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"speaker_name": "Sen. Olekina",
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"content": "lucky it is not Masai land. Otherwise, we would have kicked them out ourselves because they have no right to come in and take the land that does not belong to them. This has affected every community. In Nakuru County, there is the Maasai Community displaced by the Kenya Agriculture Reforms & Innovations (KARI). I believe it is the same tactics which was used. Maybe KARI was only given a potion of land. However, they took the entire land. Today during this drought season, all Masai cows go back to where they belonged before. The land that was taken away from them. I support this Petition, but it would be important to clarify two things. If you look at issue number four, the petitioners are praying that the National Land Commission (NLC) determines the actual acreage allocated to KARI. I found that to be contradictory to the Petition. Earlier the issues raised by the Petitioners were quite clear. They mentioned that the land allocated to KARI was 83 acres. This is confusing. Is that the issue to be determined or the issue of the lease agreement? If you look at the salient issue, they have said that the lease was for a period of time, what happened to all the other leases? I hope Sen. Methu will extend the scope of his investigation to look at the 99-year lease given before. This land was allocated to foreigners. What happened to those leaseholds? Laikipia County has a big land issue. We have land which was allocated to foreigners, the Maasai are almost living as squatters because the foreigners are still living in their land. You will find over 100,000 acres under one title deed."
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