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    "id": 1022598,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kitui South, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Rachael Nyamai",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 13374,
        "legal_name": "Richard Ken Chonga Kiti",
        "slug": "richard-ken-chonga-kiti"
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker, I beg to move the following Motion: THAT, this House adopts the Report of the Departmental Committee on Lands on its consideration of a Petition on the alleged invasion of LR 5875/2 in Roysambu Constituency by the Kenya Defence Forces, laid on the Table of the House on Thursday, 2nd July 2020. I would like to thank the Departmental Committee on Lands for their dedication to the work that we do. I would also like to thank the Office of the Clerk for the work that they do in preparing us for writing the many Reports. Hon. Deputy Speaker, the Petition regarding invasion and eviction of workers of the late Mayer Jacob Samuels from the ranch in Roysambu by KDF was conveyed to the House by Hon. Speaker, on behalf of the petitioners, on 22nd June 2019. In consideration of this Petition, the Committee held meetings with representatives of the petitioners, who were accompanied by Hon. Waihenya Ndirangu. We also had meetings with the Acting Chief Executive Officer of the National Land Commission; the Chief Administrative Secretary of the Ministry of Lands and Physical Planning; the Principal Secretary of the Ministry of Defence; the Chief Executive Officer of Uchumi Supermarket Limited; the Director of Legal Services, Kenya Commercial Bank(KCB) and the Director of Jewel Complex Limited. The Committee also received written submissions from the County Secretary, Nairobi County. In their submissions, the petitioners informed the Committee that they used to work for the late Mayer Jacob Samuels, who owned the land in question, L.R.5875/2 situated in Roysambu Constituency. Mayer Jacob Samuels left the country and passed on in 1974. The petitioners also admitted that, thereafter, the late Mayer Jacob’s two sons managed to come to the land and operated business. The brothers were, however, later on deported from the country after they declined to surrender the said land for compulsory acquisition by the KDF. The owners had made an offer of Kshs26 million for the land, while the military had offered Kshs3 million. This information is as per the petitioners. The petitioners also informed the Committee that in 2003, the Government declined to renew the lease for the land and the two sons left the country, leaving the workers with no income. The workers then decided to start businesses on the said contested land. They started a garage and a yard for lorries. On 6th May 2004, the petitioners registered a company called Louisa Community Development Society, No. 446760, and requested the Government of Nairobi to allocate them the land. 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."
}