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"content": "expanded to an area of approximately 124,000 hectares. This expansion extended the southern LMD territory to the current Laikipia County, further displacing the Samburu from their traditional lands; THAT, the changes in land tenure introduced by the colonial government and later, the independent government, affected the Samburu negatively. The nomadic pastoralist Samburus remained largely landless; THAT, in Kirimun, there are harrowing testimonies of harassments, torture and even death in the hands of the LMD personnel for the nomadic herders, and even women and children found in the LMD controlled areas; THAT, the Samburu community have been depicted as illegal herders and trouble makers in the vast ranches of Laikipia County. The herders, as they are referred to, are seen as a source of insecurity for the private ranchers. On the basis of this depiction, the serious problem of unfair land alienation of the traditional Samburu lands has been perpetrated; THAT, the local community members have in the past engaged with the relevant authorities to lay down formal claims to the Samburu traditional land in Laikipia North Sub County, and particularly Kirimun Sub-location. As early as the 1990s, local delegations met with several national leaders to resolve the matter (2003-2007); The same issue has been raised with the Laikipia County Council for a long time. In particular, in 1996, this was petitioned to the Ccounty Council during the leadership of Mr. John Lokopien, with no success. Local leaders were part of the delegation of Maa speakers to the former Vice President, Moody Awori, in 2003 on the Laikipia landlessness of Samburu people, but once again, no action was taken; THAT, in 2004, following the expiry of the 100 years’ land lease of some one million hectares of land in the hands of British settlers in the country, the Samburu community, under the aegis of the Maasai Civil Society Group, presented a petition to the Government on the return of traditional Maa speaking land alienated by the colonial government. This was before the promulgation of Kenyan Constitution (2010), which now recognized discussions on historical land injustices in the country. Unfortunately, the government rubbished the community demands; THAT, the Petitioners have made the best efforts to have these matters addressed by the relevant authorities, all of which have failed to give a satisfactory response; THAT, none of these issues raised in this Petition is pending in any court of law, constitutional or any other legal body; WHEREFORE, we, humble Petitioners, pray that the Senate intervenes with a view to ensure that- (i) the rights and interests of the Samburu Community are protected by the National Land Commission (NLC) through conferment of the title of all land in Kirimun Sub-location to the designated Samburu Community residents under the Community Land Act, 2016; (ii) the Samburu people living in Kirimun, Laikipia North Sub County are compensated commensurate with the value of any land taken from them; (iii) the Samburu Community are compensated for historical wrongs of torture, humiliation and suffering perpetrated by the successive governments and its agents such"
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