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    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale",
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        "legal_name": "Bonny Khalwale",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. It is very unfortunate that we are where we are. As we witness a humanitarian crisis unfold in the Gaza, Middle East, purely for the reasons that you know, little did we know that we will also have a humanitarian crisis unfolding here at home in Mavoko. I want to thank Sen. Kavindu Muthama, the Mover and the Seconder, Sen. Sifuna. Sen. Wambua has spoken maturely. He has raised the issue for us that even as we uphold the rule of law, whereby we are obeying court orders, evictions must be done legally and with a humane face. Madam Temporary Speaker, what is the big deal? If the courts have agreed that the owner of this property is Portland Cement and people have settled there illegally, let them go away, but let it be done procedurally and with a humane face. That is all we are saying. Hon. Senators, I remember when I was in this Parliament in 2004, we were faced with a similar problem when 100,000 families had to be evicted from the Mau Forest. In 2011 again when I was in this Parliament, we witnessed thousands of people being evicted from Syokimau and the threat is the same. Business and political people create cartels, con unsuspecting members of the public who buy land which does not belong to these conmen and then as Sen. Wambua has said, they are the second, third and fourth buyers who are the ones who face this brunt. We must say no. The people of Syokimau were warned repeatedly that they were putting up houses on the flight path to the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA). They did not listen. Similarly, the people of Mau Forest, hundreds of thousands were warned that this is an environmental water tower. They did not listen because they thought they were protected by the rich people who gave them that land, or the politicians who sent them there. Madam Temporary Speaker, I tell our Republic that if we want to lead this country, we must hold each other. The weak should be held by us; the strong ones. We in The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard Services,Senate."
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