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    "content": "Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, after 12 years of occupation of any land, you are entitled to adverse possession. These squatters qualify in their own right, but what happens? Even those who worked in the forests were evicted after the policies on forest farming or shamba system changed. This is painful. I want to thank the Minister who noticed that. This is the case and yet those people worked for the creation of those forests for generations. This Motion is long overdue and I congratulate Mr. Wamalwa for bringing it before this House. He never ceases to amase me for hitting where it matters. He is the one who spoke about the fertilizer. Now, we are getting it at Kshs2,500. Let us see the son of the former President come up with a Budget that will truly settle these people for once. These people are too old to offer labour. There are no structures there to make any gain. They used to grow pyrethrum in Nakuru but, of course, the big fish have taken it up. I laid a Report in this House to the extent that two individuals had taken up Kshs3.1 billion from the poor farmers who are now dying. We have heard it before and we know that we cannot get adequate fertilizer and seeds. I am talking about my fellow squatters who live in this area. When I was a kid, while most of other kids were playing and doing other things during lunchtime, I cultivated a pyrethrum farm. I could leave class, change, go and work in a farm for that one hour! I was paid Kshs15 for weeding one acre at that time. Of course, I passed my examinations and I thank God for giving me the brains."
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