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"speaker_name": "Kitui South, JP",
"speaker_title": "Hon. (Ms.) Rachael Nyamai",
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"content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. Today seems to be another day like the one when we were handling the issue of Ruaraka. It looks like reports that find their way to this House especially from the Departmental Committee on Lands seem to be of that nature. Hon. Speaker, I would like to say that I do not want the Parliamentary Committee on Lands to look like a Committee that is ill-advised. It has a legal counsel and it was properly advised. The question of this matter being actively in court, especially with the group that had raised it, was discussed. The matter was not in court with this group. If there are other groups, then, I do not know. I would also want to go direct to what you have asked on who we met. We met several institutions. I want to go to the specifics, that the petitioners themselves, whom Hon. Waihenya Ndirangu represented came; the acting CEO of National Land Commission and the Chief Administrative Secretary, Ministry of Lands and Physical Planning, which is the Ministry itself came. I would like to say in this House that this was the most difficult period that the Committee had with the Ministry because we kept getting contradicting information as we asked for documents. When the documents were brought, we realised that, that piece of land has three files that existed; being put on top of each other. So, throwing this Report under the carpet, I think, is not even good for the Government itself. There are issues that are going to assist the Government in this matter. It is like saying let the illegalities continue and Kenyans continue to suffer, and encouraging people who are doing wrong things to continue to do so. We invited Uchumi. Why were we going to Uchumi because initially, we did not know about Uchumi? The Committee found itself digging deeper because when this matter was raised, other parties started coming out. Apart from this small group or rather the group that had brought the Petition, we have KDF that we expected. Then came Uchumi who we asked to give us documentation that they have used all these years to do business on behalf of Kenyans. The Committee never got even a single document, not even a copy of the title deed that was being used. So, I would like to request you, Hon. Speaker, do not throw it away. Let it be there. Let this House make a decision on it so that Kenyans can be assisted. Then came the Kenya Commercial Bank which is actively engaging on a matter of multi- billion shillings. What has happened is that the Ministry, our own officials, have taken land which seems to be cleaner on the site and amalgamated it with this one which is “dirty” so that they can use it for Kenyans to be cheated further. It is not good to throw this document under the carpet. Let it be discussed as it happened in the morning. 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."
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