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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cherarkey",
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        "legal_name": "Cherarkey K Samson",
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    "content": "resettled, if we do not have an implementation mechanism? That is why we have defined a responsible officer in Clauses No. 23A and 23B of this Bill. It states- “23A. In this Part, “responsible officer” means the relevant public officer to whom a resolution or report of a House or a Committee of Parliament is submitted in accordance with this Act. 23B. (1) The Clerk of the relevant House shall, within seven days of a resolution of the House or of the tabling of a report of a Committee of the House, convey the resolution or a copy of the report, as the case may be, to the responsible officer under whose portfolio the implementation of the resolution or recommendation of the Committee falls.” Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, what does it mean? It means that if there is implementation, then it must be submitted to us. After the resolutions have been done, we give it to the clerks for transmission. Some of our clerks are in the Table Office. I know their seniority. Some of them have been with us longer whereas others are new and learning the ropes. For example, if it is about resettlement, we can adopt the Land Historical Injustice Report and transmit it to the Attorney General (AG), and a copy to the National Lands Commission (NLC). That is the work of the Clerk. That is why we have said that the responsible officer is what the report has been directed to do, including the reports that--- Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I have remembered you are also the Chairperson of the Committee of Justice, Legal Affairs and Human Rights (JLAHRC) and we were doing a report on extrajudicial killings. Maybe there is an obligation for the Directorate of Criminal Investigations Office (DCIO) and the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP). For example, through JLAHRC, you can direct the DPP, Noordin Haji, to prosecute individuals who have been accused of extrajudicial killings. It is very sad. When we visited somewhere in Kwale County, I was shocked that only women came to that meeting. I inquired from my secretariat about it and they told me that the husbands and sons of these women had been killed in unexplained circumstances. Let me give another example so that colleagues can get what we are driving at. Many Kenyans were killed when the Solai Dam collapsed. Millions of liters of water traveled a number of kilometers, sweeping many homes and quality soil. Many people died while others were maimed and some are living in trauma. When we were investigating, a chief by the name Mr. Kiragu, decided to sign an indemnity form from some individuals, so that they do not move to court. It is after my Committee intervened that the perpetrators of this criminal negligence that caused the collapse of Solai Dam in Nakuru County were prosecuted by the DPP. They were trying to negotiate out-of-court, yet there was a criminal liability on that matter. We visited the area and even to date, there is no mechanism to ensure the people who suffered are compensated with land, neither were their efforts of land reclamation. During the tragedy, a lot of top soil was swept. This means that most of the land around Solai is now barren. We ordered for land restoration and reclamation in that area. Secondly, we recommended that, that company provides education scholarships for the children that lost their parents and compensation for the families that lost their"
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