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    "id": 1112587,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Eng.) Hargura",
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        "legal_name": "Godana Hargura",
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    "content": "should establish if that community placed their historical land injustices claim with NLC by 21st September, 2021. Those people should be compensated. In Laikipia, we are told that the herders are encroaching private land, yet it is a case of people practicing their way of life on their land. Their land was grabbed, leaving them with no space hence the conflict. When you fly through that part, from Nanyuki towards Maralal, you will see large tracts of land with no settlement. If you ask someone about them, you will be told that those are the ranches. They are good grazing areas for pastoralists but they have been fenced and nobody lives there. The owners might not even be in this country but the land has been fenced and one cannot access it. If you try to access it, you are referred to as an illegal herder on your own land. That compensation should be done. The other issue is the pastoralist way of life. The indigenous community rights are recognized by the United Nations. We do have the United Nations Charter for the indigenous communities, which recognizes this. It states that the indigenous communities’ lands cannot be used in any way or allocated to any person without free prior informed consent of those people. That was not done and the Government did not consult those communities when those leases expired. We need to look at what the other communities have done. The other issue is game reserves. There are many conservancies in that area and the wildlife has been given priority over human beings. That area has Ol Pejeta Conservancy, Borana Conservancy, Laikipia Nature Conservancy and others. Why should we create more game reserves? We are now agitating to de-gazette the game reserves for them to form part of community land. There is no need of having a game park in Laikipia, where a lot of land has already been given to wildlife in the name of conservancies. I fully support this Petition and NLC should clearly address these historical land injustices. I hope that the community has registered the historical land injustices with them. The Government compensation should be given to the communities. However, that rarely happens. In Marsabit, we are struggling and grappling with an issue that occurred in the 21st century where 150,000 acres of community land was given to foreign private developers to start a project called Lake Turkana Wind Power Project. If you follow the stories of that project in the news together with the stories of Kenya Power and the power prices, you will realize that it is a community loss. Money is being lost and power is not being supplied. I support the Petition and urge the relevant Committee to engage the NLC. It should make sure that the historical land injustices are addressed."
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