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    "id": 1084354,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Limuru, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Peter Mwathi",
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        "legal_name": "Peter Mungai Mwathi",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. This is a response to a Statement sought by the Member for Mbeere South, Hon. Col. Rtd. Geoffrey King’ang’i on the issue of brutal evictions of residents of Mbinguni in Makima Ward of Mbeere South Constituency. The Member specifically sought the following: (i) to be informed on the circumstances that led to the inhuman and extremely brutal evictions of residents and the demolition of houses at Mbinguni Centre; (ii) what urgent intervention measures the Government is undertaking to address the on- going humanitarian crisis at Mbinguni Primary School exemplified by massive congestions devoid of sanitation, water, COVID-19 masks, food and other basic needs, particularly in consideration that schools are scheduled to open on 10th May 2021; (iii) in light of the fact that those residents are the rightful owners of the land near Masinga and Kiambere dams where they have lived and farmed despite claims to the contrary by the Tana and Athi River Development Authority (TARDA), in what timelines shall the Government resettle the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), resolve the land ownership issue and duly compensate the residents for their colossal losses and; finally, (iv) on what basis were the journalists and residents of the area as well as the Member of Parliament (MP) harassed, beaten, arrested, and does the Government intend to pursue the false/trumped up charges against them? The response is as follows: The eviction exercise in Masinga and Kiambere was a legal exercise following a court order. The court matter was as a result of TARDA’s effort to evict the illegal squatters from its property amicably without success. Consequently, TARDA filed a case in the Environment and Land Court in Embu, Case No. 148 of 2017/2018, TARDA vs Joseph Muli and Others. The ruling was delivered on 12th March 2020 in favour of TARDA where the courts ordered for the restoration 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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