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    "content": "flooding in Lamu County occasioned by release of water in a reservoir managed by the Kenya Electricity Generating Company (KenGen). Hon. Deputy Speaker, over the years, perennial floods have continued to ravage Garissa County along the areas of the Tana River Basin occasioned by heavy rains and the continuous act of negligence by KenGen of releasing excess waters from its reservoirs. These floods have resulted into loss of lives, displacement of people and destruction of property in various areas in Lamu County, especially along the Tana River. Hon. Deputy Speaker, it is against this background that I seek a Statement from the Chairperson, Departmental Committee on Energy on the following: (i) What measures has the Government put in place to address the plight of residents and what is the status of compensation due to flooding occasioned by spillage from Masinga Dam into the Tana River thus affecting the Tana River Basin and Lamu County as a whole? (ii) What permanent solution is underway to prevent the frequent spillage from the Masinga Dam and the Seven-Fork Reservoirs? (iii) When will people in the affected areas be assisted to resettle and what are the long- term plans to assist the flood victims in Lamu County?"
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