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    "id": 383480,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/383480/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. G. G. Kariuki",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Godfrey Gitahi Kariuki",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, thank you for this second opportunity for me to try and reply to this Motion which has just taken us some time. There is no need for me to repeat or to attempt to reply to issues which were raised by Members of the Senate. I want to insist that the time we moved this Motion, we did not intend to speak or talk about land issues in this country. Land is a big problem in this country. It has a lot of other connotations because most people think that the problems that we go through in this country are because of land but personally, I have known two things. Land being number two, the major problem is leadership. People have been fighting. For example, in Laikipia, we have about 14 tribes but they have never fought over land. Nobody has ever thought of moving any other person from his land. During the political period when people are campaigning who will become the president and so on, that is where the problem begins. I want to talk to my friend who attempted to amend this Motion that this issue has been taken care of by Article 67 of our Constitution. That one is very clear and if he could pursue that issue, he will find that the problem he has of historical injustices and whatever other injustices he might want to introduce, the enactment of the Constitution of Kenya 2010 has given fresh hope for the Maasai land claims, especially Article 67 which has created a National Land Commission whose duties are to initiate investigation on its own initiative or a complaint into present or historical land injustice and recommend appropriate redress. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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