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    "id": 1425421,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1425421/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen.Wambua",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13199,
        "legal_name": "Enoch Kiio Wambua",
        "slug": "enoch-kiio-wambua"
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    "content": "How will these be preserved, decommissioned and transferred to new settlements in ways that dignify those sacred bonds? The project site is a natural ecosystem that is home to a wide variety of species of wild animals and birds whose natural habitats will be irreparably destroyed. Some of these animals and birds occupy a special place in the culture of our people; they are totemic. How is the destruction of the habitats going to be compensated? Additionally, the project site is populated with diverse indigenous trees and shrubs of great medicinal value to the community. The destruction of these trees and shrubs adds fuel to human activities leading to desertification and the adverse effects of climate change and global warming. What measures are in place to mitigate these effects? At the start and throughout the project period, the site will be inaccessible to local communities both from Kitui and Tharaka Nithi Counties for extraction of resources they depend on for their daily living including water, timber, sand, building stones, etc. How will this be compensated? Finally, for now, what is the place of the local community in determining the Benefit Sharing Agreement? What is in it for the community in terms of jobs, business opportunities, schools, markets, health facilities and other social amenities? Our people want the project and the construction of the High Grand Falls Dam but they value their lives and the protection of the lives and livelihoods of the present and future generations more than they want the project."
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