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"speaker_name": "Changamwe, ODM",
"speaker_title": "Hon. Omar Mwinyi",
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"content": " Was there a better way or option than what was done? Was the action taken by the Government, perhaps, a vendetta? If so, to who? As it has been alluded here, the people living there are Kenyans of all shades. So, if it was vendetta, then was it against Kenyans? That is very unfortunate. Hon. Temporary Speaker, I propose that we should not only have the Departmental Committee on Lands, but also a select committee to look into this matter. Remember there is somebody called Mr. Baraza, a notorious auctioneer, who takes contraband and illegal court orders to demolish people’s homes like what happened in Westlands. He also did the same in Changamwe in Dunga Unuse and he was left to go scot-free. If such things can happen and we just look at them as if nothing has happened, then we are not a republic, but a banana republic. I urge this House that whenever we have such matters, let us forget our political divide. Let us all be Kenyans and debate as Kenyans with this nation at heart. If the people of Mavoko 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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