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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr.",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I beg to move:- THAT, this House adopts the Report of the Select Committee on the Solai Dam tragedy, laid on the Table of the House on Thursday, 26th July, 2018. Mr. Speaker, Sir, this report and the probe has given me, as the Chair, very anxious moments to the extent that Members of this Committee were intimidated; they were lobbied on and they received telephone calls, even as late as yesterday. I was worried about the security of my Committee Members. I was also worried that we will not complete this process. However, because God loves the people of Solai, we complied with the Standing Orders and this report was approved by a majority of the Members of the Committee. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, secondly, I was unanimously elected as the Chair of this Committee for reasons that the Senators, who are in this Committee, are best placed to explain but it gave me great pleasure to chair 21 meetings. I am informed reliably that this Committee is the first one that has complied with the timelines given by the House. We are actually ahead of the time that was allocated to us, and I can assure you that we have done a good job. Straight to our mandate; we were given four mandates to holistically investigate and establish the circumstances leading to the tragedy; propose modalities for compensation of the families; ensure that the dam owner makes compensation in regard to destroyed environment, trees, and other vegetation; and propose measures to mitigate such disasters. I will, in my handling of the Report, deal with those issues as they are. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we have determined with finality that the Solai Dam Tragedy was not an act of God, but an act of man. It was an act of omission and commission. It was deliberate. It was done knowingly and in collusion. It is criminal without hesitation. The documents presented to us by the Ministry of Water and Irrigation, through Water Resource Management Authority (WARMA), in fact, confirm in finality that the owner of Solai Dam--- 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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