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    "id": 373671,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ng’ongo",
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        "legal_name": "Alice Wambui Ng'ang'a",
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    "content": "There is nothing more important than human lives. One of the main reasons why we spend a lot of money to construct dams is to control flooding. If the same dams that are constructed then cause flooding, it is not a question of lack of engineers and resources, but a question of negligence and the uncaring altitude that is developed by the Government over the years. It is high time that the Government agencies are told and made to act in the best interest of the people of this country. If you look at the functions, I want to remind this House that the main function of the National Assembly under Article 95(2) is to deliberate and resolve issues of concern to the people. Therefore, hon. Wario has perfectly played his role to serve and work for the benefit of, not only his people, but for the people of Kenya who live downstream River Tana. The gift that this House can give to these people is to help them resolve this issue. This can be done, not by setting up any new Committee; there is already the Committee on Energy, Communication and Information. I would urge the Chair of that Committee to treat this Motion as a petition from the people living along Tana River to summon and invite TARDA and KenGen to make a presentation to the Committee. They should explain why they have for so many years been careless and not considered that these people have been suffering and come up with a quick mechanism of how they are going to resolve this issue. As you rightly put it, if there are legal parameters in place, then there is no need for this House even to pray that the Government should consider compensating. This is a legal requirement that the Government must act quickly in compensating these people. The reason why South Korea is more developed that North Korea, Botswana is more developed than Zimbabwe even though they come from almost the same geographical area, the reason why Mexico is under-developed compared to USA is because, instead of having political and economic inclusive institutions, we have political and economic extractive institutions. Looking at what these two Government agencies have been doing, they are involved in extractive activities as opposed to inclusive activities. It is important that as the National Assembly, we put a stop to this behavior. I want to thank hon. Wario for coming up with this. Many Kenyans are suffering across the"
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