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    "id": 926152,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/926152/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Karachuonyo, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Adipo Okuome",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Andrew Adipo Okuome",
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    "content": "Report is very effective. We also have to remember that we have a very porous border that is long and unprotected. If the Military were to take the steps they want to, I will fully support them. A lot remains unsorted in terms of the process. My colleagues have spoken about public participation which is a very essential requirement. We do not have a good report showing us that this was done. I plead with the Chairman of the Committee to ensure that public participation is done before this Report is passed by the House. We need the Report anyway. In addition to that, the environmental impact assessment report must be done. The wildlife in that area is also a factor of the economy of our country. If we do not have any report on how the wildlife will be affected by the step the military is taking, we may hurt ourselves when our intention was to benefit from the project. I also want to comment on the land purchase. We were told that the ownership of some parcels of land has not been identified. If that is true, then the willing buyer willing seller principle will be violated. From whom are you buying the land? That one too needs to be sorted out. More than anything else, I support the idea of buying the total land requirement instead of buying in piecemeal, which will escalate the price at the end of it all. Buying in piecemeal also encourages speculators. That will distort the amount we will pay for the land at the end of it all. I request the Committee to go back and deal with those things which do not seem to be fully taken care of. I know the Chairman may not like what we are saying."
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