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    "speaker_name": "Kikuyu, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I am sure Hon. Opiyo Wandayi has heard and we will act accordingly. I was just noting this as a matter of concern because it is important that whenever business is being transacted that will appear before a committee, the chairperson is to be present. The Chairperson of the Public Petitions Committee ought to know that under the particular Order that we are in, every time the House rises, there will be petitions that may end up in his Committee. Allow me to also note that cases where a director of a company ends up taking over huge tracts of land that belong to residents of certain areas is not just in Kilifi. Hon. Speaker, this is a matter that began over 50 years ago. As the case is, wherever those who were in positions of authority at Independence were, they took advantage of innocent people who sacrificed their lives to get land, including the great people of Kilifi County. You may want to imagine that it is only the Mau Mau who were involved in the resistance movement against the colonial Government, but I also know that the likes of Mekatilili wa Menza led the people of Kilifi in fighting for their land. It is, therefore, a great injustice that 60 years after Independence, the people of Kilifi are still landless and squatting on land that is held by those who were in positions of power then. I do not know the director who is being referred to in this Petition, unless Hon. Owen Baya tells us. I can, however, bet for almost 100 per cent that it is a person who was in the first Government of Independent Kenya. It is not just in Kilifi County, but also in Central Kenya and the greater parts of what was formally the White Highlands. Productive land ended in the hands of very few people at the expense of the millions who sacrificed their lives to fight for The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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