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    "content": "Hon. Members, Article 119 of the Constitution accords any person the right to petition Parliament to consider any matter within its authority. Further, Standing Order 225(2)(b) requires the Speaker to report to the House any petition other than those presented by a Member. In this regard, Hon. Members, I wish to report to the House that my office has received a Petition from one, Mr. Boniface Otieno Opere of Identification Number No. 4238636 and four others representing members of Tim Kinda Self-Help Group in Awendo Town, Migori County. The Petitioners state that in 1988, the allocation of plots to various persons was halted by the then South Nyanza District Plot Allocation Committee on grounds that the Government had not acquired the said pieces of land. The Petitioners claim to have lodged a complaint with the Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development and were confirmed to be the legal owners of the said land. As further as 2003, Awendo Town Council embarked on evicting land owners without any notice and orders from any court on grounds that the said parcels of land had been compulsorily acquired by the Government. Hon. Members, the Petitioners consequently took legal action in 2005 by suing Awendo Town Council at the High Court in Kisii which ruled in their favour. Unfortunately, the Council failed to produce acquisition and compensation documents to the courts as directed. Further efforts by the Petitioners to compel Awendo Town Council to produce acquisition and compensation documents were thwarted as the appeal was dismissed and directed to the District Land Registrar to issue title deeds to the original land owners. 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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