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    "id": 1220528,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cheptumo",
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        "legal_name": "Cheptumo William Kipkiror",
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    "content": "Thank you Mr. Speaker, Sir. I rise to support the Petition by the Senate Majority Leader. Mr. Speaker, Sir, listening to all the Senators who have spoken, it is true that this is a national problem. Almost every county has a challenge of this historical injustice. The issue is not the knowledge of these historical injustices. I believe the challenge is lack of seriousness and policy by the subsequent governments on how to deal with this issue. We have had this debate for the last 60 years; several policies. Debates in this House have been done. I believe it is high time that this House, pursuant to Article 96 of the Constitution, should come out strongly through this Petition and resolve that this matter should end. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the big parcels of land owned by the British in Kericho County and other areas have terms of lease. I have a radical proposal that when the term of the land leases end, our Government should reallocate these pieces of land. If we put in place appropriate policies in this country on how to deal with these historical injustices, I believe we can have a solution. As the other Senators have stated, the British in that area own almost 60 per cent of Laikipia County. From Naivasha all the way to Gilgil, it is owned by the same people. I urge the Committee that will look into this matter to develop a policy as a country to deal with this matter and for us to compensate our people. At some level, we should also reclaim this land and allocate to our people."
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