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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cherarkey",
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    "content": "Mr Speaker, Sir, thank you. From the onset, I want to support the Statement by the Senator for Kisii County, Sen. Onyonka. We need to open inquiry into this issue of land disputes. You remember almost six people were killed in Angata Barikoi, Narok County. Up to now, it is sad that those people have been buried and forgotten. No one has been arrested. Even the police officers that turned rogue have never been arrested. I request through the Joint Committee and with your indulgence, under Standing Order No.1, direct the Standing Committee of Lands and National Security to handle this issue of dispute of land and killings. We have so many people who are crying in Angata Barikoi. They have been evicted. Apart from infrastructural evictees, this issue of people being killed, whether it is cultural or it is criminal, to me, are criminal elements. Even as the souls of the six Kenyans who died in Angata Barikoi, and many victims were injured, it is sad that today, there is no progress report on the investigations of the Kenyans who were killed in Angata Barikoi over land dispute in this House. I hope this matter will be handled. I want to challenge the National Land Commission (NLC) because I know the region where he comes from, the coast. We were discussing even about the absentee landlords. This has led to many disputes in the former coast province where you hail from. I think it is of even interest to yourself and other leaders from this region and Rift Valley, that we form a joint committee of the National Land Commission and National Security, Defence and Foreign Relations. Secondly and finally, I have read the Statement by the Committee, you need to give direction. There was a petition on compensation of residents affected by the construction of Kamosori-Nyaru Road. It was tabled on 17th July, 2024. It has violated the 60-days rule. You need to be firm and direct that they must prosecute these matters as per the Standing Orders. If we cannot follow our own rules, what will become of us? My Statement on this issue of the Nairobi Expressway has been there from April 2024. We have been told that the Nairobi Expressway is being closed for the next three days. No one knows what the Moja Expressway is collecting from the Nairobi Expressway. Whenever it rains in this City, the Nairobi Expressway normally floods, yet the Committee on Roads and Transportation has not even found it wise--- I do not know whether they need money from the office or approval. We can just walk to the Nairobi Expressway across here and assess it. No one knows how much we are collecting as a country from that expressway, who runs it, and why, when it rains, it is only the Expressway that floods. Of course, 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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