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    "id": 281656,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Lesrima",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 178,
        "legal_name": "Simon Saimanga Lesirma",
        "slug": "simon-lesirma"
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, there are land issues in Kirinyaga. It is a long story. Land issues in Kirinyaga date back to 1960s and 1970s. The people of Kirinyaga surrendered portions of their land to provide for expansion or creation of public utilities. Those who surrendered land were given land elsewhere. Unfortunately, the county council and those concerned at that time, did not retrieve the title deeds of the people who surrendered land and were given land elsewhere. That is the story. So, generations later, people are coming back with title deeds and saying that such and such land does not belong to a school or a church. In fact, one person has obtained a court order to get the land of a church back in a place called Kutus. So, in this particular instance, the school committee met and approached the District Commission (DC), so that it is verified how much of the land had been taken away. When the meeting was called it did not take place because the Land Registrar was not there. He had a court case. It was agreed to postpone the meeting to 25th. When the meeting was adjourned, some persons had organized school children to come shouting about land grabbing and that the DC must go. When the DC came to address the meeting, it became rowdy and she was escorted back to her office, but nobody was beaten. I can confirm that a number of statements have since been written in the police station by various people, including councillors and administration police officers who were there and witnessed what happened that particular day. All those statements corroborate that there was no assault in this particular student. That is what I can say now."
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