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"speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Lelegwe",
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"content": "THAT, The National Land Commission Act 2012 was enacted to provide for the management and administration of land in accordance with the principles of land policy set out in Article 60 of the Constitution and the national land policy. The enunciated principles include the principle of equitable access to land, the security of land rights and as well the settlement of community land disputes using local initiatives; THAT, the Samburu community have often been depicted in postcards, coffee- table books, and the popular media as generously adorned girls or as glamorous bachelor warriors roaming the countryside, engaging in livestock theft against their neighbors, and illegal herders; THAT, the British Colonial Government founded the African Livestock Marketing Organization (ALMO), later transformed into the Livestock Marketing Division (LMD) to spearhead livestock development and marketing. This policy development became a nightmare for the Samburu community. To date, the LMD is seen as a curse to the Samburu community land rights; THAT, the establishment of the Isiolo Holding Ground in 1952 by the colonial government as a quarantine and disease screening area for pastoralists’ cattle prior to their travelling further south for sale, was originally only 16,000 hectares, but over time,"
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