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    "id": 1273630,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cherarkey",
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        "legal_name": "Cherarkey K Samson",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, every African and especially where I come from, if you do not have land, then you are a nobody. You are not a ‘man.’ Of course, there are other qualifications to be a man. I want to encourage communities to employ alternative dispute resolution mechanisms. We have established a mediation centre, especially on land matters, in this Republic. I am happy that Kimasas squatters won a case of 350 acres against African Produce in Kapsabet Law Courts. They chose to employ a judicial process. One of the commitments of President William Ruto’s Government has been to ensure that no Kenyan is evicted unlawfully; what we call ‘infrastructural evictees.’ I urge these communities to know that the church is part of the community and the community is the church. Therefore, these prayers are very important. We need to be careful about issues of land. There is a dangerous disease in this country that is cancerous. It is a disease called ‘grabiosis’. Most of the road reserves have been grabbed. People have built next to road reserves. At the end of the day, the Government ends up paying for its own land when there is compulsory acquisition. I urge the Committee led by my young brother, who is the last born of the Senate, Sen. Methu, to ensure that they look into the issues of public land. We must look at some of the people who have grabbed public facilities, including the Kisumu Molasses Plant, the area next to Kisumu International Airport and other areas here in Nairobi. We must also look at those title deeds and the title deeds of primary schools. We had the famous Ruaraka land scandal where the former Cabinet Secretary was widely mentioned. We need these people arrested, so that we do not witness the issue of historical land injustices. We want them to be arrested, so that we protect the sanctity of title deeds. We do not want to reduce the title deeds to tissue papers in this Republic. You are given a title deed that has been given to many other people. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I know where you come from. You have been the Governor of Kilifi County and now Speaker of this House. The issue of historical land injustices must be relooked. I know it affects the coastal area. However, I am happy that you, being the Speaker of this House and a leader, have an opportunity to address the issue of historical land injustices. Finally, we have the issue of Talai land historical injustices. As I have said before in this House, the people who use helicopters, ‘the sky team’, when flying over Kericho and Bomet think we live in Canaan. We do not. Those tea plantations are stained with blood. The owners are drinking tea somewhere in London, while we are suffering down here. That matter must be put to rest. The issue of Delmonte in Kiambu must also be relooked. The great people of Kiambu have never benefited from it. The issue of land must be faced head-on. I know there are names, when mentioned, people shudder, but they are part of the people who have grabbed land in this Republic. They must be arrested and prosecuted. Mr. Speaker, Sir, with those many remarks, I support this Petition."
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