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    "id": 237012,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Miriti",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister for Trade and Industry",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Petkay Shem Nkiria Miriti",
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    "content": " Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would like to congratulate the Mover of this Motion for bringing it to Parliament because it is timely and necessary. However, I would like to caution that, immediately after this Motion is passed by this House, we might witness some sort of scramble for land in the said areas. Once it is known that only the people who are squatting on land and those in the neighbouring villages will benefit from land re-allocation, we might see a lot of people rushing to those areas, so that they can also be considered. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, this Motion is in line with President Kibaki's policies of resettling the landless. Therefore, it should be supported. As we discuss the issue of settling squatters, there is a unique case somewhere in Nithi, where we have the Government squatting on people's land. Those are people who were displaced during the struggle for Independence. I would like the Minister for Lands to take note of this fact, so that after he settles the people in Coast Province, he can move to Nithi area and settle people on that chunk of Mount Kenya Forest, out of which people were thrown by the colonialists. Squatters go through very difficult experiences. They are traumatised because they do not know about their future. They do not know whether they will continue living where they are or not. Therefore, as the Government plans and organises their re-settlement, they should be given some kind of documents, so that they can start living normal lives like other people. With those few words, I beg to support."
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