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    "id": 1278160,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1278160/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Embakasi West, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Mark Mwenje",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 1429,
        "legal_name": "George Theuri",
        "slug": "george-theuri"
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    "content": " Thank you. Hon. Temporary Speaker. I beg to move the following Motion: THAT, aware that lack of access to ownership of productive assets, in particular to land, is one of the very serious sources of economic and social insecurity for Kenyans; further aware that many communities, particularly rural- income dwellers, the only way of accessing land to put up their dwellings has been to take up residence on land that is unfit for human habitation; aware that the Bill of Rights under Chapter 4 of the Constitution guarantees every citizen the right to adequate housing and reasonable standards of sanitation; noting that there are very many squatters who have settled on land that belongs to absentee landlords, un-adjudicated land, public land or community land for long periods of times, with some disputed while others are undisputed; concerned that the issue of land settlement in many urban areas, particularly in informal settlements, has remained unresolved, with numerous persons remaining squatters; further aware that Section 7 of the Limitation of Actions Act, 2010 provides for the right to claim for settlement on certain land after the prescribed period; recognising the need for the Ministry of Lands to hasten the process of identifying parcels of land occupied by squatters where there are no disputes from any party; this House resolves that the government develop and implement a policy for voluntary regularisation of land occupied by squatters for a prescribed period, including negotiations for financial settlements across the country to address the challenges facing the said squatters. Hon. Temporary Speaker, this Motion, to summarise, is purely about regularisation. Let us look at the value of land. It is the golden child of investment in this country. When our forebearers fought for Independence, they were fighting for land and self-rule. That was the main issue. Wealth in our country is attached to land and we all know it. It secures livelihoods. Why does land evoke such emotions in our country? It is because it is a measure of wealth…"
}