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    "id": 926213,
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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": "this report or why we should encourage the military to do due diligence and proceed with compensating people and continuing with the project. I would like to echo what my County Women Representative, Hon. Rehema has said. My own county, and specifically my own constituency of Isiolo North is host to the largest number of military barracks in this Republic. And we have been having issues with the military every time extending the boundaries. We have issues with the 78 Tankers Battalion, Soy School of Infantry and so on and so forth. They extend the boundaries and keep on harassing our people. At some point, we will invite this Committee. As they go back to do public participation and seek the possibility of getting buy in to set up this radar in that specific place or another good alternative… I would like, as well, to encourage them to consider visiting all these areas, especially in northern Kenya where we have provided land to the military to set up their camps. Finally, I would like to say that we are not opposed to providing land for the military to set up systems that will help them to protect our country. What we are saying is that this particular site does not seem to be very appropriate, from ecological perspective and from the fact that ownership of the land is in contention. It used to be a group ranch. We are told a huge portion of it has been sold to a private individual and some members of the Maasai community are contesting this. They have even petitioned the Ministry of Lands, as I have read in the report. It is said that part of this land was set aside for the next generation of Maasai. Unfortunately, it has already been sold probably by the local elites, which is something common in most of the areas where land is communally owned. For these reasons, I would like to oppose this report. I would like to encourage the Committee to go back and do a more thorough job in terms of engaging more stakeholders in Narok so that, in consultation with the county government, the community and the leaders, we should get another appropriate site in Narok County or elsewhere in the neighbouring counties. Thank you very much for the opportunity to contribute."
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