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    "id": 1104960,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1104960/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Marakwet East, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Kangogo Bowen",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "David Kangongo Bowen",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I was supposed to request for a Statement yesterday, but I requested that it be deferred to this afternoon. Hon. Speaker, pursuant to Standing Order No.44(2)(c), I rise to request for a Statement from the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Environment and Natural Resources regarding the status of land ownership in Embobut/Embolot area in Marakwet East Constituency which has long been classified as forest land. Article 40 of the Constitution provides for protection of right to property and, further, Article 60 outlines the principles of land policy which every Kenyan should uphold. In light of the above, the current residents of Embobut/Embolot area have inhabited the area since time immemorial and such occupation has been uninterrupted and continuous. Therefore, by virtue of law, the current occupants have satisfied the dictates and the requirements of the doctrine of adverse possession and are thereby entitled to henceforth assume or acquire legal ownership of the said land notwithstanding any other encumbrances. It is apparent and on record that the conflicts which have been occurring in the said area over the years have been triggered by land possessory rights and land occupation on the basis of"
}