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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Musyimi",
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        "legal_name": "Mutava Musyimi",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the terms of reference given to this Committee were as follows:- (i) The joint Committee was to inquire into the circumstances surrounding the demolitions and forced eviction of people from Syokimau, KPA, Kyangombe and Maasai villages. (ii) Consider the possibility of compensation of the owners or occupants of the demolished premises. (iii) Investigate whether the evictees had legal rights to the land and premises in question. (iv) Investigate whether or not the Government had acted within the law when they conducted or supervised the evictions and demolitions. (v) Investigate and confirm the rightful owners of the premises in question and make a report to the House within two weeks from the date the matter was referred to joint Committee. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, this joint Committee met, they asked me to chair it and we started working. However, as we worked, further demolitions took place in Mitumba Village near Wilson Airport and in Eastleigh. We came to this honourable House and sought the approval of this House to expand the mandate to cover these areas and request for more time and asked that we report back to this House on Wednesday 6th December, 2011 which we did yesterday. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, allow me to read the names of the Members of the Committee that I have been privileged to work with. They are:- Hon. Mutava Musyimi, M.P - Chairman Hon. Fred Kapondi, M.P."
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