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    "id": 971502,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Zani",
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        "legal_name": "Agnes Zani",
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    "content": "I remember when we were doing public participation on The Natural Resources (Benefit Sharing) Bill, we also went to Kitui. We went to a river where there was a lot of extraction of soil. I can clearly visualize the communities. I sometimes feel sorry about the work we do in committees because I can see that they have also made recommendations. When those people tell us their problems, they do so knowing that a committee, in this case the Committee on Roads and Transportation, will help them solve their problems. They actually expect that there will be a solution. That is why I agree with Sen. Wetangula that we need to bring back the Committee on Implementation. I do not know what Sen. Wambua and other Members of the Committee will do when they go back to that market and find that some of these issues that have been raised have not been addressed. We do not control the implementation of the resolutions that we come up with. We only come up with various recommendations, as have been made in this a particular Report. I do not think that any Member of the Committee would want to go back to that market, especially if these issues have not been addressed. It is an embarrassment, especially if you meet the same people who gave you the views with the hope that you would sort them out. It becomes a problem. There is an article in today’s Daily Nation Newspaper about the significance of this House. That can be seen by some of our output and things that we make to happen through various Ministries. Like in the case of the issue of the Malaba Border, that specific responsibility is given to the mother Ministry, but there is need to ensure that things move. There are quite a number of recommendations in this Report. One of them is that the NLC and the KeNHA should promptly compensate land owners. That can happen. I do not know what further action the Committee intends to take. I do not know the timeframes that have been put for the implementation of this recommendation that they have made. It is also important to know the various follow-ups. The project, as conceptualized, does not have provision for CSR. Therefore, there is need to ensure CSR is factored in. The details of CSR should be there. This is because many firms claim to do CSR, but they only look for the minimal ways of approaching it. So, that is also crucial. It is also recommended that there should be no revision of land valuation downwards for the people who had been given awards. Whatever you were to be given should not be revised downwards, yet you stated how you will use it. There is also recommended that the road constructor should engage local residents for labour. This is value addition to the community because both skilled and unskilled labour will be used. I heard Sen. Wetangula say that some of the jobs can be done by the locals. Where do we lose the control when people are hired, but local young men and women are left out? Is it that for the turnkey projects, people are left on their own? How do the agreements look like? We will begin to question how they are made, so that they"
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