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    "id": 1440979,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kilifi South, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Ken Chonga",
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    "content": " Hon. Speaker, pursuant to Standing Order 44(2)(c), I wish to request for a Statement from the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Lands regarding irregular allocation of a parcel of land in Gongoni Village, Junju Ward in Kilifi South Constituency. Indigenous people of Gongoni were displaced from their ancestral land by the colonial government, purportedly for public use. After the attainment of Independence, the displaced residents never resettled on their land. Instead, in the early 1960s, the parcel of land L.R No.140/IV/MN was leased to Vipingo Sisal and Leasing Company. Despite the allocation of the said property, the company never conducted any commercial activities on the land for the entire lease period until its expiry in 2016. Notably, when residents conducted an official search in November 2023 to authenticate the status of the land, the results revealed that the land was issued to one Mr Said Swaleh Musa and one Mr Shifeya Swaleh Musa under a new certificate of lease No. CR 82241. It is astonishing that the said persons are neither residents of Gongoni Village nor trustees of the Gongoni community. The irregular allocation of the said parcel of land has caused anguish to the residents, noting that by law states that any land that is under a leasehold reverts back to the Government upon expiry of that lease. It is against this backdrop that I seek a Statement from the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Lands on the following: 1. Under what circumstances was L.R. No.140/IV/MN registered in the name of Mr Said Swaleh Musa and Mr Shifeya Swaleh Musa despite being community land? 2. What is the status of investigations into the irregular allocation of the said parcel of land? 3. What measures will the Ministry of Lands put in place to revoke the allocation of the said land if found in contravention of the law and revert the same to the Gongoni community? I thank you, Hon. Speaker."
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