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    "id": 1369419,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Embakasi West, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Mark Mwenje",
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        "legal_name": "George Theuri",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for the opportunity. Let me first support Hon. Mbui and thank him for bringing this very important Motion. When this Government was elected, during the inauguration speeches, especially of note by the Deputy President, he promised Kenyans that the days of inhumane demolitions and evictions would come to an end. I quote what he said. That was him speaking. There was nothing humane in what we saw in Mavoko. It is also important that I remind those in the Government that claim that 47 per cent of those who voted for them came from Mt. Kenya. Quite a significant number of those who had their houses demolished come from Mt. Kenya and they voted for this Government. That is something we must always remember. Hon. Temporary Speaker, there was a court case, but it did not run to its natural conclusion. Normally, there is an eviction order, there is a notice and there is a period that is given. This did not happen. Whenever we have seen this kind of orders, there is always some form of notice, some reprieve and a chance to go to a higher court to be heard. This was not the case. More importantly, this kind of matters create a security risk because what you have done is destruction of wealth. One day you have people living with basic necessities like water, food, clothing, shelter, clothing and electricity, and the following day, all that is thrown away. This creates a risk even to our own security agencies there. I want to expand beyond Mavoko because these kinds of court orders for evictions are all over especially in Embakasi where I come from. We have resolved some of these issues. Tassia, of note, is an area where people settled. There was a land dispute. It was determined and the people there were given an opportunity to regularise. We have an area in Maili Saba known as Mwengenye that people were given that chance. The people who were misled by our own Government and ended up buying land because they were conned have been given a chance to regularise that. Our own Leader of the Majority Party today spoke of a similar instance because that is common in Embakasi. People have acquired land through certificates 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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