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    "id": 1473680,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1473680/?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",
        "slug": "zipporah-jepchirchir-kittony"
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    "content": "The Ministry facilitated these processes in full and was thus awaiting issuance of award letters to the project-affected persons. The award schedule to KeRRA detailing compensation amounts informed provision of funds for the same. The KeRRA sent reminders to the Commission via a letter dated 27th November, 2023, which I have made reference to. There was another letter dated 15th April, 2024, which I have also made reference to and it is annexed. The NLC wrote to the Ministry on the subject in its correspondence via a letter of 21st September referenced as Annex 3. Regrettably, the letter indicated a decision by the Commission to recommend degazettement of the project due to non-completion of the acquisition process within 24 months, a letter that we have already appealed. The Ministry appealed to the Commission via a letter of 26th April, 2024, to reconsider the decision to degazette the project and proceed to issue awards for the parcels cleared for payment as per the post-inquiry report, while the remainder of the parcels are duly processed in line with the recommendations of the report. This appeal is in light of the distress caused by the project-affected persons by the extended delay in processing their compensation, consideration of time and public resources already spent, and the desire to finalise this process. Further, it is worth considering the co-operation extended by the project-affected persons in allowing the full completion of the road project by 2021, much ahead of the processing of their dues. We are engaging with the Ministry of Lands, Public Works, Housing and Urban Development to intervene and facilitate the fast-tracking of the necessary processes to allow eventual compensation of the project-affected persons. Upon issuance of the award---"
}