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    "id": 1072388,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1072388/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cherargei",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13217,
        "legal_name": "Cherarkey K Samson",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I want to commend the petitioner of the Ndorobo Community. From the onset, these people have suffered long enough. When you look at it historically, under Article 43 of the Constitution of Kenya, their economic and social rights have been violated. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, when you look at Article 40 on the right to property, most of them are forest evictees that were created in the early 1960s by the Government. Successive regimes have failed to address this issue once and for all, especially across the 14 counties. In Nandi, for example, these people were evicted and most of them have settled in various sub-counties. The number of families range from between as low as less than 100 to around 1,000 plus families that have been evicted over the years. Most of them stay in Chemundu area, while others stay in Nandi Hills Sub-County and Tinderet. In fact, in 2006 those that were evicted from Kericho County settled with families somewhere in Kamilil. Others stay in Kapchanga, Kipkurere, Kelbui, Lessos, Keben area, Ng’etip Kong’, Cherondo and also along Vihiga. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I think this community has really suffered. When compensation has been done to internally displaced people, this community has been forgotten largely. I have seen letters or correspondences that these people have tried to do. They have even engaged the Ministry of Devolution and ASALs. At some point, they were being tossed between the Ministry of Devolution and ASALs and the Ministry of Interior and Coordination of National Government and you could see the frustration that this community has undergone. We have seen letters from chiefs, administrators and assistant county commissioners that have been written. This community has really tried to look for justice. Unfortunately, the Ministry of Devolution and ASALs and the Ministry of Lands and Physical Planning and the Ministry of Interior and Coordination of National Government, when you look at the correspondence, most of these people’s issues have not been addressed. The question is about compensation of the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) as well as the forest evictees. Therefore, I think it is the right time. You can see from the prayers that this community believes that the Senate is the only House that will assist them to get justice and compensation. Parents of some of them are dead. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, this is also part of the marginalized communities and the Constitution provides for how marginalized communities can be taken care of. We need not ignore them even in terms of representation looking into the future. It is so sad that as we try to address the issue of the Ndorobo people, there is a new creation of evictees by the Government. There were evictions in Nairobi in Ruai involving almost 8,000 families. There was Njiru where people were evicted at the height"
}