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    "id": 481938,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/481938/?format=api",
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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": "Thank you hon. Speaker. I am trying to look around to see whether hon. Bedzimba is around. Thank you I can now proceed hon. Speaker. It is a Statement that was requested by the Member, on reasons why the Government of Kenya has taken too long to find a lasting solution to score the problem when squatters will be identified and issued with illegal document for the land they occupy and the strategies the Government of Kenya has put in place to prevent eviction of this squatters until a lasting solution is sought. The answers transmitted to my Committee from the Cabinet Secretary is as follows; Reasons why the Government of Kenya has taken too long to find a lasting solution to squatters problem. A request for a permanent solution to the squatter problem has been complicated by; one, increase in proprietion that create heightened demand for land and as a result, people tend to occupy any available and unutilized space of land regardless of its ownership. Presence of idle and underutilized land left by people who acquire it for speculation purposes and which lies unutilized for long periods thereby attracting squatters who could build shelter or utilize the land for food production. Three, emergence of perpetual professional squatters. There is evidence to show that many people particularly the coast region squat on several pieces of land, which they sell immediately they are issued with legal documents. Such people create an impression of permanent squatting problem. On when squatters will be identified and issued with legal documents for the land they occupy, identification and documentation of squatters at the coast and other parts of the country has been a continuous process. As part of the legalization program, which we will begin in the 1960s and intensified in 1986 has seen on over 150 squatter settlement schemes, complete and registered and another 37 proposed for implementation. During the National Titling program of august 2013, a total of 28,898 squatter households were issued with title deeds and the process continues. It is estimated that in the next three years, squatters in the ongoing settlement schemes will be settled and issued with title deeds. On the Strategies the Government of Kenya has put in place to prevent eviction of these squatter."
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