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    "id": 549868,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/549868/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Karaba",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 232,
        "legal_name": "Daniel Dickson Karaba",
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    "content": "and residents of Kirinyaga County and of parts of Embu County, draw the attention of the Senate to the following:- 1. THAT, the people of Kirinyaga County have a historical and ancestral claim to the 54,000 acre piece of land known as the Mwea Trust Land situated in Mbeere South sub-county of Embu County. A summary background to the claim is as detailed below. 2. THAT, the land known as Mwea historically belonged to and was occupied by the people of Kirinyaga since time immemorial, when Embu station, which later on, became Embu District was created in 1906, Mwea area which was Ndia Division, remained within the jurisdiction of Fort Hall which later became Murang’a District. Later in 1912 when Ndia Division was moved from Fort Hall to South Nyeri District, the common boundary between South Nyeri and Embu was defined as below:- (i) The River Mukengeria from its source to its junction with River Rutui. (ii) The River Rutui to its confluence with River Thiba. (iii) The River Thiba to its junction with River Tana 3. THAT, in subsequent reports of the colonial government between 1908 and 1923, the boundaries between South Nyeri and Embu districts were affirmed as stretching from River Mukengeria to its junction with River Thiba. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
}