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    "content": "needs change. This Report is telling us that the time has come and this House must champion the change that Kenyans want. We met Kenyans out there when we went to the site. We found angry Kenyans; Kenyans who have been pained because of lack of justice and that nobody is speaking for them. Our prayer is that Senators will internalise this because the learning lessons are across the board in every county. Today is Perry Mansukh but tomorrow it could be you, me, or our friends or relatives. Why are Kenyans not looking at each other as brothers and sisters? I believe the day we shall wake up and look at the person next to you as your own brother, is when things will begin to change. Government agencies have gone to sleep. People went to sleep a long time ago yet when we challenged some of them, I must say, they did not come around. For instance, when we challenged the NCA, they came back with detailed reports of what they were supposed to have done in the first instance. Had they not been challenged, we would not have seen these kinds of reports. I wanted to go into the detail of it but I know I have to give time to my fellow Senators to speak as well. The second report that came from the NCA was a combined task force from dam experts and other engineers who joined them when they were going to relook at the matter. First, it gave us volumes of water that we did not even know in the first place. We discovered that we were dealing with a double volume of water than what had been reported to us previously. The report of the NCA, which I pray that every Senator looks at, will indicate to you in good detail that the dam that collapsed was three kilometres away from Solai Village. It was at an altitude much higher. I do not know how to explain 300,000 cubic metres of water because it is a lot of water. You will have to be on the ground to see the size of that dam and imagine the velocity with which the water went down to the village. These are not our words but facts in the NCA Report. We have heard everything else surrounding that fact. I commend the NCA because they felt that they had not done enough and they went back and did some more work. However, this is not the attitude we have received from across the board. Going forward, as leaders, we have a duty to hold our Government agencies to account. Nobody should sleep on their job. The recommendations of this Report are far- reaching for that particular reason. There is time people take responsibility for the work they are being paid to do by Kenyans. Madam Temporary Speaker, one thing that honestly hurts me the most is when Mr. Mansukh admitted that he had never gone to visit the people of Solai, yet in his submissions he said how much he loved them. The people of Solai told us they have lived side by side with Mr. Mansukh, his father and the father before him. When a tragedy of this magnitude happens, how do you not visit to say pole ? How do you decide that the only way to communicate with the affected people is through a Committee? There is so much I can say. When we went to the ground, the report of the primary school headmaster shocked us. He told us that he is housing 52 children, some who are totally orphaned and some with only one parent. There is no report here that tells us how those orphans are going to be taken care of. That is just completely unacceptable. Madam Temporary Speaker, there was the role of the County Government which you have heard about. The County Government did nothing to ascertain what could have 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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