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    "id": 877639,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/877639/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wambua",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13199,
        "legal_name": "Enoch Kiio Wambua",
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    "content": "almost becoming a national disaster. The Constitution and the laws are very clear on what the Government should do if it becomes necessary to acquire private land for public use. Mr. Speaker, Sir, Article 40 of the Constitution on the protection of the rights to property is very clear that, if the Government wants to acquire land to use for any public purpose, compensation to the land owners should not just be prompt; it should be done in full. However, what is happening across the country even from Kitui County, where I come from, land owners are asked to vacate their private land and their property is destroyed with a promise that someday there will be compensation. However, there is no commitment as to when that compensation will take place or any arrangement as to where the people who are uprooted from their private land are supposed to be resettled. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I urge the Committee to which the Petition will be committed to take this matter very seriously. Road agencies are required to live within our means. If there is no money to compensate for land acquired, then we should not be in a hurry to construct roads."
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