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    "id": 877666,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/877666/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Olekina",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Ledama Olekina",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I rise to support the Petition by the Senator of Kiambu County. I am positive that sanity will finally prevail on the issue of land acquisition and compensation. We recently amended the Land Value Index Laws (Amendment) Bill (National Assembly Bills No. 3 of 2018) which clearly states how and when compensation should be done. The problem that is affecting the people of Kiambu has also affected the Maasai nation for some time. Our land has been acquired by the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) and people are still going for compensation until today. I want to be critical and my views are going to be different. We are all seeking for development and are asking for better roads and transportation services but the question is: At what cost; and are we prepared to pay that cost? I do not agree with the views of my colleagues that we should do away with compulsory land acquisition. If we do that, where are we going to build a super highway yet we are still importing tonnes of used cars? At one given time, the number of cars are more than the population of the Maasai nation. We need to implement the laws that we pass. We can sit here, lament and argue about the process of compensation for the land that is acquired forcefully. I am more optimistic that we can have a proper system once we push forward the implementation of these laws. The funding that we get to construct these roads comes from the World Bank and anyone can petition the World Bank to stop that process if their land---"
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