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    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale",
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        "legal_name": "Bonny Khalwale",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Every time we deal with petitions in this House, it gives me hope that the Constitution of Kenya 2010 is the solution to the future challenges in this country. Mr. Speaker, Sir, if this House goes on and adopts this report, it will go down on record that we can use petitions to secure public interest. More importantly, it check the thirst and greed of some Kenyans who want to own public property when in effect, they do not need it. If you were to dissect the people who are now encroaching on this land, you will find that some of them are former civil servants who worked in that area. In the bad old days, they allocated part of that land to themselves. However, now in retirement, they are struggling in courts to justify that property which they unjustifiably converted to personal use is theirs. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I thank all Members of this committee led by their chairperson for the good they have done. I specifically want to single out a few bullets that have caught my eye. If you go to bullet No. 64 in this report, we are told that the KPS has put temporary offices and staff quarters made of iron sheets and that they have gone further and put up a permanent structure measuring approximately, 6 x 4 metres for housing 33 inmates. Mr. Speaker, Sir, how the Government went sleeping and allowed itself or a section of itself called the KPS to interfere with the ecosystem of this area in the County of Nyamira begs many questions. The wetland has also been allowed to host Siany Primary School. How people woke up and started constructing a primary school on this wetland, when we have offices in the Government, including county commissioners, district land officers and NEMA beats logic. I ask myself all these people involved report to the office from Monday to Friday and from 8.00 a.m. to 5.00 p.m.; how come they never saw that the wetland was being destroyed by putting up a primary school? 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 and AudioServices, Senate."
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