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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I apologise for coming late. I had rushed to the Table Office to correct the same. I, the undersigned, on behalf of the residents of Embakasi West Constituency, who are the members of Amani Self-Help Group, draw the attention of the House to the following: THAT, the undersigned Members and their families have been residing in Mowlem area Kangundo Road in Embakasi West Constituency, in land LR/No.2091970 since 2000. THAT, initial survey details had indications that the same was designed as public land, hence lacking a title until one was allegedly possessed and issued on 15th October 2010. THAT, the members who were initially 74 are now a large and enterprising community of over 260 residents. THAT, the members have constructed permanent houses and shopping centres on the land parcel including social amenities, schools with electricity and water connectivity. THAT, the subject land is now being claimed by Mr Charles Munene Gatimu and Ms Catherine Karegi Kamanja who proceeded to secure a grant on 15th October 2010. THAT Mr Charles Munene Gatimu previously served as a senior demolition officer with the defunct City Council of Nairobi while Ms Catherine Karegi Kamanja’s husband was a senior officer at the Survey of Kenya and Ms Catherine Karegi Kamanja working with the then Ministry of Lands in Nairobi. THAT under the circumstances which the two, Mr Charles Munene Gatimu and Catherine Karegi Kamanja obtained the said grant, excluding Mr Charles Karegi Kamanja, whose name was on the subject letter of allotment issued on 20th July 1993 have not been explained. THAT the Department of Lands in Nairobi issued out two letters of allotment, one to Charles Arap Sigei, Charles Munene Gatimu and Catherine Kamanja Department of Lands. THAT these persons used their positions to illegally register themselves as the owners of the said property. THAT a similar letter of allotment was issued by the said Department of Lands to Amani Self-Help Group for an un-surveyed residential plot. THAT it is unclear how a title grant could be processed when the members of the said Amani Self-Help Group were on the subject land parcel. THAT, the title grant for the subject land parcel LR209-11970 was signed then by Zablon Agwata Mabae on 15th October 2010 when the members of Amani Self Help Group had been in occupation for over 10 years. THAT, on 4th February 2009, Mr Charles Munene Gatimu alone swore an affidavit accompanied with a letter to the Director of Surveys claiming that he had lost the deed plan No.176452, LR209-11970. THAT, in response to the said letter, a license surveyor Mrs Roko Mala advised the Director of Surveys of Nairobi to issue a certified copy of the said deed plan and release the same track service by a letter dated 12th January 2009. THAT, efforts by Amani Self Help Group to access the correspondence file from either the Chief Land Registration Officer of Nairobi or the Director Land Administration has been futile. THAT, the initial land parcels surrounding the subject land LR299611 have registration numbers with four digits while LR209-11970 has five digits. A 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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