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    "id": 812196,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Sakaja",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Johnson Arthur Sakaja",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Very quickly, I thank Sen. Mary Seneta for bringing this. One of the most affected counties yet again is Nairobi County. Laxity in public service has caused untold damage in this country. It has caused damage financially, economically and also the loss of lives. Many accidents have happened because of laxity of institutions such as the Water Resources Management Authority (WARMA), the National Environment Management Authority (NEMA), and the National Construction Authority (NCA). Many examples come to mind, one of them being the Solai tragedy. While WARMA is busy trying to evict people in Green Park Estate, they had not issued a license for a dam of a capacity of more than 190 million cubic meters. They major on the minor and minor on the major responsibility on the mandate that they have. We need to strike a balance. We must save our riparian reserves in this country. Wrongs have been done in the past and we must correct them. However, it must come with some level of equity and fairness. It cannot be that you start destroying the livelihoods and properties of middle class and poor Kenyans. I have people who work along Nairobi River from Grogon, down Kirinyaga Road all the way to the area that was burnt in Gikomba. They are even suspecting that it is the Government that burnt it so that they can be evicted. It goes all the way down to Mathare River. They are being evicted before the rich people and Members of Parliament who own malls that are sitting on rivers. You can even call them reserves. Before you touch the people in Grogon and Mathare, go deal with Nakumatt Ukay, T-Mall and even the building across it so that people can understand that this is not being applied selectively. The balance must be that we need to correct those wrongs. Those who, because of acts of omission in the past, have allowed this to happen, must face the law. They must pay for their negligence. If there are people who made money from such illegalities, they must refund it. 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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