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    "id": 1011428,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wambua",
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        "legal_name": "Enoch Kiio Wambua",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I rise to support the Statement by my brother, Sen. Faki. I sit in the Committee on Roads and Transportation. A year ago, I visited the said road. It is appalling to hear that less than two years after billions of shillings were sunk into it, it has cracks and landslides are blocking some sections of it. The question we should ask ourselves is whether a proper feasibility study was carried out before the construction commenced. As many of my colleagues said, the national Government is undertaking quite a number of critical infrastructure projects, especially roads across the country. However, it is not enough to undertake them without doing a good job because we have borrowed heavily to construct them from our development partners. At the end of the day, we will repay these loans with interest. It would only serve us better if proper feasibility studies are carried out before construction commences so that we get value for that money. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I also have a section of these infrastructure projects in County Kitui. That is Kibwezi-Kitui-Mutomo-Ikutha Road. Whereas we may not have problems with cracks and other issues relating to the quality of work, it is very appalling that the project is almost complete, but not a single person along it has been compensated for land which the Government acquired for its construction. We, as the representatives of the people in this House, should get to a point to demand that before any of these mega projects are undertaken, the contractors and the Government agencies compensate people for land that is acquired. Mr. Speaker, Sir, it is inhuman that you would take somebody’s piece of land to construct a road for public utility and you ask them to locate to another place without compensating them. Human beings are not birds to take refuge on trees. They have to be compensated for their land. I support the Statement and when referred to our Committee, we will deal with it."
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