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    "id": 1457673,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1457673/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cherarkey",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13217,
        "legal_name": "Cherarkey K Samson",
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    "content": ". Affinity to grabbing of public land is a very serious issue in this country. From 1963, how do you explain that one family in this Republic owns over 500,000 acres; the size of Western Kenya? We know that land reforms in this country have made many strides. In the previous regime, one of the tokenism that the political patronage would use is to give land. If the powers that be passed and saw any beautiful land, wanasema katia mimi hiyo. Mr. Speaker, Sir, how do we explain today that we still have absentee landlords in the Coast, yet there are many Kenyans who are squatters? There are also many Kenyans in the Affordable Housing the President is pushing. Imagine, we do not have land. We have buroti maguta maguta, especially in high-end areas like Ruiru, Nairobi and in Murang’a, where we have a high population density. I saw you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, with the President during the Coastal tour and you were smiling widely. He gave directions on the absentee landlords, that they must be held accountable and must pay. Who are these absentee landlords we see at the Coast? These are land-grabbers and yet, genuine people – the Giriamas and Digos of this world - do not have land; they are squatting. These people are in Italy, Europe and other countries and the Kwale Senator should be noting this with a red pen. They are just relaxing somewhere, enjoying sauna and other things in Santorin, while our people continue to squat. I agree with the Presidential directive that the absentee landlords must be held accountable. I also agree with the proposal by the Senate Majority Leader that we need to amend the Land Act because the most abused is the public land. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate."
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