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    "id": 449372,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. M’uthari",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 1576,
        "legal_name": "Joseph M'eruaki M'uthari",
        "slug": "joseph-meruaki-muthari"
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    "content": "THAT, aware that Legal Notice No.86 of 30th June 2000 curved out 640.6 square kilometres of land to create Nyambene National Reserve; noting that there are six national parks all within 50 kilometres radius of Nyambene that cater for conservancy in the area; that the gazettement of the national reserve was done without consulting the people at the grassroots whose livelihoods depended on the land for farming and grazing; that the area is also prime land that lies in the designated area for development of Isiolo Resort City and that the Lamu Port South Sudan-Ethiopia Transport (LAPSSET) Corridor project is being undertaken to facilitate easy and safe movement into and out of the existing parks; that efforts to have the matter addressed bore no fruits and yet competition for the limited farming and grazing resources continue to heighten tension among families; that the matter in respect of which this petition is made by the residents of Igembe North Constituency on degazettement of Legal Notice No.86; the Wildlife Conservation and Amendment Act, Cap.376, Nyambene National Reserve, is not pending before any court of law, your humble petitioner pray that the National Assembly through the Departmental Committee on Environment and Natural Resources intervenes to have the Nyambene National Reserve degazetted and the land reverted to the community. Your petitioners will forever pray. There are a number of petitioners who have requested this so that this land can be reverted back to the community. It has heightened tension in the constituency but it is covering also a bigger area within Nyambene. The petitioners are listed below and given their addresses. Thank you, hon. Speaker."
}