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    "id": 1022622,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1022622/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Roysambu, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Isaac Ndirangu",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 2701,
        "legal_name": "Isaac Waihenya Ndirangu",
        "slug": "isaac-waihenya-ndirangu"
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    "content": "brothers inherited the parcel of land, continued with the same business and same workers, but had a lot of arrears. In 1986, the Government, through the Ministry of Lands, sought to acquire by compulsory acquisition this parcel of land, but the owners, Mishmael Jacobson, refused the offer because the Government was offering Kshs3.5 Million. He went to court and the court awarded him Kshs23 Million. It is recorded from all Government departments that until today, he has never been paid even the deposit of Kshs3.5 Million that is alleged to have been paid to the court and never found its way to his bank account. However, he later was either deported or killed, but the former workers continued staying on the land doing their businesses. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, the lease for this land expired in 2003 when the workers were still living there. In 2010, the Government having refused to renew the lease for the former owner, stayed expiry, and in 2010, by virtue of the new Constitution, the land was vested in the Nairobi County. Therefore, these former employees who were also called squatters went to the county government and were allocated parcels of land. The County of Nairobi earmarked some land for building public facilities such as a school, a bus park and a market. They went ahead to issue allotment letters to these facilities and also to the former employees who paid for these allotments and were given receipts. When the KDF purported to have paid for this land, they also purported to have taken occupation of it. However, it is on record that they never took procession until last year in 2019 when they descended on the farm and evicted all the former workers. Therefore, we are asking: Who are the owners of this land? A company called Solio purported to have acquired the parcel of land."
}