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    "content": "We do not want forceful evictions. We do not want brutality of people. We want people to be moved in a humane way. We do not want to see what happened in 2005. Those people are Kenyans. If they are squatters, there are laws to be applied which are not covered in this Report. That is why I am opposing it. How can we deal with a squatter who has nothing? Do we go and chase that squatter? If this was done in Mt. Kenya, was it legal? To me, it was not legal. Those people stayed out for ten years. This Parliament appropriated some money where Solio Ranch was bought and those people were settled there. Up to now, they do not have schools. Those are Kenyans. We do not want to have IDPs in this country. Finally, looking at the list of the 22 blocks which have been mentioned, I want to ask a question which was asked sometime back; the issue of forest cover is a historical problem. Where I come from, there are tea estates owned by multi-national companies like James Finlay, Unilever and George Williamsons. These places were forests which were degazetted. The Kenyatta regime came and did the same. Moi came and did the same. Kibaki came and did the same. If it was wrong, it was wrong throughout. If we have to correct this, let us be honest and do it all the way to the colonial time. Mr. Speaker, Sir, where the headquarters of the United Nations Environment Progamme (UNEP) is, was part of Karura Forest. Let us be honest to one another and say where the boundaries are. If we say that if it was done by the former President it makes it wrong, that is where we go wrong. We want to say a wrong is wrong. We want to support it and correct it. We should start from the colonial time. We need to start from Kericho and move the Wazungus who bought land there. I want to end by saying that according to me, this Report is not in conformity with the laws of Kenya. Therefore, as Parliament, we should not own a Report which will be challenged later on. We will then be asked: “Where were you? “You should have pointed out that this was wrong!” That is why I am saying that without those annexures, no Member can make an informed decision unless we are going to say that whatever is illegal and not in conformity with the law should be null and void. Therefore, all this section which talks about revocation of title deeds and movement of people should be done in accordance with the law."
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