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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Bumula, Independent",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Mwambu Mabongah",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Moses Wekesa Mwambu Mabonga",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to air my views concerning this Report, which is before the House. From the outset, I wish to oppose the Report. I have few concerns. Having looked at the Report, Members are avoiding one issue that is affecting the community and trying to solve the other one. Just like what my colleague has said, security is paramount. We all agree that security is paramount but as we look at it, are we looking at the lives of the people before we get to security? When we talk about security, we talk about the very citizens who are being mistreated. The leaders from that region have raised major concerns here; that the community was not involved in public participation and that clear reports have not been submitted. This shows very clearly that the Chair of the Committee and his team did not bother to get sufficient information concerning this matter before they brought this Report to the House. My concern is why whenever the Government seeks to compulsorily acquire land it identifies land of poor people. Is it because they have the manpower to manipulate the payment and resettlement processes of poor people? There is a huge chunk of land that belongs to people who are able and can even donate it to the Government. A poor man is crying and has no help. He now looks upon an elected Member of Parliament like me to defend him or her. The leaders have come to the House and raised their concerns; that they were not involved in public participation, and that they do not support the The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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