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    "id": 1241521,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cherarkey",
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        "legal_name": "Cherarkey K Samson",
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    "content": "Yes, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. In quick succession, I can table the letter from the Registrar of Political Parties (RPP) that confirms the bona fide officials of the Jubilee Party as Hon. Sabina Chege and Hon. Kanini Kega. It is not in judicial dispute. I can assist my brother. I am a person of serious legal standing in this country. I can undertake to pay for chai and mandazi in the Lounge to provide him with it. My lecturer, Sen. (Prof.) Tom Odhiambo Ojienda, who is also proud of me, is excited because he believes in the knowledge he impacted on me. Under Article 40 of the Constitution, it is very sad that we must have a Statement on the issue of compensation every time. Yesterday, we heard from Sen. Ogolla and Sen. Chimera about Kabunde and Ukunda airstrips respectively. There are many Kenyans who are infrastructural evictees. You even heard the President talk about removing powers of evaluation from the National Land Commission (NLC). It is because NLC has used the power of evaluation to perpetuate corruption. There are many Kenyans who have problems with land. If you read the book by Sen. (Prof.) Tom Odhiambo Ojienda on Principles of Conveyancing, he starts his foreword by saying that land is an emotive issue. The author is seated before us. It is a serious issue that cannot be wished away. In Meru County, there are many people who do not have title deeds. In Nandi County, we have a number of people who do not have access to land because they lack title deeds. The law is very clear. I challenge and call upon Sen. Githuku and others, that this is an open and shut case. The law says that if you take land forcefully, you shall pay full and prompt in the value of pricing. Therefore, the process of conveyancing and what it takes must be looked at. Finally, we have a small matter of historical land injustices. If you fly over Nandi Hills Constituency and part of Tinderet, you might think we are living in Canaan, but we are not. Those lands belong to people who take tea somewhere in London or Europe. You saw what happened in Kericho County, where tea picking machines were burnt down. All these issues come down to land. Yesterday, I said that as a true African man – a dry man in Kalenjin accent – you can have other things, but what is most important is"
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