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    "speaker_name": "May 31, 2018 SENATE DEBATES 10 Sen. Wetangula",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I also laud the courageous citizens of Kericho and Bomet but I wonder whether there is lack of material nondisclosure on this matter in accordance with Standing Order No.223(g). I am aware and I stand corrected by the distinguished Senators of Kericho and Bomet that the governor of Kericho, who is my good friend, has been pursuing a court process in relation to James Finlay (Kenya) Limited and other multinationals that occupy the ancestral lands of the people of Bomet and Kericho and that there is a court process ongoing in London in a court of law. If that be the case, then the Petition will have some difficulties in accordance with Standing Order No.223(g). But be that as it may, I laud the courageous citizens. I want also to encourage the Senators from Kericho and Bomet counties that they may, in trying to hit the fly, crash the head of the person on whom the fly is perching. James Finlay Kenya Limited and those other multinationals are agricultural entities that are devolved under the Constitution. So, one way of getting strong revenue base for their counties is to encourage their county assemblies to legislate on how to share the proceeds and profits that are being generated by these multinationals to improve the lives of their people. This is because in the macro-economic status of the country, tea growing, tea processing and tea export is a critical component in our sector of the economy. Therefore, my two colleagues from the two counties may have to look into that. Mr. Speaker, Sir, more importantly, as I finish, the issues being raised by these Kenyans out of frustration is because of the continuing arrogance and refusal by the Jubilee Government to implement the Truth Justice and Reconciliation Commission (TJRC) Report. All these issues were canvassed in this report. All these issued were addressed, solutions were given, reparations and compensations were recommended. A few resettlements were recommended, but the TJRC report is lying in the office of the Majority Leader in the National Assembly. It has never gotten to the Floor of the National Assembly. It is your side that is frustrating your people. I want to encourage you also as you pursue these avenues, you should know what the Committee is about to do, is to reinvent an existing wheel because the matter has already been dealt with."
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