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    "id": 1393877,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wambua",
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        "legal_name": "Enoch Kiio Wambua",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I am well guided. I will ask my two supplementary questions at a go. I thank the Cabinet Secretary for his response. I believe he is just being honest on this one. This is because he has mentioned that I have been on this matter for the longest time. In this Senate, there is no matter that has engaged the Committee on Roads, Transportation and Housing in terms of questions and statements and the matter of compensation for persons affected by the project between Kibwezi and Migwani. Mr. Speaker, Sir, in the Cabinet Secretary’s response, the total compensation amount is Kshs1.9 billion. From 2019 todate, 2024, only Kshs326 million has been paid out. For those who do maths, I do not know what that percentage is. A whooping Kshs1.5 billion has not been paid. Mr. Cabinet Secretary, you know you and I have engaged on this matter before in your past life, at the same time that this road was started with two other roads whose compensation figures were Kshs5 billion plus. The amounts in the Western bypass and the Eldoret bypass are almost completely paid as compensation. Mr. Speaker, Sir, with due respect, it is good for the people of Kitui to know whether this matter is ever going to be dealt with conclusively or not. The answer given by the Cabinet Secretary that there are no funds available in the Kenya National Highways Authority (KeNHA) is a difficult response to take. As a representative of my people, it reminds me of the Nyayo Era when the President himself then said that the answer to any question from the sections that did not support his Government would be that there was no money."
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