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    "speaker_name": "Mavoko, WDM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Patrick Makau",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. Even before I speak, I urge my honourable colleagues to allow me to bring in some perspectives that will help all of us. In my language, we say that the bereaved does not speak much. I want to bring some history today about the Mavoko land. I urge Kenyans to approach this issue with a lot of sobriety and without emotions because it will address a lot of evils from all the agencies concerned with land dealings in this country. I am the Member for Mavoko. Therefore, I have the institutional memory of this constituency. East African Portland Cement Company has many parcels of land. The only parcel that is in question is LR No.10424. Hon. Members, as we speak, let us not have a blanket condemnation of how many LR numbers we are addressing. Demolitions happened on LR No.10424. Members who were here during the 11th Parliament will remember that I brought a Petition in this House requiring the Departmental Committee on Lands to urge East African Portland Cement Company to surrender its mined land with letters, which the Board signed. They agreed that they had 2,000 acres that they had mined and were ready to surrender to the local community. Hon. Members, we should understand that once land is surrendered as per Article 67 of the Constitution, it goes back to the National Land Commission (NLC), which in turn surrenders it to the local county government of that area, which decides the land use. The land reference numbers that I brought here were 8786/144, 8786/145 and 8786/146. Hon. Temporary Speaker, we agreed with East African Portland Cement Company and the Departmental Committee on Lands led by Hon. Mwiru that they were ready to give the land to the local community. We went ahead to the National Land Commission (NLC) and then Minister for Interior, Major-General (Rtd.) Joseph Nkaissery, and they agreed that they were going to give us the land. During that time, LR10464 was in existence. I want Members to note The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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