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    "id": 1045751,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Nominated, ANC",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Godfrey Osotsi",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I rise to ask Question No.001/2021. I want to note that this Question lapsed in the last Session, but because of interest, particularly in Vihiga County, I have brought it back. The Question is directed to the Cabinet Secretary for Environment and Forestry: (i) When will the Government degazette the Shiru and Shaviringa Settlement Schemes in Kakamega Forest which were set aside in 1988 as part of the Government’s compensation to residents of Mbale, Kegoye, Buganda, Vokoli, Mululu among other villages in Vihiga County for surrendering their ancestral land to pave way for setting up of Government facilities including the Vihiga District Headquarters, the Vihiga District Hospital, the Vihiga Police Headquarters and prison, amongst others in Vihiga County Headquarters? (ii) Is the Cabinet Secretary aware that some of the original landowners are yet to surrender the original title deeds to facilitate transfer of the land to Government, implying that some of the public facilities at Vihiga Headquarters are on private land? (iii) What steps has the Ministry taken to fast-track the demarcation and surveying of the 134.8 hectares of the settlement schemes boundaries, alteration of Kakamega Forest boundaries and issuance of title deeds to the intended beneficiaries considering that the absence of title deeds have denied settlement scheme residents essential services such as healthcare, roads and electricity? Allow me to say one thing. As I read this Question, we have an old man who cannot be buried and it is now over three months. He is one of the people affected by this problem. So, I request the Cabinet Secretary for Environment and Natural Resources to provide answers to this House as soon as possible. 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."
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