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    "id": 1316092,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1316092/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mbeere North, DP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Ruku GK",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I also rise to support the Petition because land issues have really affected food security in our country. We have many squatters who suffer on a day-to-day basis, especially women and children. Women are not able to live with dignity because they are unable to farm and provide food for their families because they are squatters. Squatters are not just in Buuri constituency which borders Hon. Kiunjuri’s Constituency, but we also have them in Mbeere North in a village called Ngiiri in Mutio Location. There is a huge piece of land which was taken over by Tana and Athi Rivers Development Authority (TARDA), and there are many squatters who cannot farm. They are not allowed to do subsistence farming leave alone putting up the semi-permanent structures. In the process, women and young girls will only depend on men who are in the transport of sand sector to get some money to buy food for their children when, in essence, they have land that they can use to farm. This is something that needs to be looked into by the NLC, the Ministry of Lands, Public Works, Housing and Urban Development and the Departmental Committee on Lands. Some of these injustices subjected to our people must come to an end. Hon. Speaker, I support the Petition. I also want to request the Ministry of Lands, Public Works, Housing and Urban Development and the NLC to look at how some of these injustices as far as land is concerned are taken care of. Thank you, Hon. Speaker."
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