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    "id": 306593,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/306593/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Konchella",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Gideon Sitelu Konchella",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, thank you for the opportunity to talk on this very important subject. I stand to support the report of this Committee, because we have an urgent need to get this Commission working, so that they can address the issues relating to historical injustices and other vices which have caused a lot of suffering to Kenyans. When you look at the corruption that has been going on at the lands offices all over the country, there are many people who are suffering because they lost land due to those acts. Now this Commission should actually stand up and address the issues of land, and particularly historical injustices and community land; I believe that the Minister will bring the necessary Bill to this House for debate and enactment. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the pastoralist communities, particularly the Maasai have lost land, just as Mr. Ntimama said and continue losing it. Just like other Kenyans, particularly in the Coast Province, they need to be protected. We need to urge this Commission to ensure that the pastoralist communities are not going to suffer. The other day we had problems in Mandera where communities were fighting each other, and the land issue has to be addressed. The issue of boundaries has to be addressed. My request is that we should have proper representation in the Commission at other levels. The Maasai community has gone to court to request that one of them be appointed to this Commission. Now that we do not have representation, we want to demand, as a community, that the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of this Commission must be a Maasai. This is because we have had situations where other communities were not considered for representation, but it was ensured that people from other regions were"
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