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    "id": 1022608,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Lungalunga, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Khatib Mwashetani",
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        "id": 2163,
        "legal_name": "Khatib Abdallah Mwashetani",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise to support the Report on the consideration of the Petition of former workers of the late Mayer, Jacob Samuels regarding the invasion and eviction of the workers from the land in Roysambu Constituency by KDF. First, let me start by appreciating the fact that this Petition was tabled by yourself and it was brought to the attention of the House through your office. Moreover, I appreciate the fact that last week you exempted it from the normal procedures as per the Standing Orders and allowed it to be debated today. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, in regard to this Petition, we were able to invite several stakeholders; the petitioners, the Attorney General, the Chief Executive Officer of National Land Commission, Chief Administrative Secretary (CAS), the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Defence, Chief Executive Officer of Uchumi, Director, Legal Services of Kenya Commercial Bank and Director of Jewel Complex. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, we established that the officers who were in charge have been flauting the procedures which are supposed to be followed to the letter. We invited the petitioners and they came in numbers. They were elderly and they gave us their stories. There were heirs of the ones who had passed on who were the workers of Samuel Jacobs. In addition, as per what has been raised by the Chair, they had their prayers. On interrogating the relevant departments which were in charge of this issue, we had a meeting with the CAS who presented three files. These are the files which are basically dealing with the same LR number which is 5875 and that is the same land which is being claimed by the workers of Samuel Jacobs. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, of the three files which were presented by the CAS, one of them was the original one which was covering an acreage of 17.5 which was under the LR Number 5875/2. The second one was the same land but had a different file number that was transferred to a company called Solio. What we noticed while we were interrogating the CAS is that the person who was in charge of transfer or gave authority of transfer of this particular land on the second file that was brought to our table, denied and said that she did not sign any authority for it to be transferred. Looking at the registration of the company, it was done two months after the transfer of the land. This means that there was fraudulent activity that took place in the Ministry. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, the third file indicated that there was an amalgamation of the number 23393 of the land that belonged to Grace Independent Baptist Mission trustee. This was used by the Ministry officials to register the said parcel. These are activities which are going on in the Ministry and there is a lot we are supposed to talk about but due to time let me go to the conclusion. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, moving forward, the activities that are going on in the Ministry are not being done in accordance with the law and due process. The KDF is a Government agency which falls under the Executive arm. After listening to the petitioners, I think it is prudent enough for each one of us to follow the law. In our conclusion, I support Madam Chair and I second the Report. Thank you."
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