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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, the colonial Government established its economy in this country through looting and plunder of land and other native resources. That is a very complex situation because we also face the same in our county where there are huge tracks of European land which was forcibly taken away from the Meru community to settle settlers. Mr. Speaker, Sir, it will require a broad action by the Government either to compensate the natives who lost their land and take care of the interests of those who have invested in the land. In this case, tea being the pillar of agriculture in our economy – because all the other sectors have collapsed, including coffee, sugarcane and others – if it is disrupted, this country will see worse economic times. Therefore, we need very careful handling of this petition. I was once in Canada. The native Indians said that the Canadian Government was illegal. They also said that cities established there are illegal because the real owners were deprived of their land and they have never been compensated. Their case was going on. It is in terms of compensation of the native interests that we should be looking at otherwise, we could cause a lot of chaos in this country. Mr. Speaker, Sir, my issue with the petition which I fully sympathise with is that I have been following the real case statements from the Governor of Kericho County. I know that he also raised this issue with the KTDA. He has gone to court demanding compensation in similar terms with regard to this petition. Is this Senate in a position to proceed with this petition when there is a similar matter being handled through a case against the KTDA and the Government in court? Otherwise, we have no problem with it if the procedural hurdles are considered as the matter is referred to the committees. Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir."
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