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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Mututho",
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        "legal_name": "John Michael Njenga Mututho",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I rise to support this Bill. As I support it, at the outset, I want to reintroduce myself and say that I am the Chairman of the Departmental Committee on Agriculture, Livestock and Cooperatives. Just in case this august House forgets, I would like to remind you that there are four factors of production in agriculture, whether you are in Europe or Africa. These are land, labour, capital management and entrepreneurship. Therefore, activities on land affect agriculture wholly and that is the beginning point. I have listened keenly even while I was outside there the contribution of Mr. ole Ntimama, my senior, and also that of the Major-General. We may have our emotions but it is good to remind this august House that we have inherited fairly bad behaviour from the colonialists, that one of not honouring critical agreements and covenants that have been entered into between parties. Supreme among them was the Maasai Treaties of 1910s. The basic understanding and the terms thereon were such that certain parcels of land were to be vacated by the Maasai in exchange for certain rights. I encourage hon. Members to go to their libraries and check on specific terms and what was envisaged then. After that, Kenya became a colony in 1920. In 1923, land issues were heating up and two events took place. First and foremost, there was this wonderful man, God let him rest in eternal peace, Mzee Jomo Kenyatta, then a young man. He fought a whiteman around Globe roundabout; it was because---"
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