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    "id": 1085270,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Omogeni",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13219,
        "legal_name": "Erick Okong'o Mogeni",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. First, I want to thank my good friend, Sen. Mwangi, for highlighting the plight that is facing his constituents and people of the good County of Nyandarua. We passed or enacted our new Constitution 2010 so that we have sanctity of title deeds so that bodies, including Government parastatals like the Kenya Railways, can respect the right of Kenyans to own land either through freehold or leases. In a country that prides itself with adhering to the rule of law, it is saddening that a Government agency like the Kenya Railways can wake up, evict people without giving them notices and without compensation. That is a conduct that we expect to come from people who maybe ignorant of the law and may not have services of advice by lawyers within that body. Madam Temporary Speaker, looking at a body like the Kenya Railways, I am sure it has legal officers and company secretary. They should advise the corporation. It is not fair to just go to Nyandarua County, evict Kenyans from their pieces of land where they have valid leases without compensation. We are really degenerating as a country. We are throwing the rule of law through the window and we are now going to allow anarchy to generate. Kenyans are watching. If the Kenya Railways can move to Nyandarua without a court order and notice and evict somebody from where they have lived for I do not know how many years, what do you expect from neighbour who may think that he owns a particular piece of land? He will also rise up one day, go and forcibly evict people from their pieces of land. This is a matter that should extend even to the Committee on Justice, Legal Affairs and Human Rights. We are talking about the human rights of Kenyans who are innocent poor people. If you remember there was an inquiry that was brought to this House by the Senator for Nairobi City County. This House passed a resolution that during this period of COVID-19, we should not have evictions from either the Government or Government agencies. Kenya Railways is a Government agency. How can it do that to Kenyans during this period of COVID-19? Where do you expect those Kenyans to go?"
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