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    "id": 586993,
    "url": "http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/586993/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Bunyasi",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "John Sakwa Bunyasi",
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    "content": "However, it is absolutely and entirely shocking that public institutions were not only contradicting each other. They were either hiding the truth or telling lies literally. That was true with regard to NEMA and the WRMA. They are sleeping on their job. They do not respond to communication. It was clear that the representatives of the petitioners had written to them and they did not respond nor acknowledge. It was also clear that they were acting in an extremely bureaucratic way. I hope, as the Chair has said, the Committee will find a way in which they can put some pressure on these institutions to provide services to the community since they report to it. Secondly, it is clear that the institutions, including the investors were not getting clear directions from the Kenya Sugar Board (KSB). The KSB has clearly written to them telling them what to do or not to do. That has been completely ignored and the investors with clearly the connivance of a number of public servants are doing their own things. It is a representation of bad governance in that sector. I hope that the Committee will put pressure on them. Lastly, what was emerging was that in spite of the merits of the arguments, since people are seeing factories coming up, they are taking positions in relation to expected benefits from each of those factories. This is a community but the information they were providing is partisan to some extent. I would also like to add that the location of sugar factories in Western Kenya has been contentious. What has been happening in Malava is beginning to happen in Matayos which borders Nambale. If this continues, we will be expecting occurrence of more serious conflicts. That will largely be due to lack of capacity or people from the relevant institutions sleeping on their jobs. I am glad and I can say with confidence that the small matter that has been raised of the water extraction, even though they talked about the dam, which is still extraction, will probably come to rest. What was also surprising for anybody who wants to do irrigation---"
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