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    "id": 1110924,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Speaker",
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    "content": "Hon. Members, under Standing Order No.225(2)(b) and further under Article 119 of the Constitution, I wish to Report to the House that my Office has received a Petition from Mr. Tema Sahaya Kamushu acting on behalf of Laikipia residents calling for urgent resolution of the current land disputes in Laikipia occasioned by historical and emerging acts of injustice. The Petitioner avers that the on-going clashes and banditry attacks in Laikipia stem from historical land injustices that have been aggravated by the following factors: (i) Gross violations of human rights. (ii) Retrogressive colonial and post-independence policies and practices relating to land and resource governance. (iii) Limited access to pasture and water for livestock. (iv) Grabbing of public land including agricultural development Corporation farms. (v) Privatisation and closure of public roads, stock routes and holding grounds thereby creating illegal movement restrictions. (vi) Human wildlife conflicts occasioned by competition for natural resources. (vii) Absentee land owners who possess huge tracks of un-utilised land that would otherwise benefit local landless communities. (viii) A growing population vis-a-vis an increasing dispossessed community. (ix) Opaque land deals and lack of a county land registry that undermines openness and land ownership status. (x) Failure by the Ministry of Land and the National Land Commission to act on expired land leases. (xi) Privatisation of community land into conservancies. (xii) Arbitrary arrests and persecution of those who act in the community’s interest. (xiii) Discriminative vetting of certain people and groups during issuance of national identity cards. (xiv) Selective arming of particular sections of local communities. 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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