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    "id": 1463108,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Endebess, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr) Robert Pukose",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I support the Petition by Hon. Bartoo on the re-settlement of the Sergoit people. The issue of the former provincial administration taking money from individuals and allocating land is not just in Sergoit. It is something that has happened in areas where we have had issues of settlement. I brought a Petition on behalf of the people of Chepchoina in my constituency but to date, it has not been addressed. In Chepchoina, we have people who have occupied other peoples’ land and have allotment letters. The Select Committee on Public Petitions needs to consolidate the two petitions and respond to both issues. We have this problem not just in Chepchoina and Sergoit, but all over in other places. We also have serious conmen who are engaged in fraudulent acquisition of peoples’ lands. The Select Committee on Public Petitions should be able to consolidate and look at some of these Petitions, which are raising matters of historical land injustices. The Constitution provides that Parliament has the power to summon anybody. Former provincial administrators 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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