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    "id": 1028034,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1028034/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Eng.) Maina",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Ephraim Mwangi Maina",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I rise to support the two Petitions. I will start with Sen. Mwangi’s Petition. The matter being raised by Sen. Mwangi cuts across all places in the country, and not just Nyandarua County. However, we have a country and a Government that failed to protect people. For example, during the clashes in 1992 and 2007, people were displaced from their duly owned land. These people went and camped on the roadside and even went back to where it was supposed to be their original place. This matter is one that the Government should have handled, and since it was not handled conclusively, it should be handled today. Mr. Speaker, Sir, in the former Central Province, many families were rendered destitute and poor through this process. There were resources given, as Sen. Wetangula has indicated. It is mind boggling because people are suffering, and nothing has happened to the criminals who misappropriated the money. We cannot run Kenya like this. In my home area, people who were displaced and chased away from the forest under the shamba system are living on the roadside in some areas, for example, in an area called Kiandagoro in Tetu. They are still living there after several years of displacement. The Government should know that no development is greater than enabling a human being to live a decent life and survive without any aid. A Government should feel guilty for acts of omission or whatever action that makes human beings destitute. Human beings own land. Mr. Speaker, Sir, as this Committee will be going round, I would like them to look into the issue of IDPs. The IDPs owned property in some areas, and if we have a country that adheres to the rule of law and protects the sanctity of the title, then this property should be sold and original owners compensated. If we have a peaceful situation, let them be enabled to go back to those areas. We cannot be double speaking. We are here for the livelihoods of the people. Forget anything else that we are doing. Development is not about big planes flying around. Development is not just about having tarmac roads all over. Development is when the ordinary person can feed his family, live a decent life and go to a hospital and get medicine. Mr. Speaker, Sir, this matter is so central and deep about democracy and justice. Even if it will require that we enlarge the Committee, we should come up with a report that will be conclusive and demand immediate action from the Government. Let them not just come up with another report, which will gather dust somewhere. I sympathise with the people of Nyandarua, Laikipia, Western Kenya and Nyanza. These are people who were displaced during the clashes, which were instigated by us; the leaders. No ordinary person can go instigating violence; it is instigated by the leaders. The worst thing that we did was to ignore and forget and yet those people were left to live in misery. Some of them have died. I hope that when the report comes, it will be acted upon. If there is anybody who has misappropriated resources that were supposed to---"
}