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    "content": "told us that he is reviving all the other files of fires that have affected Nairobi over the past few months, and that this effort is ongoing. Mr. Speaker Sir, on the issue of livelihoods, we have gone to the ground with the Water Resources Management Authority (WARMA) to address the issue of the riparian area of Nairobi River. I am glad to announce to the country and to Senators here that we are ensuring that the traders are able to bounce back. The area that was affected was mainly Mutinda Traders, the furniture dealers and also their residential houses. It is very sad that in one of the houses where most people died, because of the landlord’s fear, the watchman shut the door and locked everyone inside the building. It was a very sad situation. Mr. Speaker Sir, as I move to finish, many of the causes of these fires are, number one, land speculation. There are people who have been holding title deeds in Nairobi for public land. Because Gikomba is public land, we have directed that all people who are holding title deeds for land in Gikomba – the 12 acres – should know that what they are holding is fake. We have agreed with the County Government of Nairobi, the Cabinet Secretary of the Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development and the Principal Secretary that all those other allotment letters and titles shall be revoked. Therefore, nobody should try to push away people because of trying to speculate on the land. Secondly, Mr. Speaker Sir, on the illegal power connections, I would like to report that we have already started discussions with Kenya Power to bring proper and clean energy for the poor people in the slums in Nairobi City County. They need energy and if they cannot afford it, the kind of connections they are putting up are causing a lot of fires in the slums. In addition to that, there are other different causes of fire incidents and we are working on it. Mr. Speaker Sir, I will be very glad if this matter is brought back to my Committee on National Security, Defence and Foreign Affairs for us to move deeper into the issue. However, I want to assure the people of Nairobi County and the residents of Gikomba Market that we will not rest until we get to the bottom of this matter. We are also going to help those traders who were affected bounce back in terms of their livelihoods. Thank you, Mr. Speaker Sir."
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