact even the existing boreholes don’t have enough water and you can even try to fetch water from this boreholes but it’s not sufficient to the public. 
So this drought is very serious and we urge the County Government to intervene. We thank His Excellency the President because he has declared it as a national disaster and the moment the president has declared it as a national disaster, all well wishers that’s organization like the Red Cross I want to say Mr. Speaker we thank them for the much they have done on their part, the NSSF and all other stakeholders who have supported this course. We are telling our County Government that as a government under the Constitution that we voted for and supported by the law, the government has every right to make sure that it has served its citizens and not the question of saying that we don’t have funds. 
A government that has authority from the people has no right whatsoever to say they don’t have funds. They can go out of their own ways to make sure that people are getting food and water just like a parent provides for his children. Even if we don’t have enough but we struggle to make sure that your family is fed. As a nation the family is the citizens so they should strengthen their relationship and that is why Mr. Speaker all this countries are not living in their own islands. Every country must have good relationship with other countries so that when you are in problems you are able to be supported by international communities and this should apply even in counties Mr. Speaker.
 If we have a county like Uasin Gishu and another county which has enough food, why can’t we approach them as a government and also consolidate resources from other counties which are blessed, we can do that one as a local way of trying to consolidate resources Mr. Speaker. 
So with me I believe that as a government whether our budget is very lean we can think and make sure that we consolidate resources to feed our people. Mr. Speaker on politics, we may not talk much even though this is the year of politics. I congratulate the Hon. Members especially the elected ones. 
I believe Mr. Speaker that MCAs have been resourceful people on the ground and have going round. We have also fed families because when you go for a meeting and get a mother who does not have anything for food and you have 100 shillings you give her. So the MCAs have done wonderful job because they have been with the people and they are the ones in touch with the community because when you come to my home early in the morning, you will not get less than 20 people and those people might have taken tea and something little to survive.
So I think Mr. Speaker these are Hon. Members have done well and we need to pray for one another. We have really been suffering on the ground and you can come back here without anything but we are smart. We have survived and we have helped our people. 
Let us maintain that spirit of serving people and as a man of God, I believe in God’s power. The moment you do good to people whether very little, God keep records of good things and he never forgets like the human beings would. 
The moment you help somebody, don’t even keep account of that. When it comes to votes we even don’t know who is going to come back but God knows. What we have to do is to do good to the people and during that time of the ballot, you know somebody can change his mind even when he is in the balloting booth. It’s a conviction because of the good thing you have done to the people and I am praying that this electioneering year we need our people to preach peace wherever they are because peace is God and hooliganism will never make you to be an MCA or MP because you are planting a bad seed. So as we go on the ground let us just give our manifesto, our people will know and God will convince them and they will elect the right leaders.
So about politics that are all your concerns and we may not say which party is popular and you know that. We know Mr. Speaker those are presidential candidates and we don’t know them and they are so many. It’s when all the parties will have their presidential candidate and it is not early people can party hop but what I can say is that let us not confuse ourselves. You know when an Hon. Member say we as Jubilee and you get your party leaders or patrons saying they are aligned somewhere then you are confusing yourself like Lotela when he said the Secretary general Nick Salat said that we are in NASA and Professor Lonyangapuo said we are in Jubilee supporting the president so that confusion you must line up so that we become people who are orderly.
Otherwise Mr. Speaker I support this calendar and I pray that as we go for the premaries that a good number of the Members comes back to this House and let us also as an assembly make sure we keep our executive on toes because there is a lot of laxity, like what my friend Hon. Kamuren said that if we don’t keep them on toes, you know there are some people when they get position in government, they only do their businesses. They want to know by the end of the day when they get out of that of that office they are millionaires. 
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Even the bible says a good name is better than riches and you will be blessed and even your children. We have what we call generational blessings and also we have what is called generational curse. When you take shortcut and get riches that shortcut you took will follow your children. So let’s learn some of the nitty gritties that we may see it add value to our lives. Otherwise Mr. Speaker I will end there and support this calendar, thank you.  
The Speaker (Hon. Kamket): Very well.
(Question Put and Agreed to)
ADJOURNMENT
Members I also wish you a happy valentine’s day.
(Applause)
I thank you, we will quickly move into Kamukunji after the adjournment of the Assembly.
Order Members. I will now adjourn the Assembly until tomorrow at 9:30 AM.
The House rose at 4:16PM.