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    "content": "Hon. Members, there is yet another Petition, which I have received from residents of Tetu Sub-County, representing evictees from Tucha/ Kiandogoro Forest. The Petitioners affirm that they are part of 534 households that were duly vetted on 11th October 2017 by a committee led by the Deputy County Commissioner, Tetu Sub-County. The Petitioners state that they were evicted from Tucha/Kiandogoro Forest in 1988 with a promise to be resettled at Solio Ranch Vilage 3. Unfortunately, people who were not validated as evictees ended up being the beneficiaries, leaving the legitimate beneficiaries homeless and destitute. The Petitioners assert that in 2008, a major resettlement was done to evictees from Kabaru, Naro Moru and Hombe in Mount Kenya Forest and those evicted from Kabage and Zaina in Aberdare Forest, leaving out evictees from Tucha/Kiandogoro Forest. Currently, the Tucha/Kiandogoro Forest evictees are scattered all over Nyeri County. Most of them work as casual labourers with limited chances of making a living from agriculture, the main economic activity, due to lack of land to cultivate. The Petitioners claim that Village 5 of Solio Ranch is still vacant and unsettled on. Hon. Members, the efforts of the Petitioners to have the matter resolved by the relevant authorities have culminated into the Regional Commissioner, Central Region advising them, vide a letter dated 18th December 2019, to file a Petition to Parliament since the matter required intervention from several Government agencies. The Petitioners, therefore, pray that the National Assembly intervenes to have these evictees resettled. Pursuant to the provisions of Standing Order No.227, the Petition, therefore, is committed to the Departmental Committee on Lands for consideration. The Committee is required to consider it and report its findings to the House and Petitioners in accordance with Standing Order No.227(2). I see there are a few comments. Let us start with the Member for Kimilili."
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