3 Aug 2021 in Senate:
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3 Aug 2021 in Senate:
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3 Aug 2021 in Senate:
Parliament is convened to have this Bill restarted. It is important that we put it on record that what happened in the last session and pursuant to the court ruling that this will be a thing of the past. Having said that, this Bill that has been pursued by Sen. (Dr.) Zani whose determination is that something should be done to ensure that there is justice for the people of this country in the areas where natural resources are situated. Indeed, where it has been decided by the investors, the Government and interested parties that they need to exploit these ...
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3 Aug 2021 in Senate:
Parliament is convened to have this Bill restarted. It is important that we put it on record that what happened in the last session and pursuant to the court ruling that this will be a thing of the past. Having said that, this Bill that has been pursued by Sen. (Dr.) Zani whose determination is that something should be done to ensure that there is justice for the people of this country in the areas where natural resources are situated. Indeed, where it has been decided by the investors, the Government and interested parties that they need to exploit these ...
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3 Aug 2021 in Senate:
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3 Aug 2021 in Senate:
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3 Aug 2021 in Senate:
As we speak today, the approximate cost for building a tarmac road here in Kenya is about Kshs45 million to Kshs50 million. You can imagine if somebody has been awarded that contract at Kshs17 billion, how much of that amount goes to the equivalent of the stone that that person has put in the cost and yet they cannot pay a single shilling. The Maasai community in the area where those stones were being harvested live in deplorable and dangerous conditions because of some of the environmental degradation that has been occasioned by the exploitation, including disease. We visited one ...
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3 Aug 2021 in Senate:
As we speak today, the approximate cost for building a tarmac road here in Kenya is about Kshs45 million to Kshs50 million. You can imagine if somebody has been awarded that contract at Kshs17 billion, how much of that amount goes to the equivalent of the stone that that person has put in the cost and yet they cannot pay a single shilling. The Maasai community in the area where those stones were being harvested live in deplorable and dangerous conditions because of some of the environmental degradation that has been occasioned by the exploitation, including disease. We visited one ...
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3 Aug 2021 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, that area is a danger to the community. People in the community were complaining that so many young children had fallen into the dam and lost their lives but the entire area is now a health hazard because mosquitos breed there and it is a dangerous zone. However, no effort has been made to cover or refill the dams. I am pointing this out just to show the extent of neglect and impunity with which some of these people have been allowed to trod and trample this country.
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3 Aug 2021 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, that area is a danger to the community. People in the community were complaining that so many young children had fallen into the dam and lost their lives but the entire area is now a health hazard because mosquitos breed there and it is a dangerous zone. However, no effort has been made to cover or refill the dams. I am pointing this out just to show the extent of neglect and impunity with which some of these people have been allowed to trod and trample this country.
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