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    "id": 1090180,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Olekina",
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        "legal_name": "Ledama Olekina",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. Before I seek this Statement, I do so with a very painful heart because this involves the eviction of our people, pastoralists in Laikipia County. We have been dealing with this matter for many years. Madam Deputy Speaker, I rise pursuant to Standing Order No.48(1) to seek a Statement from the Standing Committee on National Security, Defense and Foreign Relations regarding the threats by the Cabinet Secretary (CS) for Interior and Coordination of National Government, to forcefully evict pastoralists from parcels of land in Laikipia County. In the Statement, the Committee should- (1) Explain the reasons behind the seven-day ultimatum by CS Dr. Matiang’i requiring herders to leave grazing land in Laikipia County or be forcefully evicted by Government security apparatus. (2) State whether the national Government will provide alternative grazing land for the affected pastoralists ahead of the impending eviction as proclaimed by the CS. (3) Inform the House on the progress made in addressing historical injustices that led to locals being dispossessed of their land by colonialists and powerful Kenyans, leaving locals with very little land to graze their animals (4) Explain why expired leases for ranches in Laikipia County have continued to be renewed without a portion of land being excised from the ranches for community benefit, thus exacerbating conflict in a pasture stressed area. (5) State the impact of the livestock offtake programme proposed by the Cabinet Secretary of Interior and Coordination of National Government on the livelihood of the pastoralist communities in the areas targeted as a way of easing pressure on pasture."
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