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    "id": 481983,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Dr.) Pukose",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Robert Pukose",
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    "content": "Hon. Speaker, I have listened to the answer given by the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Lands, and I even had time to discuss this matter with him. The information I have is that the people who occupied that farm were squatters. When time came for the owner of the land to move out, these squatters applied to purchase the land and the Government sent a valuer to do a valuation. The land was sold at Kshs3 million. The same Government send surveyors who did subdivision and allocated the land. The allottees do have allotment letters from the Ministry of Lands. The same Ministry received the money for this land. In the records, it is shown that this land was only gazetted in January, 2013. So, it was gazetted after it had been allocated to this people. According to me, the Committee has not done a good job on this issue; I submitted this Report to the Committee on Delegated Legislation and the Committee on Lands, because we wanted to know whether there was proper acquisition of this land by the Government. That, according to me, has not been established. The Government has received money from these people, who were forcefully evicted by the Government. The Government later on degazetted the land, which was an irregularity. I request that in your wisdom you refer this matter again to the Committee, so that they do proper investigations and table a Report here. The House should then debate that Report and find a way forward for these deserving Kenyans. We need to know whether the Government can return their money or compensate them at the current market rate; they need to be assisted. That is my request and prayer to you, hon. Speaker."
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