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    "id": 1241063,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Ogola",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I rise to support the Statement by Sen. Chimera on the compensation of residents displaced by the expansion of Ukunda Airstrip. As my colleagues have stated, compensation is a thorny issue in this country. When Kenyans aired their views that there should be a NLC that deals with such issues, they expected those challenges would be a thing of the past. However, it is a pity that Kenyans continue to suffer even when there are reasons to compensate them. With regard to the compensation of the members in Ukunda Airstrip, theirs is not only limited to land, but their properties. We know over time when people are settled on land, they have a number of properties that they have invested in. They have houses they have built on the land. A number of items are categorized as properties. I say this because there is a very big problem in Isiolo County for lack of compensation along the Horn of Africa Gateway Project in Isiolo. Kenya National Highways Authority (KeNHA) engaged NLC to compensate the affected properties. However, here is a case where the NLC chooses to only compensate the land of the people in Isiolo and leave their houses. This is a pure act of undermining the people of Isiolo. Coming back to the Statement by Sen. Chimera, I support that the valuation be done accordingly on the people that are affected by the expansion of Ukunda Airstrip. The land to be used for the expansion must be valued properly as per the market rates. As I have said, the property is not only limited to the houses. In Isiolo, we have a very funny case where a house is destroyed, half of it is compensated and half is left uncompensated. There raises the question of inequality. So, this situation is not only limited to the Ukunda Airstrip. In Homa Bay where I come from, there is an airstrip called Kabunde that is used in the region. It has been over 10 years chasing compensation by the Kenya Airports Authority (KAA) for the Kabunde Airstrip to be expanded for the use by people of that region. A number of people in that region have to fly to Kisumu and connect to Homa Bay as far as Migori and Tanzania when we have a functional airstrip although the runway is small and needs expansion. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the NLC must come out to make proper compensation for Ukunda Airstrip so that people may get what belongs to them. I support."
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