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    "id": 1425450,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cherarkey",
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        "legal_name": "Cherarkey K Samson",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I support Sen. Enock Wambua and Sen. Mwenda Gataya Mo Fire for bringing this issue. I am happy that the people there are not objecting the construction of the High Grand Falls Dam that is between Kitui and Tharaka Nithi. However, I have realized there is abuse of the Constitution. This is because the salient feature that Sen. Wambua has raised are on the issue of non-compensation. The property rights under Article 40 make it clear that when you are doing compulsory acquisition of land, it must be paid within the market value and it must be prompt. If that one has not been paid then GBM-UK must tell us why. Secondly, Articles 118 and 110 talk about the salient feature of a democracy called public participation. If that has not been done, what are they hiding? Are they night runners? Are they doing something they fear that the people might oppose? They should do public participation and not as a privilege, but to the satisfaction of the law. We are not saying they should see the Senator for Kitui, Tharaka Nithi or any leadership. We are saying that they should follow the law as is and as prescribed. The third point is that I saw Mwache Dam had a lot of issues. There was the issue of ancestral land and there was attachment to sacred places. However, they were compensated for their graves. They were even given time to relocate their graves. When you go to South America, they do not bury their dead, but they walk around with them as they wash and change them every year. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, can the wishes of the people of Tharaka Nithi and Kitui counties be respected to relocate their graves? We experienced this issue in Nandi when they were relocating my people from Tinderet to Kabiyet. Wazungus told them to go and their spirits would follow them. I support this statement and when it comes here, the Senators for Tharaka Nithi and Kitui counties should invite us to have a conversation on this."
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