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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wambua",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I rarely agree with Sen. Cheruiyot, but I totally agree with him on that matter of personalising battles on the Floor of the House. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I stand here to make comments on the Statement brought to the Floor by Sen. Danson Mungatana, my neighbour from Tana River County, on the matter of land acquisition for a public good. This is a weighty matter which speaks to a lot of initiatives, especially by the national Government, to “bring development to the people”, but take away what they already have, and in most cases, it is land. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am sure the Senators of Tana River and Garissa counties are not opposed to the construction of the Masalani National Intelligence Service Campus. However, they want due process to be followed and the people who give out land for that public good to benefit from it. This is a matter that I have spoken about many times, especially on the issue of taking private land for use to construct roads. It is true that we all need roads everywhere. We need our roads to be tarmacked. However, it is the highest level of deprivation and robbing the public if we take people's land to initiate development projects for the benefit of the greater public and do not compensate them for the land that we have taken. I have in mind two cases in Kitui County - the issue of the construction of the Kibwezi-Kitui-Migwani Road, where our people have not been compensated, three years down the line. It is only fair, important, and a constitutional principle that if you are taking private land from people to do a public project, they should be compensated promptly and according to the market rate. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am in support of the Statement by Sen. Mungatana and hope that the Committee---"
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