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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Kisoi",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Michael Manthi Kisoi",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. From the outset, I want to thank the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Lands. Having listened to the facts he has laid in this House today about Muri, Mathengeta and Drake farms, I support this Motion. Land is one of the things that have brought a lot of controversy, misunderstanding and insecurity and has been a source of fatal attacks. At a time when we have the NLC mandated to keenly look at historical injustices that occurred on land matters, we should not be talking about IDPs or squatters. The NLC has a constitutional mandate to execute its responsibilities in the best interest of this country. The reason why the NLC was established by Kenyans is to take care of some of these issues that we thought could not be addressed using the normal administrative procedures which are proving to be very bureaucratic, inefficient and which lack proper structures. That is the essence of this Commission. The Chairperson has given us a good Report and very good recommendations, especially on Muri Farm, in terms of taking care of the interests of the AFC as well as the people who are already settled there because they have invested a lot in that farm. He has already told us how they have made significant developments on the farm. The Committee did a very commendable job in trying to create a balance to ensure that no controversy is elicited again. Therefore, my humble request is that this House adopts the recommendation of the Departmental Committee on Lands. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I would also like to point out that as much as we are dealing with this, we must also know that certain individuals are trying to create fear among certain tribes or people simply because they are living in areas where they were not born. This cannot escape the attention of this House. A case has been mentioned here of the Governor of Kajiado County. It should really be condemned in the strongest terms possible. It was really disturbing for him to tell a certain community to invade a piece of land belonging to certain individuals who acquired it properly and legally and have titles. He also tried to create some kind of division between the people in Kajiado and those living along Sultan Hamud and Emali, The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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