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    "id": 1562462,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1562462/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Tetu, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Geoffrey Wandeto",
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    "content": " Pursuant to the provisions of Standing Order 44(2)(c), I wish to request for a Statement from the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Lands regarding resettlement of Tucha/Kiandogoro Forest evictees in Tetu Constituency to Solio Ranch Village 3. In 1988, the Government evicted people from the Aberdare Ranges Forest. That was part of forest conservation measures. Notably, 534 households were evicted from Tucha/Kiandogoro Forest. It is part of the lower Aberdare Ranges Forest. Upon eviction, the Government promised to settle the affected persons in Solio Ranch Village 3. However, other persons ended up as beneficiaries of the Solio Ranch Village 3 settlement plan, and that rendered the genuine Tucha/Kiandogoro Forest evictees vagrant in various parts of Nyeri County. Although Solio Ranch Village 5 was identified as an alternative land to resettle them, no steps have been taken to conclude the process. In 2008, the Government resettled evictees from Kabaru, Naromoru and Hombe from Mt. Kenya Forest and Kabage and Zaina from Aberdare Ranges Forest except the Tucha/Kiandogoro Forest evictees. In the vetting exercise undertaken in 2017, the 534 households were ascertained as genuine evictees, but they were not settled. The evictees were further vetted in 2020 by a multi- agency committee chaired by the County Commissioner with membership from the Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development, National Lands Commission and the deputy county commissioners. The multi-agency committee also confirmed that the 534 households were evicted from Tucha/Kiandogoro Forest, hence deserving to be settled. However, the Government did not identify any available land to resettle the affected persons. Despite numerous follow-ups since then, including through a Petition No.48 of 2020 to the National Assembly, the process remains incomplete to date. Hon. Temporary Speaker, it is against this background that I request for a Statement from the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Lands on the following: 1. A report on the progress made on the settlement of 534 households that were vetted and ascertained as genuine evictees from Tucha/Kiandogoro Forest. 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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