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    "id": 1394348,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1394348/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Dadaab, WDM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Farah Maalim",
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    "content": " Hon. Speaker, land is a very emotive issue in this country. We fought for our Independence because of the dispossession of Kenyans from their rightful ancestral lands. It is a pity. In my language, we say that if you steal a camel and the camel gives birth to a calf, that calf is still a stolen property. You cannot say that since you only stole one camel and it gave birth, the calf is yours. It still belongs to the original owner. This land was stolen from Kenyans by the colonialists. For those who studied law, you know that when they were stealing it, they called it “by the will of the Crown”. The native did not have a right to land. Today, 63 years after Independence, I do not know where the Talai clan of Koitalel arap Samoei is. I do not know where they are. They do not have land or a livelihood. They are poor and staying as squatters somewhere. The ancestors of the colonialists, whether they converted the land into big companies of tea and coffee farms, are the ones enjoying this. We must have a land policy that addresses the historical injustices of the expropriation of the African land. Where does Dedan Kimathi's family live today? How many acres of land do they have? Hardly anything. Where are the Mau Mau fighters? We cannot claim that we are an independent country with a National Assembly that make our own laws, and pretend to be serving Kenyans, but cannot correct the historical injustices. This petition is a good one. If I was asked, I would say that land be given back to the original owners. I do not care whether you are Kakuzi or Sasini. The land belongs to the Nandi and Kikuyu of those days; they need their land back. You are transferring a problem to Lamu by moving people from Central Province to go and stay there. They are taking over land from other people, and this in turn is causing insecurity. The bigwigs in our political structure took over those lands and everybody is now looking for a weaker person to take land from. If we do not address the land issue, it is going to escalate into something bigger in this country. There is going to be a serious civil war in this country if we do not address the issue of the coastal land that has been taken over by other people. Do you think the sons and the grandsons of those people are going to just sit back and wait for the exploitation done to their fathers and grandfathers? What was done to Koitalel Arap Samoei…."
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