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    "content": "surrounding that particular company. It does not only involve providing schools, employment and the water that he purported to have been giving them, but also touches on any physical harm or harm from pollutants, such as gas and any others. Those people should have been protected. It is quite sad to learn that this particular company went ahead to build such a high dam up to the height of 30 meters. I can visualize how tall that particular dam was. That is why that water was able to flow for over five kilometres. This was preparation of physical harm to the people of Solai and we ought to condemn this in the strongest terms it deserves. Madam Temporary Speaker, it is saddening to realise that somebody went ahead, with all the impunity and corruption, to block water that flows naturally. That means that the drought and shortage of food that is observed at Solai is actually manmade. In any case, these people have suffered for a long time. This begs the questions: What was the reason for having devolution? What is the role of the county government? How about the National Environment Management Authority of Kenya (NEMA) and the Water Resource Management Authority (WARMA)? All these people should be taken to a court of law to explain the reason they neglected their duties to the extent that we lost a large number of people. Madam Temporary Speaker, from the incident, Solai has not only soil that is good for agriculture, but the people in that particular area also lost their livelihoods, including their buildings and all that they had invested in life. My imagination is that unless those people are properly counselled, some of them will suffer mental illnesses. I ask our Government to look into this as a matter of urgency. The Government is currently talking about dealing with the issues of corruption. If this is not corruption, what is it? I can only compare this incident to a mining company that was based in Mombasa County, where I saw people suffer in that area. Children were born as Persons with Disabilities (PWDs). I even saw animals with wounds on their bodies. The people of Solai can only be compared to those people. I am sure that if were to go round the country, we would find other companies that are operating with impunity without any legality. I am sure that the people who live around those areas are suffering not only from chemical pollution, but also waiting for other disasters to happen, just like the Solai case. Madam Temporary Speaker, I thank God that the President and the Jubilee Government has declared war on corruption. They are thinking about the poor and that is why they are supporting development in the counties. I urge them to take up the recommendations from the Senate and implement them to the letter. I want to commend the Chairperson of Committee on Justice, Legal Affairs and Human Rights for saying that they will implement to the letter recommendations in this particular Report. I would like to see its recommendations implemented immediately. We will keep on talking about it until is fully implemented. Once again, I want to thank the Committee led by the able Chairperson, Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr., Sen. Sakaja, Sen. Kasanga, Sen. (Prof.) Ekal, Sen. Olekina and others for this great job. With those few remarks, I support. 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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