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    "id": 904645,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/904645/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Sakaja",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Johnson Arthur Sakaja",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, just to add on that Statement, we are wondering what is happening with these agencies – Kenya National Highways Authority (KeNHA), Kenya Urban Roads Authority (KURA) and Kenya Rural Roads Authority (KeRRA). In Nairobi City County, we are facing many similar issues regarding compensation where people have been moved out, for example, in areas adjacent to Waiyaki Way on the expansion on James Gichuru Road. In Kibera, hundreds of families were removed to pave way for the completion of just one kilometer of road, but to date, they have not been compensated. They are living out there in squalor. We had the same issue on Kangundo Road and Outering Road. We want to find out what is really happening. This is because by the time these projects are budgeted for and even when they start being executed, that money is available for compensation. In fact, they hold a meeting with the persons affected by the projects and they agree on how it will be done. However, when it comes to paying them, it seems as if there is enthusiasm to pay the contractor as opposed to resettling our people. I urge the Committee, as it looks into this, to deal with the specific issues raised in the Statement and to also get the overall policy direction with respect to compensation when these constructions are being done. My people in Nairobi City County are really suffering as a result of this. We welcome development but let it be done in a proper manner as we look at the people who are being affected."
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