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    "id": 968350,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/968350/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Prof.) Kamar",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 33,
        "legal_name": "Margaret Jepkoech Kamar",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker, for that ruling, because it will be so unfair to the people of Uasin Gishu County if I did not say anything. Madam Temporary Speaker, the Senate has done a wonderful job. I thank the Committee for Roads and Transportation for such a wonderful handling of the Petition. I remember that the petitioners actually came to our sitting in Eldoret, when we had the Senate Mashinani . This was a very hot issue at that time in town, and the people were worried about how they were to be compensated. This is because they just saw graders and bulldozers coming in, roads were being constructed and discussions for compensation were not done properly. Madam Temporary Speaker, I support the proposals that the Committee have made. Although Kshs700 million has been paid, that is almost half of the cost of what the claims are. We urge the Government to move very fast and, through the Committee, ensure that the National Land Commission (NLC) moves as fast as they had promised so as to ensure that, that is done. Madam Temporary Speaker, as the Committee has said, we have a lot of compensation issues in this country. In Uasin Gishu County, we still have another compensation issue on the Ilula-Targei-Chamingwa Road, which was opened by the President a few years ago. The compensation issues there were again done haphazardly, and only 25 per cent of the people have had their documents passed. What the Committee has said, which is very important and we must underline, is the fact that while the Government is giving mobilization to the contractor, it should also include the compensation aspect. It is good to compensate people at the beginning so that they can get into their businesses. This is because we are currently having problems because there are people who left their homes, their homes were bulldozed and they were given nothing. Therefore, they have had to spend their own money to build make-shift structures for themselves; and they have waited for two years for compensation. It is, therefore, with that in mind that I truly support the recommendations of the Committee; that there should be no disturbance of a person before compensation is done. I also support the fact that we need to have both disturbance compensation for those who have just been disturbed, as far as their businesses is concerned. This is because we have seen extension of roads happening where they have removed kiosks; they have left women vendors on the roadside and people do not get to do anything after that. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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