{"id":382007,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/382007/?format=json","text_counter":189,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Sen. Ndiema","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":1067,"legal_name":"Henry Tiole Ndiema","slug":"henry-tiole-ndiema"},"content":"Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I stand to support this Motion. This issue of compensation for the people of West Pokot is long overdue and it is not a favor that the people of West Pokot are asking for. It is their right under the Constitution. It has become almost a tradition in this country that projects are conceived, considered and feasibility studies are carried out – very beautiful ones – promising heaven on earth to residents of those areas where those projects will be domiciled. Madam Temporary Speaker, if I remember well when the Turkwel Gorge Project was initiated, the residents of Pokot and Turkana were promised, just to mention a few, that they will get electricity, and that would have been the first priority. I do not know whether they have got enough electricity and as neighbours – as earlier mentioned by my The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."}