{"count":1608389,"next":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/?format=json&page=138235","previous":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/?format=json&page=138233","results":[{"id":1398751,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1398751/?format=json","text_counter":106,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Sen. Osotsi","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":13588,"legal_name":"Osotsi Godfrey Otieno","slug":"osotsi-godfrey-otieno"},"content":"Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I have two supplementary questions."},{"id":1398752,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1398752/?format=json","text_counter":107,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Sen. Kathuri","speaker_title":"The Deputy Speaker","speaker":{"id":13590,"legal_name":"Murungi Kathuri","slug":"murungi-kathuri"},"content":" Sen. Osotsi, we will consider one supplementary question. Choose the heavy one."},{"id":1398753,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1398753/?format=json","text_counter":108,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Sen. Osotsi","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":13588,"legal_name":"Osotsi Godfrey Otieno","slug":"osotsi-godfrey-otieno"},"content":"Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would like to know from the Cabinet Secretary what compensation plans they have for parcels of land that were compulsorily acquired by the Government before the onset of devolution. I am saying this because"},{"id":1398754,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1398754/?format=json","text_counter":109,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Sen. Osotsi","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":13588,"legal_name":"Osotsi Godfrey Otieno","slug":"osotsi-godfrey-otieno"},"content":"The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate."},{"id":1398755,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1398755/?format=json","text_counter":110,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Sen. Osotsi","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":13588,"legal_name":"Osotsi Godfrey Otieno","slug":"osotsi-godfrey-otieno"},"content":"there is a sad case of an old man who died four years ago and is still lying in the morgue. He is from a place called Kegoye within Vihiga Municipality. When Vihiga was gazetted as a district by the then President Moi, some people were relocated to create space for the construction of the district headquarters. This old man was one of them. They were relocated to a place in Lugari Forest. When they went there, they found that the land had complications. They returned to their original land. They have stayed there for years, and the old man died there. When he died, they took the body to the morgue, but they could not bury it because the county government contested and said that the land was within the Vihiga Municipality. Up to date, the body of the old man is still lying in the morgue. I brought up this matter when I was in the National Assembly in 2021. The then Cabinet Secretary for Lands, Hon. Farida Karoney, committed to Parliament that the matter would be resolved in six months. It is now approaching two-and-a-half years, and nothing has been done. Is the Cabinet Secretary aware of this matter? What specific action will she take to address this matter, so that this family can bury their old man as soon as possible and stop incurring mortuary fees? Given that even though the county government has refused to give them permission to bury their dead, they are still occupying the land to date."},{"id":1398756,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1398756/?format=json","text_counter":111,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Sen. Kathuri","speaker_title":"The Deputy Speaker","speaker":{"id":13590,"legal_name":"Murungi Kathuri","slug":"murungi-kathuri"},"content":" Hon. Cabinet Secretary, proceeded to respond."},{"id":1398757,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1398757/?format=json","text_counter":112,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon. Alice Wahome","speaker_title":"The Cabinet Secretary for Lands, Public Works, Housing and Urban Development","speaker":null,"content":" Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am not aware of that particular matter. I would request that the hon. Senator sends a copy of the question and the answer we gave if he had asked the question. However, since my Chief Land Registrar, Mr. Nyandoro, is here with me, I will ask him to take up and check the records. If there is something I can do, depending on the commitment the Cabinet Secretary made – she committed on behalf of the Ministry – I will take action. However, with the greatest respect, this is a matter that the county should have resolved and helped the family. On my part, I will see why the Cabinet Secretary had said she would be in a position to deal with the matter and revert to the hon. Senator, not necessarily on the Floor, but I can get back to him with the relevant answer."},{"id":1398758,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1398758/?format=json","text_counter":113,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Sen. Kathuri","speaker_title":"The Deputy Speaker","speaker":{"id":13590,"legal_name":"Murungi Kathuri","slug":"murungi-kathuri"},"content":" I advise that Sen. Osotsi approach the Ministry anytime. Visit the Cabinet Secretary’s office and see how you can revive that issue. According to the answers the Cabinet Secretary is giving, she will sort the matter the way she sorted the Tom Mboya Community Hall. Sen. Osotsi, what is it again?"},{"id":1398759,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1398759/?format=json","text_counter":114,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Sen. Osotsi","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":13588,"legal_name":"Osotsi Godfrey Otieno","slug":"osotsi-godfrey-otieno"},"content":"Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the matter was raised in the last Parliament where I served with the Cabinet Secretary, and the answers were provided by the then Cabinet Secretary. They need to check their files and they will get the answers. I will be obliged to provide the responses to the Cabinet Secretary."},{"id":1398760,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1398760/?format=json","text_counter":115,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Sen. Kathuri","speaker_title":"The Deputy Speaker","speaker":{"id":13590,"legal_name":"Murungi Kathuri","slug":"murungi-kathuri"},"content":" Sen. Osotsi, if you want to help those people, do not refer the Cabinet Secretary to the files. Visit the Cabinet Secretary and she will assist you. If you refer to the files and she has directed you to see her in the office to sort out the matter, that is fair enough."}]}