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    "id": 1456825,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Omogeni",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13219,
        "legal_name": "Erick Okong'o Mogeni",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, for also giving me an opportunity to contribute to this report by the Senate Standing Committee on Land, Environment and Natural Resources. This Petition involves people from my county, some of them who migrated from our neighbouring county represented by the Senator for Homa Bay, Sen. M. Kajwang’. In fact, the people who vote in Misambi, Mogonga and Nyaobe are communities of Luo-Kisii. I am sure three-quarters of people in Misambi Polling Station migrated from Kadongo. When I am in Nyamira and I want a nice fish, I go to Nyambambo Market because that is where we get very good fish from Homa Bay. So, it is a place that has demonstrated that two neighbouring communities can live peacefully as Kenyans. Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale, I do not know whether you have such a thing in Kakamega. For us, we have coexisted very peacefully with these brothers of ours from Luo/Nyanza. They control four polling stations where they vote for me and I always lead in those polling stations. We have lived very well. Sen. Beatrice Ogola can confirm that if she made some traces, she would find a few of her relatives residing either in Misambi, Nyaobe or somewhere around there. So, these are people you can call marginalised. We have been trying to push for a nomination by proposing names. However, when things reach the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) Headquarters in Nairobi, they miss out. So, I hear them and I really want the Senate to listen to them. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I was trying to inform Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale that, if you read the prayers of the petitioners, they are not seeking consent to settle on this wetland. If you go to page 11 of the report, you will see what they are seeking. Number one, they want the Senate to assist and direct a stoppage on the destruction of the wetland and that the ecosystem be preserved for future generations. Very progressive Kenyans. Secondly, they want to stop the NLC and the County Government of Nyamira from subdividing the wetlands. Very progressive Kenyans. Thirdly, they want the Senate to direct the County Government of Nyamira and the Ministry of Lands--- 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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