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    "id": 399061,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/399061/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Kuti",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Mohammed Abdi Kuti",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, while I would not like this to be viewed as a duel, I think that it is very important that we realize that land is a very sensitive issue. The land that was demarcated is in Kenya and people were living in that area anyway. As I said earlier, there are Isiolo people living on the Meru side and many Meru people living in Isiolo. I think that the demarcation has been stopped on the land that is just in the town of Isiolo because of past injustices. It is just because maybe at that time the Minister for Lands, for a long time, happened to be from Meru. If you throw a stone from Isiolo, it lands in Meru. How can we expand and yet, people have to settle? I think that this is a disputed area and so, just as much as the demarcations have been stopped, any other activity on that disputed area, which the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) had said that they were going to look into and even advised for the formation of a Parliamentary Committee--- Until all these matters are resolved, I think that is very important that activities on this land be halted, so that when the dispute is over, then we can decide how to use the land even together, because that is Kenya. As I said, people live on either side and it is important that we do not bring issues that can cause a lot of tension. There are a lot of Meru interests in Isiolo and a lot of Isiolo interests in Meru and this will bring a new tension that has not been there before."
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