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    "id": 521098,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Kemei",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 2778,
        "legal_name": "Justice Kipsang Kemei",
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    "content": "However, I have certain fundamental reasons which I believe should be addressed in the privatisation process. With regard to the Muhoroni Sugar Company, for example, the land was taken from the people of Kericho and Kisumu counties. Out of about 5,000 acres of land, close to 50 per cent was taken from the people of Sigowet/Soin Constituency. It is my firm proposal, on behalf of the good people of Sigowet/Soin Constituency that the privatisation process considers that the land on which Muhoroni Sugar Company sits reverts back to the Government to hold it in trust on behalf of the people of this country. Hon. Speaker, Muhoroni, again, has two parcels of land in Sigowet/Soin Constituency. Out of the two parcels of land, we have squatters on approximately 455 acres. The case of those squatters has not been settled for a very long time. My greatest fear is that if we privatize Muhoroni Sugar Company, inclusive of land, the case of the squatters who have been on that land for so many years will not be adequately considered. I put it very strongly to the Chairman of the Departmental Committee on Finance, Planning and Trade that, as the issue of privation of company is worked on; the issue of settlement of the squatters on the pieces of the land that I have mentioned should be considered. The two pieces of land are registered as LR 3977 and LR 3978/2."
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