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    "id": 925809,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wamatangi",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 646,
        "legal_name": "Paul Kimani Wamatangi",
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    "content": "and beg the contractors to undertake CSR. We have seen this in most of the visits we have done and the interactions we have had with most of our people. The recommendation of this Committee is that, going forward, the Government must change its version. When a project is being conceptualized, the element of CRS has to be included. It should be included in the contract, what these contractors will do in terms of giving back to the community, after being paid those billions. This should be included at the time of conceptualization of the project. Lastly, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the Committee wanted to find out, the extent to which KeNHA and the National Land Commission have undertaken sensitization programmes on compensation of project-affected persons. This is a frequent problem that this Committee has encountered in the various parts of this country, including in Eldoret where squatters who have no major means of livelihood were ejected from their small businesses and shanties without compensation. This is a right that they should be able to enjoy. I am proud to report that the Committee asserted its authority during those occasions. In the last meeting with the National Land Commission (NLC) and the Ministry, they confirmed that even squatters, business traders and anyone who has a stake in that project; whether they have a title deed or not, will be compensated. Most of them have been compensated. Some of the squatters in Eldoret were paid an amount totaling to about Kshs300 million even before the big stakeholders were paid. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the county visit to Kajiado, West Pokot, Turkana and Isiolo Counties focused on the following matters: In Kajiado County, we went to inspect the ongoing construction of Phase 2 of the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) with respect to compensation for demolitions at Nkoroi, environmental restoration, rehabilitation of Olosirkon Primary School in Tuala which was condemned due to the effects of blasting of an adjacent quarry to extract materials for construction of Phase 2 of the SGR. Further, the Committee followed up on disruption by the contractor on community boreholes. This country saw and witnessed the horror of families when they were being ejected from their homes. They built these homes using their hard earned money. You find that families; children, wives and husbands were being ejected early in the morning, without compensation. They were being ejected from land that they own and structures that they had built themselves and they were not being compensated. The Committee had a discussion and invited the community that lives near Olosirkon Primary School. This school had been condemned in total and children were studying and learning under trees. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, we invited the entire team from the Ministry and other stakeholders and the Committee asserted itself. As of now, I wish to report that an arrangement and agreement was arrived at that the contractor will construct another six classrooms after building the four classrooms. All the classrooms in Olosirkon Primary School that were affected will be rehabilitated and a borehole included to serve the school and the community."
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