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    "id": 598931,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Speaker",
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    "content": "Hon. Members, I wish to convey a petition, being Petition No. 27 of 2015 regarding the displacement of Yala Swamp residents. Hon. Members, Standing Order No. 225(2)(b) requires that the Speaker reports to the House any petition, other than those presented through a Member. I, therefore, wish to convey to the House that my office is in receipt of a petition regarding the alleged displacement of Yala residents who resided in the Yala Swamp land and riparian area. The Petition is signed by one, Mr. Caleb Omondi Obonyo and over 200 other petitioners. The petitioners allege that Yala residents were displaced from their land by artificial change of the course of River Yala and subsequent development activities of the Lake Basin Development Authority (LBDA) and the Dominion Farms Limited, a private developer. Hon. Members, the petitioners are, therefore, praying that the National Assembly, through the Departmental Committee on Lands recommends the relocation of the inhabitants to their ancestral land held in trust and expedites individual land tenure arrangements; and intervenes to ascertain the exact lease acreage and land sizes of each of the investing entities in the swamp region. Hon. Members, pursuant to the provisions of Standing Order No. 227(1), this Petition stands committed to the Departmental Committee on Lands for consideration. The Committee is encouraged to engage the National Land Commission (NLC) and the Ministry of Land, Housing and Urban Settlement with a view to exploring a solution to the issues contained in the Petition. I thank you."
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