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    "id": 1008466,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wetangula",
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        "legal_name": "Moses Masika Wetangula",
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    "content": "40 lives. We have had landslides in Elgeyo Marakwet, West Pokot, Murang’a and many other places. I hope my distinguished colleague from Nyandarua is still the Chairperson of the Committee because these days they are changed every other day. If he is still the Chairperson, he has done a good job previously. We hope they will look into this matter critically. Alongside the salient points raised by Gov. Sang is the issue of management of the environment; the mowing of trees almost everywhere even on dangerous slopes. More importantly, we have enough agrarian scientists in this country. We also have enough know-how to map out and tell the country areas that are prone to possible landslides and mudslides, so that people can be moved from those areas and settled in other areas. Under the Constitution, the Government has a responsibility of making sure that the safety of the people of this country is not compromised. Areas designated by geologists as possible landslide-prone areas, the Government has a duty to make sure that people are moved from there and settled in other areas. Equally and more important – this is my last point – Gov. Sang is also talking about Agricultural Development Corporation (ADC) lands and lands that were disposed from people and put in the hands of either colonial companies or Government agencies, but since Independence have successfully been taken away or alienated and given to who is who in the echelons of leadership. The Government must, through the NLC, find ways and means of settling deserving people and not using land to be given to people who are well-to-do as gifts for political considerations. This is the only way we can avoid losing lives and property. Above all, endangering the lives of Kenyans because of poor planning and the NLC not being able, having now been in office for 10 years to come up with any tangible policy that can help avoid these kind of calamities. I congratulate Gov. Sang and hope the Committee will do a good job on this."
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