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    "id": 1057090,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1057090/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Kasanga",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13185,
        "legal_name": "Sylvia Mueni Kasanga",
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    "content": "Ward in Taveta Constituency of Taita Taveta County after expiry of lease in 2013. We humbly draw the attention of the Senate to the following- (a) THAT Machungwani area which is land covering 2,970 acres is among the ancestral land belonging to the people of Taveta given as a present to the British soldier one Captain Morgan in 1914; (b) THAT the lease was later transferred to Mr. George Criticos who is the father of Mr. Basil Criticos, the current lease holder; (c) THAT the leasing out of Machungwani land which made the rightful owners of this land landless in their county was an injustice of the highest order; The land leased out was not fully developed as expected since only a small portion of the land is planted with sisal; The landless people evicted from this land started settling on the undeveloped portion of the land; (d) THAT the number of people settling in Machungwani increased between 1992 and 1997 when Mr. Basil Criticos invited the people to settle in exchange for votes which enabled him to become Member of Parliament for Taveta Constituency for two terms; (e) THAT in 2000, Mr. Basil Criticos had abandoned the leased land completely and left the county to live in his home in Greece but came back in 2003; (f) THAT the people who settled in the land have put the land in good economic use and are currently leading producers of bananas, coconuts, oranges, avocados, tomatoes, mangoes, maize and other vegetables thus earning incomes for themselves and also employing others; (g) THAT the lease of the land expired in January 2013 and after the 2010 Constitution reversed the 999 year period of leases to 99 years; (h) THAT since the expiry of the lease, the county and national governments has been reluctant to adjudicate the land and to subsequently issue citizens with tittle deeds; (I) THAT the reluctance of the county and national governments, failure to adjudicate the land and issue them with tittle deeds is making the citizens of Machungwani feel insecure after investing heavily in their land. It is making them feel denied their fair administrative action as anticipated by Article 47 of the Constitution of Kenya; (j) THAT the efforts to resolve the matters raised in this Petition with the relevant organs of Government have proved futile; and (k) THAT there is no case pending in court or any constitutional body on matters raised herein. Therefore, we, your humble Petitioners pray that the Senate through the relevant committees to deal with this Petition immediately in view of urgency and seriousness of the matters raised and to make a resolution that the land of Machungwani be adjudicated and citizens be issued with title deeds without further delay and take any other appropriate action that deems fit. Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir."
}