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    "id": 1034539,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1034539/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Garsen, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Ali Guyo",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 13336,
        "legal_name": "Ali Wario Guyo",
        "slug": "ali-wario-guyo-2"
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    "content": " Hon. Speaker, I rise to read Public Petition No. 45 of 2020, regarding sub-division of Agricultural Development Corporation land and stakeholder consultation on the Galana-Kulalu Food Security Project. I, the undersigned, on behalf of the residents of Garsen in Tana River County, draw the attention of the House to the following: THAT, the Ministry of Water, Sanitation and Irrigation has been implementing the Galana- Kulalu Food Security Project covering 1.7 million acres of land in the Galana and Kulalu Government ranches within Tana River and Kilifi counties; THAT, through a Cabinet Memorandum, measures were proposed on the way forward regarding the critical components of the Galana Kulalu Food Security such as land settlement, termination of all the existing leases on the Agricultural Development Corporation (ADC) land, development of road infrastructure, provision of power connection and upstream pollution and catchment area conservation, protection and management; THAT, the Ministry of Land and Physical Planning has embarked on planning and surveying of the area for resettlement of host communities, and subdividing the land for commercial leasing for crops and livestock enterprises; THAT, a total of 30,000 families will be settled and allocated 10- acre plots on a lease basis and a 200,000 acres community ranch scheme will be established; THAT, Section 2 of Agricultural Development Corporation (Special Farms) Rules provides that no special farm shall be sold, subdivided or otherwise disposed of without prior approval by way of a Bill or Motion to be approved by Parliament; THAT, the Ministry of Water, Sanitation and Irrigation had communicated to the Regional Commissioner, Coast Region, of the stakeholder consultations scheduled for 9th to 11th November 2020 in the affected counties to sensitise the local communities on the interventions to be carried out to complete the project and, especially, the plans for the local community in the project area; THAT, unfortunately, the consultations did not take place as communicated and no further communication has been received from the Ministry; THAT, the efforts made by the petitioners to have the matter addressed have not been successful; THAT, the matters raised in this Petition are not pending in any court of law, constitutional or any other legal body. 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."
}