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    "id": 1061562,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1061562/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cherargei",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Cherarkey K Samson",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. From the onset, I support this Petition by Mombasa residents. I have been following this issue keenly. I remember that we visited Mombasa some time back. In 2016, the courts ordered that the County Government of Mombasa complies with the United Nations (UN) on displacement of people. Unfortunately, there was no public participation. It is a surprising that the developer who was given the contract after re-tendering of the process did public participation, but not the County Government of Mombasa. So, it is very sad that there was no public participation that was done. Secondly, even after re-tendering, there was non-responsiveness to that bid, because only one bidder applied. Thirdly, you have to know that the agreement between the County Government of Mombasa and the bidder who won that tender of developing that house project was a secret. This is a violation of Article 35 on the right to access to information that has been provided by courts of law. Mr. Speaker, Sir, additionally, when the people of Buxton area where being relocated, they did not see the fine print when they were signing the cheques. They were just told to sign, yet they did not get the fine print of the resettlement. We saw the building of the National Housing Corporation in Kibra and Pumwani. The process was done so seamlessly. What is so different about doing the same in Mombasa County? I urge the County Government of Mombasa, even as the Committee handles this, to look at this issue properly. If we allow the Mombasa issue to continue without control, it means that many counties will emulate that process. Mr. Speaker, Sir, you saw that more than 1,000 families in Njiru were evicted on Saturday. People could go mad because there were millions of shillings worth in the"
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