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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Omulele",
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        "legal_name": "Christopher Omulele",
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    "content": "Hon. Speaker, that is precisely what I was saying that we must now move and say that compensation is a must in this situation. It is not a question of “probably”. It is a must. This is because the law is clear on this matter. The proper way of going about this is that the representatives of these people need to come up with a list of names of people who have been affected by the nefarious activities of these agents of the State so that we come up with a case for compensation. That would be the way forward. It is not a matter for us to legislate here today. This is a concern that falls squarely within the law and a principle of law that is well known - a common law practice. I stand guided by you, hon. Speaker. I am grateful for that guidance. I think we are speaking the same language on this matter. That must be the way we must move. As much as we want to compensate these people and we must compensate them, we must also look at the pragmatic situation on the ground. We have water that is accumulated and yet we continuously and on a regular basis suffer from drought and lack of food. Our Government has come up with an ambitious plan that we should probably irrigate one million acres so that we alleviate hunger in this country. If I heard the President well in this House he said that this is a plan that will be implemented. He said that much of the land to be irrigated is in the neighborhood of Tana River and Athi River. This is water that should be used towards that project. TARDA and KenGen must be directed so that the water is used for the good of the people of Kenya by irrigating these one million acres and also compensating the people who suffer from the outburst from the dams. I am glad to have participated in this debate. The way forward is to compensate these people. Let us get together with the representatives from those eight constituencies and then come up with a list of names of those who have suffered and quantify the damages that these people should be compensated for. We shall help you as advocates and Members of Parliament to do that. Thank you, hon. Speaker."
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