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    "id": 929115,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wambua",
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        "legal_name": "Enoch Kiio Wambua",
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    "content": "will be remembered that this is perhaps one of the biggest projects being undertaken by the Government in the lower Eastern region. This project of the road between Kibwezi, Ikula, Mutomo, all the way the way to Migwani through Kitui Town, has brought a lot of issues. I have held conversations with Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr. over where this Petition should go. I sit in the Senate Committee on Roads and Transportation and we have had an opportunity to visit this section of the road. Issues of compensation, pollution and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) by the companies that are undertaking this project are very serious. One of the biggest problems on that section of the road is that every now and then, there are officers from the National Land Commission (NLC) who are reviewing the awards downwards. You will find that somebody has already been given an award, and after two months, an officer comes and tells them they have reviewed the award downwards by a very big margin. Mr. Speaker, Sir, our Committee on Roads and Transportation is looking forward to the Senate Mashinani in Kitui. We are thinking of scheduling a meeting with all the stakeholders, including the CS and all the Government agencies involved in the construction of this section of the road to address the issues of compensation and pollution. Last week, I led a delegation of persons affected by the project from Kitui Township to the NLC. The level of miscommunication between the NLC and the Kenya National Highways Authority (KeNHA) is mindboggling. There is no communication between the KeNHA and the NLC regarding what each one of them is doing. I hope that the Committee that will be given this matter will handle it with the seriousness it deserves. I want to declare my interest in this matter. I come from Kitui County where the longest section of that road passes through. Therefore, I will be a very active friend of that Committee when it begins sitting. Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir."
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