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    "id": 1133038,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "WDM-K",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Patrick Makau",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I wish to comment on the two petitions. In advanced countries like China and India, mechanisation is controlled to give the citizens opportunity to earn a living. I have heard the Members who petitioned this House on this issue, Hon. Maritim. If tea picking is mechanised in Kericho, Nandi and other tea growing areas, the residents of those areas will be vulnerable because they will have no other way of eking a living. It is upon us in this House to address that issue. We can even come up with an Act on agricultural mechanisation. To what extent are we supposed to mechanise? Most of our rural folk rely on the agriculture sector for their livelihoods. The issue of squatters is a menace caused by our so-called mabwenyenye . We have seen people living on plots for 20 to 30 years and then one morning, bulldozers show up to bring down their houses. It is unfortunate. We must have laws as to how we are supposed to title the lands, be it public or community land. We must have legislation that protects the people. As Government, we must be sensitive to people who have been living in such areas for long. A case in mind is Mavoko. I know even Nairobi and other towns in this country are experiencing similar situations. Thank you."
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