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    "id": 1226902,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Osotsi",
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        "legal_name": "Osotsi Godfrey Otieno",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I wish to request for a statement on the status of degazettement of Kibiri Forest and Settlement at Shiru/Shaviringa Settlement Scheme. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I rise, pursuant to Standing Order 53(1), to seek a statement from the Standing Committee on Land, Environment and Natural Resources, regarding the status of degazettement of Kibiri Forest and Settlement at Shiru/Shaviringa Settlement Scheme. In the Statement, the Committee should - (1) Cause an inquiry into the status of the Government’s written assurance to Parliament, vide a letter dated 1st December, 2021, which made an official commitment to resolve the long outstanding issues of settlement of people residing in the Shiru/Shaviringa Settlement Scheme. (2) Give reasons for the inordinate delay by the Vihiga County Government to petition Parliament on alteration of boundaries of Kakamega Forest, to exclude Shiru and Shaviringa Settlement Schemes in light of the land exchange programme which was initiated by the Government in 1985 during the creation of Vihiga District Headquarters at Mbale. (3) Apprise the Senate on the status of the boundary survey by Kenya Forest Service and relevant ministries, stating the amount of public funds budgeted for the survey exercise; giving the status of National Environmental Management Authority (NEMA) Environmental Impact Assessment, which was to be done concurrently with the survey exercise. (4) Give the status of the ongoing exercise to fence Kakamega Forest, stating the Forest cutline indicating whether the aforementioned Scheme is within the cut-line. (5) Give reasons for the delay in the implementation of the Presidential directive via letter Ref. No. OP/CAB/26/1/3A dated 1st April 2014 which directed the degazettement to be fast-tracked. (6) Give reasons why the specific recommendations on this matter contained in the Report of inquiry into illegal/irregular Allocation of the land have not been implemented. (7) Cause an inquiry into allegations that certain individuals who benefitted from the excisions of some sections of the forest have been undermining efforts to finalize the issuance of titles to the bonafide beneficiaries. Thank you."
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