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    "id": 1473679,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1473679/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Chirchir",
    "speaker_title": "The Cabinet Secretary for Roads and Transport",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 13110,
        "legal_name": "Zipporah Jepchirchir Kittony",
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    "content": " Madam Temporary Speaker, allow me to go straight to the responses to those two questions. I wish to state that 326 landowners were listed for acquisition under the Gazette Notice I have listed in response. That was No.10918 of 22nd December, 2020, for the project of upgrading Sigalagala-Musoli-Sabatia-Butere Road to bitumen standard. The Notice detailed the individual identified or affected persons by the project and the indicative acreage size for acquisition. There is a copy of the Gazette Notice attached in the response. The National Land Commission (NLC), which is mandated to determine individual entitlements in respect of land acquisition is yet to issue the schedule of awards for this project, but a lot of time has lapsed. Madam Temporary Speaker, allow me to go back and find out why the NLC has not responded to date. I will follow up because since December 2020, which is the time we gazette, it is long. Regarding the second question, as a Ministry, we empathize with the project- affected persons following the inordinate delay in processing their compensation. The delay is due to the extended duration required to process the matter in consultation with the NLC. The Ministry, through Kenya Rural Roads Authority (KeRRA), has been in constant communication with the NLC on this matter. This began with the gazettement of the affected parcels via the Gazette Notice of 7th July, 2017. That was No.6472, followed by a Gazette Notice No.10918, which I mentioned in the first question. That was on 22nd December, 2020. It published the corrections to the first notice and indicated dates for conducting inquiries by the NLC. 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."
}