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    "id": 1112534,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cheruiyot",
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        "legal_name": "Aaron Kipkirui Cheruiyot",
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    "content": "You remember the challenges that we had three weeks ago here in Laikipia. The reason people are fighting for scarce resources is because there are people who look at the Government and see all forms of injustices. They do not see a reflection of a government that they put into office. Therefore, I plead with the Committee that this matter will be referred to because they are mandated to conclude this within 60 days; that they do not have to exhaust all the 60 days. This is a straightforward Petition that they can request for the documents, invite the petitioners and the National Land Commission (NLC). Ten years down the line, what are their fruits? How have they been able to resolve many of these questions? The Ndung’u Land Report continues to gather dust, yet colossal amounts of public resources were spent. How have they responded to this particular call? As a House, we are also being put to task because we are the body that oversights government institutions, and I believe the NLC is one such institution. It is upon them to come and table before us how many issues they have been able to resolve. I do not believe that it was the dream of the drafters of our Constitution for the NLC to be only handling compensation matters. We know what their motivation is for them to expedite those issues. Even issues that involve poor ordinary citizens such as this, such that the multinational land issues in counties like Kericho and Nandi County and the western part of the country; places like Trans Nzoia where people are still waiting for the NLC to resolve many issues, including the former White Highlands. They should come to this House, table that report and say how many issues involving ordinary citizens they have been able to adjudicate and give a final verdict, so that if people are dissatisfied they can move to court, we resolve that matter within two or three years and move forward. This is one Petition I will keep a close eye on with the hope that a well-thought- out resolution to this matter will be found and the residents of Kirimun will thank their Senator and say it was worth going before them to seek solutions. Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir."
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