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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Olekina",
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        "legal_name": "Ledama Olekina",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for adding me one minute. Let me summarise and put it this way. We have many challenges in that area. There is no-man’s land, which is around 3,000 acres along Kuria-Narok border. I am happy with Sen. Eddy because we have done a lot of work together in the community. We are making it known that when the Committee on National Security, Defence and Foreign Relations goes there, it is not only going as for compensation. What are you compensating people for? Solve the problem once and for all, so that the Kuria people can farm in part of their land, while the Maasai people can graze in part of their land. We need to solve that problem once and for all. Concerning the no-man’s land, we need to know which part belongs to Kenya and which one belongs to Tanzania. It is that simple. It is just a boundary dispute. We have had the same boundary issues between Uasin Gishu and the Maasai. They are fighting over just a small section. To my knowledge, that has been resolved. What has not been resolved is the Kuria and Maasai dispute. We should not trivialise these matters or just say we should compensate them. Let us go there and solve the problem once and for all by putting a boundary. Once we do that, we should also revisit the land laws. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, right now, my people, the Maasais, are selling land at Kshs20,000, but those who buy are selling it at Kshs150,000 or Kshs1 million for an acre. That is causing problems because once those people have sold all and they have no land, they go back where there is a dispute and start causing problems. We need to deal with these issues and change the laws. We can have it in the laws, such that you cannot sell or lease land in a certain area."
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