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    "id": 1266417,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1266417/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Baringo County, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Jematiah Sergon",
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    "content": "THAT, the area described in the schedule to Legal Notice No. 265 is a community land by dint of Article 63 of the Constitution of Kenya; THAT, the said area is and continues to be occupied by three communities, namely: Pokot, Tugen, and Ilchamus; THAT, further, the petitioners contend that their elected representatives, to whom they have delegated their power to, were not also consulted; THAT, there is no forest in the area described by the Cabinet Secretary (CS) in the Legal Notice No. 265; THAT, the alleged designation of the area as a forest poses an existential threat to the communities and requires urgent intervention of the House to avert any further conflict; THAT, your humble petitioners have made the best effort to have this issue addressed by the relevant authorities without any dependable outcome; THAT, the issues in respect of which this Petition is raised are not pending before any court of law, constitutional or any legal body. Therefore, your humble petitioners pray that the National Assembly, through the Public Petition Committee: 1. finds that the process leading to declaration of Mukutani Forest as a public forest was done in brazen and egregious contravention of the Constitution and Forest Conservation and Management Act 2016; 2. recalls the decision of then CS of Environment and National Resources contained in the Legal Notice No. 265 dated 27th October 2017, interrogate the same and order that fresh exercise towards declaration of the alleged forest named Mukutani be undertaken by the CS, the Board of Kenya Forest Service, the National Land Commission and all the relevant stakeholders. And your petitioner will ever pray. Thank you."
}