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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Kisoi",
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        "legal_name": "Michael Manthi Kisoi",
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    "content": "which are parts of Makueni County. The Governor should be stopped and given a stern warning that issues of land are very emotive and he can bring a lot of animosity between the different communities and the people who are living there. He must be warned that such an act is completely unlawful and it cannot be given any chance in this era where the Constitution reigns supreme and the rights of individuals are properly recognised in law. The Committee has really given us a very good recommendation on what ought to be done in terms of the relocation in Mathengeta area. We do not just need to mention what ought to be done here. I call for efficient mechanisms on how this Report is supposed to be implemented so that these people can now be resettled and given their rights. This will ensure that there is a lot of security. There will be a sense of ownership and therefore, people will undertake economic activities without having many problems within the areas that they are already settled in. Therefore, I commend the Chairman and the Mover of the Motion who has declared his interest, the Member of Parliament for Masinga Constituency, Hon. Mbai, for the good work that the Departmental Committee on Lands has done in this issue. I wish to say that the Government must also take responsibility on issues to do with idle land because some of these vast pieces of land lie idle for a very long time. Therefore, it is the imagination of the landless that these pieces of land are idle and someone can settle there. One of the most interesting things to note is that these people have been living in these pieces of land for quite a number of years. Some people have lived for over 12, 20, 40 or 50 years and they are now being declared as IDPs and squatters and so they have to be relocated. They have notices from the court that they have to vacate those pieces of land. It is high time that as a nation, the Government took seriously the issue of idle land. In any case, if a piece of land lies idle for quite some time, then it should be repossessed so that it does not create a lot of tension between communities. We know land is very scarce in this country. Anyone who sees idle land lying somewhere would really be tempted to take it and live on it. Therefore, I support the Departmental Committee on Lands and say that it is time to act to avert any kind of confrontation and misunderstanding so that the peace and the economic activities of these people are done in an orderly manner. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker."
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