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    "id": 1517899,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Mwaruma",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13223,
        "legal_name": "Johnes Mwashushe Mwaruma",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker. This Petition concerns ownership dispute of the Mwananchi Settlement Scheme in Mwatate Constituency in Taita-Taveta County. Pursuant to Standing Order 232(1)(B), I hereby present a Petition that has been submitted by residents of Taita-Taveta County who are citizens of the Republic of Kenya. As you are aware, under Article 119(1) of the Constitution, every person has a right to petition Parliament to consider any matter within its authority, including enacting, amending, or repealing any legislation. The salient issues raised in the petition are: a) THAT, the Mwananchi Settlement Scheme was registered in May 2010 by the Government of Kenya, in which LR No.12924 comprising 9,070 hectares was subdivided to settle 1,322 people. b) THAT, the Government of Kenya, through the Settlement Fund, a trustee fund, bought the land from the Wananchi Estates Limited at a cost of Kshs40 million; c) THAT, the Wananchi Ranching (Directed Agricultural) Company Ltd filed a case at the Environment and Land Court in Voi, Case No. ELC, No.7 of 2024, and sought the following reliefs; i) a permanent injunction restraining the defendants from selling, disposing, evicting, alienating, demarcating and issuing of titles, or in any way dealing with LR No.12924, CR 20403, situated in Mwatate; ii) a declaration that the transfer of the land to the Settlement Trust Fund trustees and all consequential transfers be null and void; iii) a declaration that LR No. 12924 belongs to Wananchi Ranching (Directed Agricultural) Company Ltd; d) THAT, the case filed by Mwananchi Ranching (Directed Agricultural) Company Ltd was against Wananchi Estates Limited, the Settlement Fund trustees, the Land Commissioner and the Attorney General of Kenya; e) THAT, the 1,322 owners of land in the settlement scheme were not listed as defendants and thus had no opportunity to defend their interests in the suit; (f) The Wananchi Ranching (Directed Agricultural) Company alleged that Wananchi Estates Limited fraudulently sold land it did not own to the Settlement Trustee Fund trustees. (g) THAT, on Friday, 18th October, 2024, Judge E.K. Waboto at the Voi Law Courts gave his judgment on the case in which, among other things, declared that Wananchi Ranching (Directed Agricultural) Company is the bona fide and legitimate owner of LR No.12924 and that the land registration records be rectified to reflect so. (h) THAT, the judgment had caused a lot of anxiety amongst the owners of the land in the settlement scheme for fear of losing the land which they legally own. (i) THAT, the petitioners have made the best efforts to have the matters addressed by the relevant authorities of which they failed to give a satisfactory response. (j) THAT, none of the issues raised in the petition are pending before any court of law, constitutional or legal body. 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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