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    "id": 1043681,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1043681/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Lungalunga, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Khatib Mwashetani",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 2163,
        "legal_name": "Khatib Abdallah Mwashetani",
        "slug": "khatib-abdallah-mwashetani"
    },
    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I have a Petition on behalf of the undersigned family of the late Mr. Mohamed Mwinyihaji Bwika. I draw the attention of this House to the following: THAT, the family of the late Mr. Mahamed Mwinyihaji Bwika comprising of over 100 family members has been the bona fide owner of land registered under parcel numbers KWALE/TIWI/1640 measuring 2.8 hectares, KWALE/TIWI/1660 measuring 1.07 hectares, KWALE/TIWI/463 measuring 0.9 hectares, KWALE/TIWI/1663 measuring 0.8 hectares and LR No.13444 DIANI BEACH measuring 4.5 hectares. THAT, the family possesses title deeds to four land parcels with exception of LR No.13444 DIANI BEACH regarding which efforts for issuance of a title deed has taken over 40 years of application and unmitigated delays. THAT, in 1972, the Government embarked on an ambitious programme to construct the Diani Complex from Tiwi to Diani Location in the then Kwale District that required 30 acres of land along the beach. Subsequently, all plots of land within the identified site were surveyed and the sizes recorded in the names of their respective owners with the Bwika family obtaining LR No.13444 as the plot number for this property. THAT, in 1997, the then Government announced that it had abandoned the Diani Complex Project, with the then President directing that the land that had been acquired for the programme be returned to the original owners. THAT, unfortunately, Government officials who seemed bent on defrauding and dispossessing the Coastal natives of their land, undertook an elaborate and sustained scheme to frustrate landowners who applied for their respective title deeds. THAT, in an attempt to conceal their activities, these Government officials further opted to vary records by, for instance, compensating some landowners as little as one acre of land far inland instead of compensation for five acres of land along the beach, and further resorted to use of unapproved plans to subdivide the land. THAT, the Bwika family later learnt that their plot had been irregularly subdivided and allocated to a senior Government official under a new plot number and was thereafter included in the title deed issued by the Government to the adjacent Kongo Mosque plot. 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."
}