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    "id": 1007115,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Suna East, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Junet Nuh",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Junet Sheikh Nuh",
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    "content": "Hon. Speaker, there is a community here which is discussing their communal issues. On this issue that has been brought to the House through the Petition, I do not want to anticipate debate. I just want to add that there are over 1,000 people who are living on that land. It is a formal settlement. It is not an informal settlement. They are not shanties. They are not mabati structures . These are people who have been issued with title deeds by the Government of Kenya. The petitioners in their Petition claim that there was a survey plan and a deed plan. All documents were given. The forest was even de-gazetted by the Government of the Republic of Kenya. It is my humble request that the House takes that Petition very seriously. I urge the Cabinet Secretary in charge of environment, now that this House is seized of the matter, to hold whatever action he wanted to take until this Petition is decided upon one way or the other. He should not release the animals from the national park to those people as he said. We do not want people to be eaten by lions and hyenas. Some of them are Government retirees. Some of them are from my constituency. They have retired from different departments of the Government. They petitioned me over the weekend. This is an arm of Government. Since this arm of Government is seized of this matter for thorough investigation through a Petition, there is no arm that is more powerful than the other. Let him wait. Let the Departmental Committee on Lands investigate the matter. Let them bring their report to the House. Whichever way the House decides, we shall abide by it. There is a tendency of Cabinet Secretaries making roadside declarations. A Cabinet Secretary can just come to your house any day and tell you: “You are living by the side of the road. There was a vehicle which is supposed to pass here. You should not be here from tomorrow.” We must be a country that follows the rule of law. If you want to demolish people’s houses, follow the law. If those people are there illegally, remove them. If they are there legally, please, do not use force to remove anybody. We must be people who are governed by the law and the Constitution. That is how we can live together as a modern society. Thank you, Hon. Speaker."
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