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    "id": 1229045,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1229045/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Sifuna",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13599,
        "legal_name": "Sifuna Edwin Watenya",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, if you look at the Report by the Committee on Land, Environment and Natural Resources, one of the Statements that was sought, that is Statement No. 6, was actually sought by me. I was conferring with the Chair of the Committee because in the Report, they said that they have submitted copies of the report on the specific questions to the Senator who asked that question. I want to confirm that the Committee has never given me a written report on the question that I asked regarding land owners who surrendered their land for the sake of putting up a power plant in Lamu County. Mr. Speaker, Sir, you, other Members of the Senate Business Committee (SBC) and I, have agonised about how this thing is supposed to work. In my reading of Standing Order No.53(b), a committee may invite the Senator. I am sure they invited Senators to attend. However, it further says that at the end, they are required to prepare and table a report on the matter. Therefore, a Chair of a committee should come here and tell us they had ‘X’ number of Statements, sorted them out and gave the reports to the Senators. I am sure even the people of Lamu County, who asked me to ask that question on their behalf, would have loved a situation where the Committee Chair, somehow, if we are able to work it out as the SBC, would stand here and answer the specific questions with regards to the question of land for the Lamu Power Plant. They should highlight the situation at the point when a Senator asked the question and the response from the Ministry, so that even when those people are watching,"
}