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    "id": 461792,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Nyumu",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 1520,
        "legal_name": "Joseph Ngugi Nyumu",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Speaker. I have a Petition on behalf of the members of Ex-Muthanga Farm Company Limited on their eviction from Muthanga Farm, which is their land. The undersigned are citizens of Kenya who are members of Ex-Muthanga Farm Company Limited, who are from my constituency – Gatundu South. They draw the attention of the House to the following: That aware that Ex-Muthanga Farm farmers purchased Muthanga Farm, that is Makuyu/Kabiti/Blocks 1, 51, 61 and 62, formerly LR No.9447/2, from the Department of Settlement of the Ministry of Lands; that the said properties are situated at Muthiga Township along Thika-Makutano-Nyeri Road, approximately 40 kilometres to the north east of Thika Town, within Kabiti Trading Centre in Makuyu Sub-district, Murang’a County; that the following are formal complaints: (i) The Government formed a land commission in 1987 to establish the rightful owners of the land and Muthanga farmers were identified as the rightful owners. (iii) That the land was sub-divided into smaller parcels which were all registered as freehold interests under the Registered Land Act, Cap.300, and the farmers were issued with title deeds through Murang’a Land Registry in 1988. (iv) That the farmers have since been evicted from the land following judgment by the High Court on November 19th 2002. Therefore, your humble petitioners pray that the Departmental Committee on Lands investigates this matter. Two, the National Assembly intervenes in this matter with a view to assisting the farmers gain access to the land, which is rightfully theirs. Three, should the squatters remain on the parcel of land, the National Assembly explores ways of seeking compensation for the owners of the land and your petitioners will ever pray.”"
}