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    "speaker_name": "Kiambu County, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Ann Wamuratha",
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    "content": "of Kiambu. It does not. The Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology sits on land of the people of Kenya in as much as it is in Kiambu. So, you cannot come to Parliament and start telling us that the land that is in Ukambani belongs to the Kamba. It does not. It is land of the people of Kenya. That one, we need to be in agreement. So, when we come here and start bringing issues of land belonging to this or that community, then some of us will be the biggest beneficiaries. What is in Kiambu belongs to the Government. We have had issues of land in this country. What happened in Mavoko is very clear and was put on the table. All of us watch news on television and are on social media. We are seeing what is happening. We know what has been happening in this country on matters land, and in particular the land in question. We have seen someone speaking to the people and telling them: “Title ni karatasi, jengeni nyumba.” So, what was this guy trying to tell the people? He told them: \"Can we do this as fast as possible because when it will come to issues of demolishing, there are people who will come to support you. The land will still revert to the owner, so go and sell it.\" We saw the governor addressing the people and even the company itself putting a poster there telling the people that the land belongs to Portland Cement. So, can we have an honest discussion, because here we are talking about lives. We have students there who are supposed to sit for exams in the next few days. I am in the Committee on Education, and we need to ask ourselves questions about the plight of the children who will be sitting their exams soon. That is what we need to discuss in Parliament and not to increase volume on issues that seek to buy us loyalty from our people and yet we know what is happening. I see all the leaders from that region speaking very strongly, but at the back of their minds, they know the true story. The problem here is because of rogue Government officers, who cheated our people and made them buy land that did not have title deeds. They even went ahead and approved constructions. I insist these are rogue Government officers. They are known. We are even dragging the name of the President. The President does not work with the County Government of Machakos. There are employees in that county who have been assigned the work. So, the people we need to address are the EACC and the DCI. They need to take over the matter and get the people who did this to innocent Kenyans. The culprits should pay for every pain they have caused the victims. We cannot continue talking about or doing the same things the same way, every year, and expect different results. In essence, the people who sold this land are the same ones who got elected into this Parliament and then brought the issue to the fore so that this land becomes a topic of discussion. These same people should tell us who sold the land to innocent Kenyans. Who approved the selling of the land? When all these culprits are brought to book, then it will go on record in this country that during the reign of the Kenya Kwanza Government, all these problems came to an end. Therefore, let us have an honest discussion. Leaders from that region should start speaking the truth because they know what happened. They know who sold the land and how it was sold. We have seen them engage with the people. They tell innocent Kenyans to go build because they know that once you put up a construction, no one will come there. Finally, I have heard God’s name being invoked in all these things just because a church had been constructed on that land. I am a Christian and I believe that we speak about God of order. Our God is a God of order. Even when God created the world, He set boundaries for rivers, oceans and lakes. God knew there is a purpose for everything. That land belongs to EAPC. It is not for building a church. I say this as a Christian. So, the fact that a church was demolished should not arise. The church needs to be constructed in legally acquired land. However, the church leadership are not to blame. The person to be blamed is the one who sold that land to the church. That person needs to be condemned with the strongest words possible. I still insist that the people to give us answers are the people from that region, the DCI and EAPC. They have answers to these questions. The likes of my friend, Hon. Robert Mbui, need 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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