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    "id": 1036727,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1036727/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Kinyua",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "John Kinyua Nderitu",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I thank the Committee for having completed their duty on those Petitions, particularly the one for Marmanet Forest evictees. They did come to Laikipia. It is true that they listened to many of the evictees from Marmanet Forest. The evictees want a piece of land because some of them are living in slums. Some are living in Maina Village and others in Manguo in deplorable conditions. They do not have schools or any amenities. Seeing that the documents are now in this House, I urge that we at least push the Ministry of Lands and Physical Planning, so that people in Laikipia--- There are more than 10,000 Marmanet Forest evictees. They can get justice because they were evicted from the forest, so to speak. Right now, some of them do not go to school because there are no schools. They live in very bad conditions. All they are looking for is for the Government to provide land for them. The recommendation of the Committee is that the Government should move swiftly, so that these people can be settled. Since they are not lesser Kenyans, they should live like any other Kenyans. It was not their mistake to be born in those places, but the Government took the initiative of evicting them. That is their prayer. As their Senator, I put it to this House that we move with speed, so that we can help those poor Kenyans. Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir."
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