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    "content": "Madam Temporary Speaker, this was very discriminatory on the people of Kajiado County. I am now talking about the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) from Mombasa to Nairobi along the Kajiado and Makueni boundaries. On the left side is Kajiado and they are paid 35 per cent; on the right side on the same route is Makueni and you pay 85 per cent? What an injustice? I remember a delegation coming all the way to come and ask why they were being discriminated upon; why the 35 per cent while the other side is getting 85 per cent? This was not even resolved. There were protests all over. Madam Temporary Speaker, when it comes to compensation, we should have clear standards as to how we are going to compensate our people. We cannot afford to have discriminatory standards when it comes to land compensation. Madam Temporary Speaker, on Clause 41, as we look into the issues of acquisition of land, we agree that there should be compulsory acquisition because of national interest and development, but people must be treated in the same manner. You can imagine; the same land, rail, citizens but different compensation, just because one side is Makueni and the other is Kajiado. That was an injustice that we would not want repeated. It should be corrected by this Bill so that when they refer any issue to the National Land Commission (NLC), there must be some provision that the standards of compensation should not be discriminatory. On the issue of consultation with the people, yesterday we debated the Public Participation Bill (Senate Bills No. 4 of 2018). We need to consult with our people as we do these projects that are to be done where they live. I say this because many people were displaced by the SGR. Up to now there are no proper exits and underpasses to an extent that many people are blocked from accessing facilities on the other side of the SGR. We have also have had so much floods because even the waterways were blocked. If one wanted to use the peoples’ water in road construction there must be some consultation for them to understand why you are using that water. I do not even agree that we should use the wells, boreholes and dams of the people without compensation. I think this will motivate the people for us to be able to have these projects owned by them. Madam Temporary Speaker, there is one very important aspect. When the SGR was being constructed, a total of 88 boreholes were dug along the route. This is because water is used when you are doing the SGR and the roads. Out of those 88 boreholes, they took away the equipment when they finished the construction. That was so malicious to the communities. It is my prayer that in this Bill, there should be a component of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), so that when we do boreholes and the dams that we are using to construct the roads, please leave them for the benefit of mwananchi. Do not destroy them, leave them shapeless and take away the equipment. If those 88 boreholes were left, they would have today helped people along the routes of construction."
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