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    "id": 926212,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Isiolo North, KPP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Hassan Hulufo",
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        "legal_name": "Hassan Oda Hulufo",
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    "content": " Thank you Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for the opportunity to also comment on this Report. I would like to start by appreciating the important role that the KDF plays and, by extension, the need to facilitate it have the infrastructure it requires to provide defence for our country. However, having read this Report very clearly, I hesitate. I have gone through this Report and I have a number of concerns that constrains me from supporting it. Going through this Report, I realise that the KDF and the NLC, if you look at the submission by the Colonel who is the Commander of that Regiment, did not follow certain steps. There is no way you can talk about compulsorily acquiring land for any public use before environmental impact assessment is done to establish suitability of the intended use on that piece of land. That is one of the key concerns which I have with this Report. Initially, while the Kenya Air Force was indicating that the environmental impact assessment was done, NEMA denied that it has taken place. However, as we speak, there is indication that it was done as an afterthought. This raises a lot of questions. I thank the Committee for going out on its own volition to investigate this matter and bring this Report to this House. The second reason I am very hesitant to support adoption of this Report is the fact that the site which is identified is located in a very sensitive ecosystem – the Mara ecosystem. From my understanding of Mara and the sensitivity of such areas, I do not think what the military intends to set up there and the current use of that ecosystem will coexist amicably. Therefore, I am very hesitant. The notices for public participation were sent out but reading through the report, very few submissions were made. But I am glad, although not many community groups have made their submissions the people’s representatives - the Members of Parliament - have made their submissions. Two Members of Parliament from Narok have again commented on this report in this very House this evening. That tells us that there is no buy in from the Maa community and from the Narok community. Despite appreciating the importance of this radar to protect our territorial integrity and ensure that our country is safe, without the acceptance of the community who are the owners of this land at the moment, I do not find a good reason why we should adopt 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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