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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Bowen",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. Thank you hon. Wario for donating two minutes to me, at least, to support that Motion as amended. The suffering that the people of Tana River experience is man-made and it is caused by KenGen and TARDA. Those are the two big corporate companies that do not have regard for human dignity. We know that in most companies there is corporate social responsibility. We are told that KenGen generates electricity from the waters of River Tana but in the neighbourhood of Tana River County, there is darkness. Instead, there is a lot of flood water which has resulted in loss of property, lives and destruction of their land. The TARDA undertakes a lot of irrigation in Tana River County. The Authority produces a lot of rice but the people of Tana River County die of hunger during the dry season. As most of my colleagues have said, we would expect these two agencies to tap the waters of this massive water body to carry out irrigation projects for the benefit of the people of Tana River County. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, the issue of compensation is not negotiable at all. By the time we pass this Motion, those two agencies should be preparing themselves to compensate the people of Tana River County from today. This is because the situation is unacceptable. It has been going on for quite some time. Again, I want to thank hon. Ali Wario for listening to the cries of his constituents. With those few remarks, I support the Motion as amended and recommend that the compensation begins from today. Thank you."
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