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    "id": 840237,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cheruiyot",
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        "legal_name": "Aaron Kipkirui Cheruiyot",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I rise to support this Petition by my good neighbour and friend, Sen. Cherargei. This is something that he is extremely passionate about. During my first interaction with him, once he was elected to the Senate, he began canvasing issues around Chemase Gold Mining. On many occasions, before I could get a good grasp of his name, I used to refer to him as the “gold Senator”, not because he loves the gold that is being produced but because of the passion that he has for the people that live around the area and the suffering that they have had to endure due to “investors”. We look at them as investors but they are not. The truth of the matter is that these are people who have come to our country because of the weakness of our laws. They impoverish our nation and take away natural resources with very little benefits being extended to the people that live close by. The Committee that will handle this matter should get to the details of the concerns that are being raised by residents of Chemase. Let them find justice in this House. There is a concept that I do not seem to agree with. I say this because this morning we had a chance to listen to a Petition from residents of Kericho County about what should happen because their land was taken by colonialists. As a people, they have never been compensated and up to date, there is nothing they enjoy from their land. During contributions, you could hear a certain line of thought being pushed, especially by our colleague Senators from the legal fraternity, that there are legal issues around it that we cannot address as a Senate. The sanctity of the Senate and Parliament as an institution cannot be second-guessed. The idea of Parliament is the gathering of people of Kenya. There is nothing under the sun that is greater than the very people who own a particular republic. I challenge the committee that will handle the matter to get to the root cause of the matter. They should give us hard-finding solutions and proposals that even the ownership reverts back to people of Chemase. There is nothing that is wrong with that. It is possible for them to run it, own it and be successful. With those many remarks, I beg to support."
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