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    "id": 1238498,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Njeru",
    "speaker_title": "The Cabinet Secretary for Lands, Public Works, Housing and Urban Development",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 278,
        "legal_name": "Peter Njeru Ndwiga",
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    "content": " Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for once again according me the opportunity in this august House. I thank and appreciate the Question from the Senator for Tharaka Nithi, Sen. Gataya Mo Fire. In order for me to effectively answer this Question, I want to give background information on the areas that the Hon. Senator had asked. The areas stated in the Question lie along Meru and Tharaka Nithi counties. This boundary has been contested over years since the creation of Tharaka Nithi County from the larger then Meru District in 1992. The boundary is still disputed. The dispute has caused animosity between communities owning land in the area as evidence in the 1995 to 1997 communal clashes that took place. As a result of these communal disputes, the Government set up a task force led by Mr. Zachary Ogongo, the former Provincial Commissioner, to look into the issue and report on the same. The report of the task force was published in 2007 with the following recommendations - (1) Government should give priority to peace and security in the area and protection of beacons from control points from vandalism. This was to be actioned by the Ministry of Interior and Coordination of national Government. (2) Enforcement of the rule of law and provision of impartial services to wananchi. This was to be done by the Judiciary and all the Ministries. (3) The Government to expedite land adjudication in Meru region through crash programs. This was to be done by the Ministry of Lands and Physical Planning. (4) Promotion of peace and reconciliation accompanied by increased socio- economic investment to improve local infrastructure and standards of living. All Ministries and multi-sectoral players were to be involved in this. (5) Government to urgently address the plight of squatters within the Meru region. The Ministry of Interior and Coordination of national Government and the Ministry of Lands and Physical Planning were the main actors. (6) Affirmative action in appointments and placement in training institutions and respect for ethnic minority rights. This was a multi-sectoral player’s action. (7) Re-training of chiefs and their assistants to make them true grassroots Government representatives. The Ministry of Interior and Coordination of national Government was to action on that. (8) The former northern grazing area land should be managed transparently so that it does not become an area of conflict. The Ministry of Interior and Coordination of national Government was to oversee that."
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