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    "content": "and it is insolvent. The recommendations that we initially made were all ignored. Finally, those recommendations were followed albeit begrudgingly. The second one was on the issue of prisons, although the report was not tabled. Land belonging to prisons has been grabbed by Kenyans and the report is available. Land belonging to Shikusa, Kodiaga, Shimo La Tewa and Langata Women’s Prison has been grabbed by Kenyans. No wonder the former Principal Secretary, Lillian Omolo, does not want to sleep there; she wants to sleep at Kenyatta National Hospital. Langata Prison has been squeezed so much that there is no space for prisoners to sleep. One of the things that we must interrogate in terms of recommendation is whether or not the WARMA should be in office. How does it do the licensing? Who approved and inspected the Solai Dam? How does the license look like? There was a knee jerk reaction made by – I am not sure who – maybe the Cabinet Secretary for Water and Irrigation, that licences for all dams had be revoked, even the ones of 100 and 200 litres capacity. This was a blanket statement meant to make the public feel good that something important was being done. This is one tragedy that this Senate should not leave untouched. From these documents, let us request for civil and criminal liability. Let heads roll. For us, we will do whatever it takes to see justice is done to the people of Solai. Part of the Committee hearings should be conducted in Solai. We need to hear from the ordinary Kenyans there. They do not have to travel to Nairobi. Let us not conduct the Committee hearings in Nairobi City. Let them be done in Nakuru Town. We would like to hear from young children giving us the accounts of their harrowing story of the Solai incident. They will be on record so that no Kenyan will ever dare, in pursuit of wealth and greed, keep so much water or any dangerous substance. This because the principle of Rylands vs. Fletcher talks of any substance that you keep in your premise. If you keep a dog and it bites somebody, you will be responsible. If you keep a leopard in your house and it bites your neighbour, you will be responsible. If you have an industry like orbit chemicals or anything else in your compound for commercial, domestic or otherwise purposes, you will be responsible. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to support this Motion. I hope that you will give this Committee as much latitude as possible, secretariat, resources and whatever it takes for it to execute its task. Even if a chopper will be required for them to execute their mandate, let it be availed. We must deal with this issue as quickly as we can."
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