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    "id": 230721,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Kamama",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 165,
        "legal_name": "Asman Abongutum Kamama",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, this is a long standing dispute. There have been about three task forces that were formed to actually address this problem. In 1990, there was a task force chaired by a District Commissioner, Mr. Akello. In 1995 there was a task force chaired by the late hon. Justice Chesoni, and there was also a verification team, which comprised of four senior District Officers and officials from the Ministry of Lands. So, the Government has really tried to address this problem. But there are two major cases. In 1978, a person called Titus Kithaka and others filed High Court Case No.2312 against the County Council of Embu and the Attorney-General, requesting that the people on the ground be the only beneficiaries. There is also a case by the Mihiriga Kenda clan of Kirinyaga District. Theirs is High Court Miscellaneous Case No.268 of 1981 against the District Land Adjudication Officer, Embu, in the High Court, Nairobi, claiming the entire land on the basis of customary rights. The December 6, 2006 PARLIAMEANTARY DEBATES 4209 cases are yet to be finalised, so that we can assist these people. So, there are very many cases dating back to 1981. These cases are there. It is not fiction. The cases are real and we cannot ignore them."
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