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    "id": 1146363,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mathioya, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Peter Kimaru",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Peter Kimari Kihara",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise to second. These are fairly straightforward matters. The Chairperson of the Committee on Implementation has put forth a very weighty case. These are weighty matters regarding lands on which ordinary Kenyans have been defrauded. These matters had already been investigated by the Departmental Committee on Lands and their recommendations brought and adopted by this House. The findings of the Committee on Implementation at this stage are that despite the recommendations being brought to this House almost a year ago, to date, those recommendations by the Departmental Committee on Lands have largely not been implemented. Almost 99 per cent of them have not been implemented at all. This obviously shows that there are officers in Government who do not take seriously issues that have been passed by this House. For instance, if you look at the issue of the Del Monte land, even the NLC issued Gazette Notice No.1995 of 2019 to the effect that the land should be excised and allocated to the Kandara Residents Association and the county governments of Murang’a and Kiambu. They went ahead and gave the ratio in which the land so adjudicated should be shared, which is 70:30. However to date, that has not been done and has been fully ignored. There is also the other issue where Mayer Jacob bequeathed land to his own employees following his demise. To date, others have gone ahead to try and defraud innocent Kenyans of that piece of land, leaving them helpless. I support the Chairperson of the Committee on Implementation and request this House to adopt this Report. We should move these matters to the next level. If they are not taken seriously and in a weighty manner, the recommendations of our committees will continue to be ignored by those in authority or in various ministries. It is my prayer that this will be moved to the next level and that this House will adopt this Report. We should go ahead and see whether the recommendations have been adopted. We need to ensure that the Government can work harmoniously and that innocent Kenyans do not lose. I beg to second."
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