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    "id": 953675,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Murkomen",
    "speaker_title": "The Senate Majority Leader",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 440,
        "legal_name": "Onesimus Kipchumba Murkomen",
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    "content": " Mr. Speaker, Sir, I support the Statement by Sen. Halake. Early this year or late last year, this House passed a Bill that sought to ensure that there is adequate and prompt compensation for any land that the Government takes from any citizen for purposes of development in any way. We know that over the years, the pastoralists have been adversely affected by the Government’s decisions because it is always assumed that unoccupied land is free and can be taken by anybody. Secondly, it is important that such decisions that affect people--- Assuming that the Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) have genuine claim to property in any part of the country, including that part of Isiolo, which is occupied by citizens of this Republic for three, four, 10 or even 20 years – I am told that in this situation, the citizens have been living there for over 30 years – it is not fair for a government to evict its own citizens. That is cruelty on the part of the Government to violate the human rights of its own citizens. We have raised these issues over and over again. It is not just about Isiolo, Mau or other places. When we raise these issues, the answer we are given every time is--- I like what Sen. Orengo has said. Sometimes somebody in the Executive just tells you that you are supposed to defend the Government. There is no provision in the Constitution that says that the National Assembly and the Senate shall defend the Executive. To the contrary, we must oversight the Executive. By scrutinizing and oversighting the Executive, we are helping them to do better. In fact, those of us on the majority side have a greater responsibility to ensure that decisions of the Executive are properly scrutinized and implemented in a manner that makes the Government to look good. I would like to tell Sen. Halake, Sen. Dullo and others on this side not to be scared by anybody if they stand by the truth. They should never let anyone lie to them that they are anti-government when they speak the truth. As the Senate Majority Leader, I have given them the license to do so. The Government of Kenya will benefit more if we raise the flaws being committed by junior officers and persons serving in various offices of the Government."
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