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    "id": 1022603,
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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": "Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, the Committee observed that the land in question, L.R.5875/2 in Roysambu Constituency, measures 17.16 Hectares and had a lease of 99 years which commenced on 1st November 1904 and expired on 1st November 2003, and it belonged to Mr. Samuels. The Committee also observed that whereas there exists evidence that the Government intended to compulsorily acquire L.R.5875/2 in Roysambu Constituency from Mr. Samuels as evidenced in Gazette Notices 51515 and 51552 of 1985, the acquisition process seems not to have been completed. We also note that there was an order for out of court negotiation between the Government and Mr. Jacob Samuels on the amount of compensation for the land – a process which as far as the Committee was informed and annexed in Annex 1, was never concluded. There was contradictory information in the Ministry of Defence concerning the intention to acquire the said land. I would like to bring this to the attention of the House because it is what the Committee was faced with. Indeed, in a letter dated 26th January 1987, the Permanent Secretary of the Department of Defence informed the Commissioner of Lands that the military had carried out an inspection of the land and found it unsuitable for the intended purpose unless four additional parcels of land surrounding this plot were acquired to enhance its security as the plot was located in a residential area. On 10th April 1987, Major-General Munyao wrote to the Commissioner of Lands,vide letter Ref. No.DOD/CGS/49 LND, and asked the Commissioner of Lands to disregard the contents of the letter by the Permanent Secretary until the Ministry made further consultations on this issue based on the submissions of the National Land Commission and the military."
}