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    "id": 1116254,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Bondo, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Gideon Ochanda",
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        "legal_name": "Gideon Ochanda Ogolla",
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    "content": " Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, pursuant to Standing Order No. 44 (2) (c), I rise to request for a Statement from the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Lands regarding allocation of a whopping 6,763.74 hectares – about 16,300 acres – of the Yala Swamp Land in Siaya County to M/s Lake Agro limited. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, the National Land Commission vide an advertisement in the daily newspapers on 14th October 2021, posted a public notice of its intention to allocate 6,763.74 hectares of Yala Swamp land to M/s Lake Agro Limited. The move comes against the backdrop of a Petition placed before this honourable House during the 11th Parliament, in 2015. This issue had also previously been discussed by the County Assembly of Siaya and there was a series of court matters between Yimbo communities and the defunct Dominion Farms and the then 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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