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    "id": 45897,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Olago",
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        "legal_name": "John Olago Aluoch",
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    "content": "3. By Legal Notice No.3400 of 19th November, 1976 the Government of Kenya acquired the ancestral land of KIKACO members under the Trust Land Act and The Compulsory Acquisition of Land Act for purposes of expansion of Kisumu Municipal Council and industrial and commercial purposes with an understanding that the members will be indirect beneficiaries of such development in terms of creation of wealth, employment and uplifting of living standards of the members. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, some members of KIKACO received monetary compensation for the acquisition of the land, but this compensation was nominal and inadequate and they were not offered alternative settlements. Therefore, many of them opted to vacate the ancestral land and live outside the acquired areas on the understanding that the acquired land would offer economic activities for development to them and their descendants. Subsequent to this acquisition, the Ministry of Lands handed over the acquired land to the Municipal Council of Kisumu for allocation for purposes for which the land was acquired in terms of the relevant Gazette Notice that I have quoted. Contrary to the objectives of the acquisition of the land as set out in the relevant Kenya Gazette Notice, the Municipal Council of Kisumu has continued to allocate the acquired land for development of private settlement thereby causing unrest and sense of unequal treatment to citizens. The members of KIKACO have made several attempts to get this matter settled amicably, but their pleas to the Government have fallen on deaf ears while the Council continues to allocate the land for private development as late as March, 2011, hence the need for a thorough public inquiry into the manner in which the acquisition was conducted, the objectives as set out in the relevant gazette notice, the criteria for allocation of the acquired land; and, the welfare of KIKACO members who were evicted from their ancestral land. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, it is our humble prayer that this Petition be listened to."
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