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    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Milgo",
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        "legal_name": "Milgo Alice Chepkorir",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I rise to support this Petition. We are not blowing trumpets here, but we in the Committee on Labour and Social Protection have been ensuring that we take up an issue to its logical conclusion. Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr. will bear me witness that I informed them about the water issue between Kajiado and Makuen counties. We were able to solve that issue. As I speak, something has been done to those employees. I think the one of Kenya Railways was the most difficult one and we managed to solve it. It is unfortunate to learn that people are squatters in their own land. One interesting story is that a foreigner would leave a chunk of land for over 10 years and then upon returning would come and possess as if there were animals staying on it. People of Taita Taveta County have suffered for a long time. I have heard there minerals on that land. The farm belonging to hon. Criticos had sisal. It is a fertile land. Our major challenge is with the National Land Commission (NLC) because those are people who deal with land leases and ensuring that title deeds are given out. I can visualise the challenges that the people who have been in this farm are going to suffer. We learn that they have grown fruits to maturity. That means those people have been there for over 10 years and they are going to lose all their livelihoods. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, it is a challenge when we disrupt a community that has been living in a place. I can compare this to my own community that has been disrupted in Mau area each time elections are around the corner. These people have suffered a lot. Some of them pass on as a result of stress. This is because the energies they have put in tilling land, building schools and constructing wonderful houses will go to waste. We realise that we are not only disrupting the old people, but we are even disrupting school going children. For that reason, this is a challenge and we hope that the The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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