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    "id": 1019298,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1019298/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Bondo, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Gideon Ochanda",
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        "legal_name": "Gideon Ochanda Ogolla",
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    "content": " I thank you, Hon. Speaker. This is basically a comment on the petition. What has happened over the years, particularly with the advent of the new administration, after the colonial Government, is that there were many issues to do with land. Communities were many times moved, not on any clear formal arrangement, but based on instructions by leaders at that particular time. The communities agreed. That happened in many places in the country. They agreed either for purposes of creating space for a very specialized crop arrangement, livestock or horticulture. What happened after that period of time is that all these communities were ignored. They did not get back their land. At the point of changing the use of the land from the original intention, the land use was changed to individuals. So, individuals ended up occupying land unlike what was the initial plan. This happened everywhere. Even in my place at Yala Swamp, there was a portion that the then former Vice President, Jaramogi Oginga Odinga, convinced or told the people that they needed to move to higher areas as they prepared to reclaim portions of the swamp. This was in 1967/1968. This has not happened to date. As new arrangements are being done for purposes of the swamp, the county government and even the other county councils, the predecessors of the county government were getting into arrangements that placed land in different hands, completely ignoring the initial communities that were staying in this area. So, as the Committee looks into this, I believe it is not just Nandi alone, but many other areas that need to be looked at for purposes of communities getting back their land that was changed in terms of use and in terms of the original intentions."
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