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    "id": 1242963,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cherarkey",
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        "legal_name": "Cherarkey K Samson",
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    "content": "I remember the case of the residents of Ruai who were evicted during the COVID-19 lockdown. Therefore, I continue to insist that we have a new form of evictees. We used to hear about forest and political evictees. We now have a new crop of evictees called infrastructural evictees, especially in our cities and towns, where an entity wakes up in the morning and demolishes kiosks and people houses. Therefore, I think somebody must be held accountable for the loss of houses by the great people of Mihango. If they violated the law, then, it is unfortunate for the people of Mihango in Embakasi East, Nairobi City. Finally, it has reached a point where, we, as a Parliament, must come up with proper legislative interventions to guide demolitions, be it of kiosks or houses, for either expansion of road reserves or compulsory acquisitions. We must have a structural legal framework. Mr. Speaker, Sir, what happens nowadays is that someone rushes to court, obtains a court order, talk to the OCS or OCPD, they facilitate some young men and the police, and then you are evicted without following the proper recourse of the law. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I commend Sen. Mariam Omar for bringing this Petition before the House. I have heard one of your Members of the Speakers Panel alluding on the Floor of the House that there is no money. I do not know whether it is within her purview to know whether the Senate has no money or not, but that is a story for another day. Mr. Speaker, Sir, Mihango is a walking distance. We used to see Sen. Sifuna last month rushing across the streets of Nairobi like a bullet. He can be able to lead us to Mihango because he has been rehearsing by running here and there. My friend, “the senior youth,” Sen. (Dr.) Oburu, acknowledged that there is a Government in place, and I hope that Sen. Sifuna is borrowing such Solomonic wisdom from Sen. (Dr.) Oburu, who is a very senior citizen in this Republic. With those very many remarks, I support this Petition. I hope we will have a policy and legislative intervention as an outcome. Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir."
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