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    "id": 1477514,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Oketch Gicheru",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Speaker, I want to quickly comment on two statements; one by Sen. Faki of Mombasa County on the issue of evictions vis-a-vis compensation. Article 40 of the Constitution talks about the protection of property rights and requires that at the time of eviction that has not been met by a proper legal framework, our people who are giving way for developmental projects by the Government are properly compensated. It is high time this Senate came up with a way of reviewing all our eviction laws to make sure that people who will be evicted in places to give way to projects by the national Government and even sometimes county governments are adequately compensated. I am facing this same challenge in Migori County in a place called Nyatike. This is where the National Irrigation Authority (NIA) has purported to implement the Lower Kuja Irrigation Scheme, particularly in a place called Sagama. Since 2012, the people of Nyatike who gave their land for wayleaves have not been compensated. It is an issue that we have raised several times with the President. We have raised it to a different authority. When you approach the NIA, they do not follow the law that will allow for proper competition of the people in Sagama, to the extent that even widows whose husbands have left, their lands have been taken and put on these wayleaves, without compensation. I hope that we can come up with a solution that ensures people who have wayleaves in places like Sagama are compensated. Lastly, I also want to quickly comment on the issue of the County Aggregation and Industrial Park (CAIPS). The issue of CAIPS forms a big part of the conversation on the Division of Revenue Allocation (DORA). The 18 counties that were not earmarked for the Kshs4.5 million by the national Government were only given about Kshs62 million, including Migori county. The Money in Migori County---"
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