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    "id": 1478044,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1478044/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Onyonka",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13592,
        "legal_name": "Onyonka Richard Momoima",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I rise pursuant to Standing Order No.53(1) to seek a Statement from the Standing Committee on Land, Environment and Natural Resources, regarding the delayed compensation of landowners whose property was compulsorily acquired for the construction of the Eldoret Bypass road project. The Kapchorwa-Suam-Kitale and Eldoret Bypass road, is a project that has been done by a multi-agency and departments of Government that provide an important link between Uganda and Kenya. However, the families who owned this land and had acquired it, paved way for the project to continue. As a result, they were offered and informed that they would be compensated and that did not happen. I would like, therefore, to make a request that we seek the National Land Commission (NLC), to make sure that they can explain to the Committee on Land, Environment and Natural Resources in this House why these individuals have never been compensated for the last nine years. This delay has severely disrupted the livelihood of these landowners causing significant financial strain on the affected families. Some of them moved from their lands and went and bought other land which they were not able to pay the full amounts and now they are being asked to make sure that they vacate the land which they had bought. In the Statement, the Committee should- (1) Investigate claims of undue delay in the compensation of these families around the Eldoret Town Bypass Road project whose properties were compulsorily acquired. 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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