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    "id": 1299980,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Olekina",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Ledama Olekina",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I rise to support this Petition. There are a couple of things that struck me on it. Two Government institutions under the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, and Fisheries, have been allocated 83 acres of land on a leasehold of land belonging to private individuals. The first question that Sen. Methu and his Committee on Agriculture Livestock and Fisheries will try to look into is land ownership. The Committee should ask the right questions. For instance, when this lease expired, what happened? It is important to ask this because once we have the right question asked, we can assist the people who are now referred to as squatters. The last time I heard of the name ‘squatter’ in the history of this country was when it was referred to people who worked in tea estates and coffee plantations. However, this has affected the Kisii Community, who are now spread across a country as large as Kenya because their own land has been taken away by Government institutions. I hope that the Committee on Land will determine what happened to the title deeds of the real owners of this land. How can you come to my land and give a 37-year lease to an institution way back in 1964, and to date, you are still living in the land? If we resolve the problem of land in this Petition, then we can help other Kenyans get access to land and live in their homes happily. The reason we have squatters is because of ignorance. It is true that our community did not know the value of a title deed. However, how can a Government institution be given a leasehold of 37 years and still sit on the land? They were only leased 87 acres and they have now taken 300 acres. They are"
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