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    "id": 893376,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cheruiyot",
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        "legal_name": "Aaron Kipkirui Cheruiyot",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. We have a tradition in this House where we support the issues of great importance brought by our colleagues but we also take the opportunity to include issues that we feel are of particular importance to the constituents that we represent in this House. Therefore, if you permit, I request the Chairperson of the Committee that will look into this Statement to also inform this House on the status of a dam called Masaita in Kericho County. The residents have been promised this dam for the last 20 years. President Kibaki gave them a promise but left office without delivering it. President Uhuru gave the same promise in 2012 and he has three years to go. It will be of great importance for us to understand what is going on. Could the Chairperson of the Committee give us the status of all the 57 dams that were promised by the current administration, without losing what Sen. (Dr.) Ali asked? They should keep us abreast by telling us the ones whose construction is ongoing and the cases where people are still waiting for compensation. When we speak of Thwake Dam, the face of Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr. lightens up which tells you how that dam will change the status of theCounty that he represents. Therefore, it is of great importance for us, as Senators, to know what the Government intends to do.We should know the dams that we can await and the ones that will be implemented by the next Government."
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