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"content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I also rise to support this Bill. As I support it, I do not know what we will do. I do not know where we will start because at the moment, if those brothers and sisters who are in the Ministry of Lands are the ones who will implement this Bill, I do not think we will go anywhere. I hope that the Minister for Lands is listening wherever he is and his officers are also very attentive. We will speak here and pass this Bill but if there are no people down there to implement the Bills and Acts, it will just be a waste of time and I do not think I belong to that category. If I can go back to history, mheshimiwa Mututho from our county, Nakuru, has elaborated. He has talked at length about historical injustice, not only in Central Province but all over the country. If I can refer to the days before Independence, in Central Province, our forefathers who sacrificed their lives and went to the bush to fight for the liberation of our dear country left their land but while they were out there, all their land was taken away by the homeguards and those who were loyal to the Colonial Government. After attaining Independence, when they thought that they were coming to celebrate their sacrifice, those who survived the bullets and the cold in Mount Kenya and Aberdare Hills, they found that all they had left had been taken away by the homeguards and their sons. They pleaded with the Government to be considered for resettlement. However, when they approached the Government, they found that the sons of the homeguards are the ones who had occupied all the Government offices. Their plea could not be heard and up to now, those who are still alive are landless and their sons are the ones who are roaming in major towns looking for employment. Surely, if we talk about historical injustice, I do not know where we will begin. I come from Rift Valley where I was born, brought up and still live. My late father and my later grandfather were also born, they were brought up and died in the Rift Valley. I remember what my grandfather used to tell me on how they migrated there. When they found the mzungu, they became squatters and casual workers. But after independence, those big farms changed hands from the white man to another black colonialist. There are still so many landless people in Rift Valley and, more so, in Nakuru County. I do not know how the Minister will go about it but, at least, he needs to go back to the drawing board, sit down with his officers and find a situation to those forgotten fellow Kenyans so that they can be reconsidered for resettlement. When we come to community land, I sympathize with those dear fellow Kenyans because all the land that they occupy, they regard it as community land. However, there are those rich few individuals who have invaded their land. They are buying it at a throwaway price. So, I will request the Minister and his officers to move very fast and start educating those communities, wherever they are, to know the importance of their land. That is because there are those people who are roaming around in those areas and, eventually, they will sell that land and they will be left homeless."
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