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    "id": 382015,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Muthama",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Johnson Nduya Muthama",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Speaker, I rise to support this Motion and, at the same time, to propose an amendment. The reason I am proposing this amendment is because this Motion is very important and many areas, not only Turkwel Gorge, but the entire Republic of Kenya, have been affected. What the Mover did was to highlight one of the serious issues. Madam Temporary Speaker, if you allow me, I beg to move:- THAT, the Motion be amended as follows. (a) By inserting the following words: “in the area and all other areas where such dams have been constructed and people have not been compensated” immediately after the word “persons” in the eighth line. (b) By deleting the word “area” appearing in the ninth line and inserting the words “affected areas.” Madam Temporary Speaker, the amendment is meant to cater for areas like those mentioned earlier, Kisumu, Kiambere and also Masinga Dam as good examples; and many other areas. In Masinga Dam, people were displaced 15 or 20 years ago. KenGen has been generating electricity there and selling it to Kenyans, and they are being paid money. Although KenGen is generating revenue from the dam, Kenyans and wananchi there are still suffering. Some of them have become squatters and they have no place to go. Ten years ago, these people went to court, they won the case and they were awarded about Kshs240 million. But what did KenGen do? Without caring about the people that this nation is supposed to be serving, they went to court and made an appeal. The judge asked the institution to deposit only Kshs10 million and those people are still waiting for the determination of the appeal, while KenGen is generating money. Madam Temporary Speaker, you know the electricity bill you and I – including everybody else who is here and who is not here – pay after using electricity. We even know the bills that poor teachers, who are demanding for their money, pay when it comes to electricity; it is a lot of money. Today, KenGen is just expanding at the expense of the people who live in those areas. 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."
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