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    "id": 963909,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/963909/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wambua",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13199,
        "legal_name": "Enoch Kiio Wambua",
        "slug": "enoch-kiio-wambua"
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    "content": "done. In fact, they will be finalising the area around Kitui town this December. The people whose land was taken have not been compensated to date. Sometime early this year, when I was sitting in this Committee, there was destruction of private property around Nkoroi where very expensive houses were brought down. Amazingly, there was money to compensate those people within two weeks yet they have not compensated the poor Kenyans whose land was taken in Kitui and Makueni where that road is passing. It is raining heavily but those people cannot till their land because it has been taken for road construction with no compensation. The issue mentioned by Sen. (Eng.) Hargura is a collective shame for this country. Close to Kshs400 million was paid to the contractor for the construction of the One Stop Border Point in Malaba. There is a balance of about Kshs58 million. The balance of Kshs58 million has not been paid and the Government terminated the contract and the section of the road that is remaining is less than 50 metres. On account of that, business people are losing business in billions of shillings. We were told that the border point collects over Kshs250 million every month yet we do not have Kshs58 million to pay the contractor to complete the work. Mr. Deputy Speaker Sir, what I am requesting, because I am a Member of another committee, is that when we table this report, perhaps, immediately after we come from recess, action must be taken, not by the Cabinet Secretary, but action pushed by this Senate for relief to Kenyans and for value for money. This is because we are losing a lot of money, Kenyans are crying, and they are looking up to us. I believe what this Ministry is doing, is just trying to give good answers to questions; ticking boxes; that they have done their job and yet things are different on the ground. I support."
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