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"content": "Senators, to bring Bills to deal with these kinds of situations, so that we do not just pass Motions urging the Government to compensate. I am very sure that the Government does not expect to be told to compensate, but would rather want this situation to end unnoticed, and it has happened for many years. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, for how long will we behave as if we do not have answers? The Government does not do the trading. It is the KenGen and others who are doing businesses. Business people will not come forward and think of taking their profit to compensate people who they have nothing to do with, unless we criminalize this kind of a situation and make sure that when one is building a dam, that person is liable for any damage that may be caused by his own initiative. Therefore, I think that time has come for us to think critically whether urging the Government to compensate all the time is the best idea. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I would like the Mover, after this Motion has been passed and becomes a resolution of the House, to follow it up and make sure that a Bill is introduced in this House, so that we can now deal with this matter once and for all. This is because for 50 years we have been losing lives. We are aware that next year another group of people and animals will be swept away by water. We are very much aware of this, yet we are comfortable wherever we are. We are comfortable in the Senate, the Cabinet and also the National Assembly. I think that this is the right time for the Senate now to come out very strongly and deal with perennial problems like the one we have today. Mr. Temporary Speaker, as I said, we have very many rivers in this country. The other way that we can go about this issue before bringing a Bill is by appointing a select Committee to do a study of all the rivers and then, recommend to the Senate. The Senate will then forward that matter to the central Government with a Bill if necessary. That will be the only way we can appear to be action oriented and helping our people, and not just talking and finishing the matter here. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I support this Motion very strongly and ask for another Motion within a very short time, so that we can set up a select Committee which will go around the country and bring recommendations to the House. Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir."
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