Raphael Bitta Sauti Wanjala

Hon. Raphael Wanjala (Budalangi, ODM) On a point of order, Hon. Temporary Speaker.

Hon. Raphael Wanjala (Budalangi, ODM) Hon. Temporary Speaker, I am clear. It is not that we cannot grow crops without rain, but we can irrigate. I am saying that for you to get water for irrigation, you must get the water from rain.

Hon. Raphael Wanjala (Budalangi, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker, for giving me this chance. While I thank His Excellency the President for his speech, I did enjoy it as a musical instrument. (Laughter) It is good that the President started by saying it was a vision; later, he said...

Hon. Raphael Wanjala (Budalangi, ODM) Hon. Deputy Speaker, I want to agree with him that Uasin Gishu, like any other county, deserves development. However, how does he envision someone from Western, Budalangi, travelling to Eldoret for a simple thing, when it would have been done in Busia or Kakamega? This...

Hon. Raphael Wanjala (Budalangi, ODM) Hon. Deputy Speaker, I want to tell the Hon. Member that it is only the Senate that is mandated to deal with county functions. I am dealing with an issue in which the National Government has released funds to the county government to build that...

Hon. Raphael Wanjala (Budalangi, ODM)[The Deputy Speaker (Hon. Gladys Boss) left the Chair]Hon. Deputy Speaker, I am not against what is happening in Eldoret. At paragraph 16 on page 4 of the President’s Address, he said, “I have often spoken of the Asian tigers—South Korea, Singapore, Hong Kong and Malaysia—...

Hon. Raphael Wanjala (Budalangi, ODM) On a point of order, Hon. Temporary Speaker.

Hon. Raphael Wanjala (Budalangi, ODM) Oh, sorry, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I was reading. I did not know there was a change of Chair. Hon. Temporary Speaker, what I meant is that we all deserve the best. We already have a large hospital serving us, and I am not denying that...

Hon. Raphael Wanjala (Budalangi, ODM) No! I have had enough advice. I am not opposed to MRTH in Eldoret. However, the hospitals in the majority of our counties cannot do anything. They are dilapidated, yet we are using Ksh50 billion in a hospital that already exists and only needs expansion....

Hon. Raphael Wanjala (Budalangi, ODM) Hon. Temporary Speaker, the Hon. Member is misleading the House and Kenyans that you can grow food without rain. Further, he went on to say that they have water in a reservoir. That means the water came from rain. So, we need rain to have...