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    "id": 373495,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Kariuki Ndegwa",
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        "legal_name": "Julius Ndegwa Kariuki",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon.Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise to support the Motion. I come from the area that was affected, that is Lamu where floods destroyed property. I concur with my colleague, hon. Wario, that compensation is necessary. Most of the people who lost their property have no shelter. KenGen has not even come up with a mechanism to compensate these people. I urge this Hosue and Government to impose sanctions so that they can compensate those members of the public who were affected by the flooding. We also need to look for a way whereby such a thing will never be repeated in future. It is not proper to destabilize people who have resided in certain areas for many years. Now these people cannot even do farming. I sympathise with my neighbours who lost animals through the floods. We normally complain about drought but in this case, people from Garsen and other areas lost animals. I would like to urge the Government to ensure that KenGen and TARDA are held accountable for their actions. I would wish that a committee would be formed to investigate how much we lost at that time. I can remember this question was asked in this House and our Leader of Majority Party explained how food was given to those people. That food was nothing compared to the damage that was done. We need to device a method to solve this problem once and for all. All those people who were affected need to be compensated. We do not think it is fair for an innocent Kenyan to suffer from damage which has been caused by a multi-billion company which collect enough money from taxpayers. People are suffering when this money is kept somewhere. People suffered while the organization gained huge profits. They were doing this to generate electricity. Why should people suffer? I beg this House to device a method to make sure that these people are compensated. It is important that this action is not repeated in future."
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