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"content": "Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. The petition reads:- We, the undersigned citizens of the Republic of Kenya, duly registered voters, taxpayers and residents of Bomet, Trans Mara and Narok South districts, bordering the Mau Forest Complex, authorise the Chepalungu Member of Parliament, hon. Isaac Ruto, to countersign and lay this Petition on the Table of the House and draw the attention of the House to the following:- That, vide various legal notices Nos.142, 148 and 153 of 2001, our land was formally degazetted from the Mau Forest Complex. Most of us have been issued with the title documents, allotment letters and others are awaiting survey and adjudication of the place to facilitate the processing of title deeds. But, sometime in May, 2005, the officers of the County Council of Narok burnt our properties, arrested us, uprooted our crops, subjected our animals to acts of cruelty, employed strangers to demolish our properties, harassed us, intimated us and forcefully evicted us. We successfully challenged those malicious acts in a court of law where Justice Ramsley issued injunctive orders on 2nd June, 2005, barring the council, its officers, servants, agents and Government officers from interfering with our lawful properties. That, sometime in March, 2009, some officers who identified themselves as the officers of the Kenya Forest Service and some Government officers strew eviction notices around our place of dwelling and, subsequently, burnt down our properties, harassed us, destroyed our crops, subjected our animals to acts of cruelty, intimidated us and threatened to forcefully evict us. We have since filed a judicial review application - John Mibey and Four Others versus the Attorney- General - challenging the aforesaid acts of impunity. The case is ongoing."
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