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    "id": 1028065,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Olekina",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 407,
        "legal_name": "Ledama Olekina",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I will be very brief. I rise to support the three Petitions. I request the Committee that will be tasked with Petition No.3 to extend their work to the source of materials for the construction of the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR). This is because many people were admitted in hospitals and paid huge bills. Some of them have permanent damages to their health. When the SGR was being constructed, particularity in Narok County in a place called Siyabei, the contractors were allowed to continue blasting and getting in a place where there was an orphanage with children in the mercy of other people. The National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) is devolved function. I think county governments are now failing in ensuring that NEMA carries out its function. It behooves us as Members of this House who represent counties to ensure that we push NEMA to guarantee a good environment for our citizens. On the issue of IDPs, a firm believer that before someone becomes an IDP, they have a home. The Government ought to ensure that those people who were evicted from their original homes due to political instability in the country are facilitated to return to their homes. On Pension, it is evil for people to spend money contributed by civil servants and working Kenyans. I propose that the Committee comes up with serious recommendations for setting up of various civil and criminal---"
}