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    "content": "which provides that a Petitioner, or any person, may petition Parliament to institute the process that leads to degazettement. Therefore, the Committee notes that there is need for the MECCF to take responsibility and ensure that the relevant processes towards ensuring a solution to the current impasse commences. (ii) In accordance with Section 34 of the FCMA, a petition may be presented to Parliament for the boundary variation or revocation of public forests. However, no evidence was submitted indicating that this process was initiated. Further, an Environmental Impact Assessment Report and evidence of public participation was not submitted before the Committee. The land in Lariak un-gazetted as Forest Land, therefore, the processes to ensure its gazettement should be fastened together with the degazettement of LR No.12493. Prayer Two: Recommended that the relevant agencies of the national and county governments urgently move to put in place the infrastructure, roads, bridges, drainage works, electricity, water, schools, dispensaries, administrative offices, police post and other amenities in the area. The Committee urges the County Government of Laikipia to provide services equally to all residents of Laikipia County as per Article 43 of the Constitution of Kenya, 2010. Prayer Three: Recommends that the County Government of Laikipia includes the plan in preparation of the County Integrated and Annual Development Plans and in allocating budgets for construction, grading and maintenance of infrastructure projects and other amenities thereon. The Committee observed that, similarly, as in the second prayer, the Committee observes that the county government should ensure services are offered. All budgets and plans are aligned to cater to the persons residing in the said land parcel. On the Committee recommendations, Madam Temporary Speaker, from the foregoing, the Committee recommends that in accordance with Section 36 of the FCMA, KFS should immediately initiate and commence the process of degazettment of Land Parcel Rumuruti LR No.12493, being an excision of 149.1 hectares from Rumuruti Forest. Gazettment of Lariak Forest Block LR No.2467/1 is set to now benefit the Kenya Forest Service with 127.3 hectares, being an addition to Lariak Forest. The County Government of Laikipia should embark on ensuring services are offered to the residents residing in this as per Article 43 of the Constitution of Kenya 2010, including aligning the County Integrated and Annual Development Plans to ensure the area is also developed. The Committee recommends that a report on the progress be tabled before the Committee within three (3) months of tabling of this Report. (b) Report of the Standing Committee On Land, Environment, and Natural Resources on the petition concerning the illegal demolition at Mihang’o Njiru, Chokaa. Madam Temporary Speaker, the Members of the Committee sifted through the issues raised by the petitioner and analyzed the issues to be determined from the prayers of the petitioners- The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate."
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