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    "id": 1369359,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1369359/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Busia County, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Catherine Omanyo",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. It is staggering to watch families that have worked and fought very hard to own something in their motherland lose it overnight. We have seen clips of some Kenyans abroad who even do shoddy jobs to get money to send back home so that when their contracts end and they finally decide to come back, they have something to come home to. Many Kenyans lost their houses in a second after building them for years. Land grabbers sold land to Kenyans whose houses were brought down, as well as to churches and other institutions which were demolished. Those land grabbers are connected to the Land Registrar, who is connected to county planners, who are connected to everyone who pays stamp duty. County planners know that they will get money from taxes paid on land parcels. Title deeds are finally issued. This is a cartel where one person knows the other. Everybody gets a percentage of the commission, if there is any. Kenyans whose houses were brought down are not land grabbers. Where are the land grabbers? What has happened to them? Are Kenyans safe? Will they ever get back what they built for their entire lives? Some of them are still paying off bank loans. Will we sympathise with them and not auction their property? Even if that were to happen, what will banks auction? The houses that were brought down served as collateral for loans. I weep in my heart and hope that the Government will quickly help those Kenyans who are now IDPs or refugees. They are now “strangers in Jerusalem” in their own nation. 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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