{"id":770693,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/770693/?format=json","text_counter":168,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Sen. Wetangula","speaker_title":"The Senate Minority Leader","speaker":{"id":210,"legal_name":"Moses Masika Wetangula","slug":"moses-wetangula"},"content":" Mr. Speaker, Sir, in the follow up, could the Senate Majority Leader also consider a policy shift? I can give you an example of Nzoia Sugar Company. In the old days when the Government decided to take 12,500 acres of land from the nucleus on Nzoia, it went to Trans Nzoia, purchased an equivalent parcel of land or thereabout and resettled families. The danger of cash compensations is that it has created the so-called Internally Displaced People (IDP’s) in some areas. The heads of families take money, abandon their families, go and squander the money, then come back to squat on the roadside or behind a shop in a local market, in the same area. They then emerge every time when there is stock 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."}