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    "content": "APPRECIATING the good work of the Red Cross Society of Kenya and the national Government for their swift responses upon receiving the information of the dam tragedy; DEEPLY concerned that this human catastrophe occurred despite the existence of the Kenya Water Resources Management authority (WARMA), an institution that is created and mandated to ensure effective management of water resources; FURTHER concerned that the Water Resource Management Authority does not have a framework on licensing, construction, usage, sharing of dam water resources, insurance and inspection of earth dams and that, currently, there are no standards which dam owners are required to adhere to and comply with; ALSO concerned that the Water Resources Management Authority knew that the Solai Dam posed a great risk to Kenyans living downstream and they did little or nothing to avert the danger and that the Solai Dam Tragedy appears to have occurred as a result of their negligence; NOTING with concern the sad revelations following the investigative report by the Kenya Human Rights Commission on the Solai Dam Tragedy that points to ignorance and a suspicious relationship between the owners of the dam, the National Environment Management (NEMA) and WARMA officials in their singular and joint omission that resulted in failure to act on early warning information given to them about the impending danger and the continued failure by NEMA to put in place standards on quality of dam walls and regulations to address the downstream effects and impact of dams whose walls burst, especially, the protection and restoration of the flora and fauna and the environment in general; APPREHENSIVE that with the continuing heavy rainfall now and in the future, such incidents as the Solai one could happen elsewhere in Kenya; DESIRIOUS of the need to take steps towards ensuring that similar man-made disasters are prevented from reoccurring; NOW THEREFORE the Senate resolves to establish a Select Committee to:- (a) Holistically investigate and establish the circumstances leading to the Solai Dam Tragedy. (b) Propose modalities for compensation of all the families of the deceased victims and the surviving families. (c) Ensure the dam owner makes compensation in regard to the destroyed environment as well, especially, trees and other vegetation and top fertile soils and; (d) Propose measures to mitigate any such eventual disasters, especially for counties that are prone to floods and landslides; 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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