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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Buuri, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Mugambi Rindikiri",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I would like to truly sympathise and empathise with the people of Mavoko. I do not know whether or not those Kenyans whose properties were demolished are Kamba. As you have guided, settlement on a prime piece of land in Kenya, particularly in an area of high value, is not something people invade. Those are not Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) or squatters. From the characteristics of the buildings we saw, those are people with means of education and are well versed in the kind of property they need to develop. I am inclined to think that those people knew what they were doing when they were settling on that piece of land. I am sure we have all visited the Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development. There is what is called an original title deed and the plan. If you go to the Survey of Kenya, where I believe it needs to start, they will provide you with the original ownership of the land. None of the movers or supporters of the Motion have disputed that the land belongs to East African Portland Cement. Many of us here are addressing demolition. We need to start dealing with the owner of the land, when this land was allocated to the original owner, and whether those who settled were aware that this land belonged to the East African Portland Cement. As I am talking to you, and this is on record, I have three primary schools whose land has been grabbed and the title deeds issued. One secondary school is called Silimoni Secondary School. Its six acres of land had nine title deeds. If we start talking about the legality of title deeds, yes, there were nine, but the original owner is Silimoni Secondary School. So, the people who acquired EAPC’s land could have title deeds that are not original. They may have been given out by land grabbers and brokers. If I am not wrong, this case did not just appear last month when the court issued orders of eviction. I believe there were eviction orders that had been issued before, but were never attended to."
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