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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Okenyuri",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I wish to support the Statement by Sen. Richard Onyonka on land issues in Kisii County. Mr. Speaker, Sir, land issues in Kisii and Nyamira counties are not a new phenomenon. Most of these issues emanate from cultural issues. Even when such cases drag to court, some have taken 10 to 15 years. This is because, most members of the society have strong attachment to land that has been acquired from their grandparents and great-grandparents. As a result, most of them are not willing to participate in the succession of land. So, I feel the Ministry needs to work closely with the land registrars, to conduct civic education on why succession needs to be done earlier, so that we do not have cases dragging in court. In some instances, we see people who are putting injunctions in court to even bar dead bodies from being buried. Largely, this is affecting women because they are the ones married in those families. Some are not able to accept that they are already part of those families. This Statement by Sen. Onyonka is very timely, and it calls for the Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development to take this issue seriously, so that we sensitize our people on succession processes and why they need to begin earlier, and why they need to report some of these challenges before they get out of hand. I support that Statement."
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