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    "content": "per acre while the initial valuation report by the Chief Valuer was set at Kshs50,000 per acre giving a total of Kshs750 million. However, following the sub-division of the 15,000 acres into three portions of 5,000 acres each, the valuation was raised to Kshs85,000 per acre. The effect of the reduced area into three equal portions was an increase in the value per acre due to the increased demand making the final sale value to be Kshs1, 275,000,000. The funds to purchase the land was provided by the Treasury. The Kenyan taxpayer got value for money because the scheme was established to settle 2,984 ex-forest squatters who were evicted from Mt. Kenya and Aberdare forests in the 1980s and early 1990s. After eviction, the squatters settled on roadsides in the following villages among others; Hombe in Mathira Constituency, BelleVue in Kieni West, Ndathi in Kieni East, Witima in Othaya and Zauna\\Kabage in Tetu. The offer of a sizeable land comprising of 15,000 acres from Solio Ranch coupled with availability of services for connectivity and proximity to the intended beneficiaries made the land to be the most suitable under the circumstances. This also served as the criteria for the choice of the land. All the squatters previously living on the roadside have now been resettled in Solio Ranch. Consideration was also given to vulnerable and needy people living on public utilities in Kyeni, Othaya, Nyeri Municipality, Mathira and Mukurweini municipalities. Other needy people who were settled in the scheme include landslide victims from Gakanga in Kyeni and Kihuri in Othaya as well as poor and landless people from Majengo, Witemere and Chania and Muringato slums in Nyeri Municipality. This last group of beneficiaries was identified after consultations between the district leaders and the Provincial Administration after the target group, the roadside squatters, had been exhausted claims of irregularities leading to allocation of land to undeserving people are, therefore, not proven. On the issue of establishment and current status, the scheme was planned to consist of seven residential villages of half-acre plots surrounded by four-acre agricultural plots. This was to facilitate ease of provision of essential services such as infrastructure. The first village has 420 plots; Village Two, 587 plots; Village Three, 517 plots; Village Four, 511 plots; Village Five, 226 plots; Village Six, 428 plots; Village Seven, 295 plots and the total is 2, 984 plots. I hereby lay on the Table the list of the beneficiaries as requested."
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