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    "id": 462681,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Mwiru",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 107,
        "legal_name": "Alex Muthengi Mburi Mwiru",
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    "content": "The respondents thereafter moved to court for a stay of eviction and the application was dismissed in court on 23rd September, 1999. The community continued filing counter claims in court to no avail and on 10th July, 2012, the court directed them to vacate the land within 90 days, failure to which they would be evicted. The Member for Laikipia North also appeared before the Committee and gave evidence on the Lekiji Settlement and their dire need for resettlement. The Committee also invited the Cabinet Secretary for Land, Housing and Urban Development, who appeared before the Committee twice to answer to requests and address the Members’ concerns over the issue. I wish to report to the House as follows:- The request by the Member for Laikipia North, Mathew Lempurkel and his explanation to the Committee was upheld after the visit by the Committee. The Committee toured the farm in which the community lives. The Members toured Lekiji Primary School, which was largely built of mud and thatch. One structure, however, was built of stone where the residential area comprises of mud and thatch huts, where the villagers lived. The school was built through community efforts, church and Government funding through the CDF while the Impala Ranch in the neighbourhood also contributed towards the buildings in the schools. The school has a population of 361 pupils and seven teachers, six of whom are posted by the Teachers Service Commission. A chief’s camp also exists within the farm. The residents claim to have lived in the ranch for over 50 years and appeared destitute. The advice that we were given by the Cabinet Secretary is that on the particular area where the people have lived for over 50 years without disturbance, indeed, the claimant, who is the owner has never been able to do any development on that particular farm. The Committee felt that it was only necessary that the residents of Lekiji be settled by the Government and compensation be done to the owner of the farm because he is not on the ground. Indeed, this is not a problem of Lekiji alone. It is a problem for the whole country and it is only necessary that even the poor and the vulnerable are also taken care of. Therefore, it was the view of the Committee that these people be settled on the Lekiji area; that particular L.R.No.2427."
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