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    "content": "country? Why do they have to wait for people to die for them to now say that they want to start doing their job? The investigation being carried out by the Committee of this House and the Government agencies like the police and any other agency involved in this matter, must tell the nation the person who is responsible. If that person had the right licenses, who gave him those licenses? If he did not have the license, how did he end up keeping a dam of that magnitude without paying regard to the effects that it would have caused? The impact and the effects that have been caused by this disaster is a wake-up call for all of us, as citizens of this Republic, to be conscious of the things that we want to do and their impact on the lives of the people of Kenya. I want to thank Sen. Kihika and encourage her to continue fighting for the compensation of those people and being their voice. Under the rule of Rylands v Fletcher, whether you talk about the question of compensation for those people or criminal liability on the part of Mr. Patel and his team, there is enough law and legislation in this country that is capable of holding every person who is responsible for that matter. I thank the Cabinet Secretary, Ministry of Water and Irrigation, Mr. Simon Chelugui, for he went there immediately. He recently came here and he must now hold the agencies including WARMA to account on the work that they have been doing over the years in so far as dams in this country is concerned. This is also a wake-up call for us. We need to also think of other institutions or potential dangerous investments in this country that may explode and kill many people. We have seen pipelines that are in slum areas, electricity wires that are hanging all over and we should not wait until hundreds or thousands of people die for us to come back here then say that investigations must be done. Every department of Government must be diligent in all that they do. I beg to support and request that this House and our Committee continue with the investigation that they are doing and come back with very strong recommendations that are actionable."
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