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    "id": 1019296,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Speaker",
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    "content": "Hon. Members, Standing Order 225(2)(b) requires the Speaker to report to the House any petition other than those presented by a Member. I, therefore, wish to report to the House that my office has received a petition from the Governor of Nandi County, His Excellency Stephen Kipyego arap Sang, praying that the House looks into historical land injustices in Nandi County. In the Petition, the Governor states that at the advent of colonial rule in Kenya, the colonial government disinherited the Nandi people of their ancestral land, leased it to settler farmers and multinational corporations to undertake large scale tea growing in the highlands, sugarcane and sisal farming in the lowlands. As a result, the Nandi people were resettled on peripheral and unproductive land, rugged and rocky hills, and along escarpments that are prone to perennial landslides. Hon. Members, the petitioner avers that residents of Tinderet, Nandi Hills, Aldai and Mosop sub-counties are the most affected, with thousands of households, livestock and land under coffee bushes, maize, beans and other crops being destroyed by the perennial landslides. The Petitioner asserts that, in an attempt to mitigate the suffering and improve the situation of the affected people, the County Government of Nandi has continuously been providing humanitarian and psychosocial support to the afflicted families, with the hope that they would be resettled on their land, upon expiration of existing leases for parcels of land under occupation. The petitioner observes that despite attempts to have the land revert back to the community upon expiry of the leases, the recommendations of the National Land Commission (NLC) on the matter were ignored. Some leases have allegedly been extended or renewed, therefore, leaving residents in the affected areas in a constant state of despair. It is on this premise that the petitioner prays that this House intervenes on the matter with a view to putting in place a sound and credible legal framework for expeditiously facilitating efficient and impartial investigations into the said historical land injustices, and just resolution of claims arising out of the injustices. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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