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    "id": 602069,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/602069/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Speaker",
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    "content": "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 I am in receipt of Petition No. 28 of 2015 signed by over 60 members of a group called Okoa Jahazi SACCO. The petitioners cite various issues including cases of forcefully being evicted from their land, irregular allocation of community land to individuals and land grabbing. The petitioners also claim that there have been irregularities in land adjudication process in Kambi ya Juu and Mabatini and forceful evictions in Mwangaza, Kiwanjani and Chechelesi areas. Hon. Members, the petitioners are, therefore, praying that the National Assembly, through the Departmental Committee on Lands:- (a) Inquires into the circumstances under which the residents of Mwangaza, Kiwanjani and Chechelesi were forcefully evicted from their land. (b) Recommends investigation of the activities of the Nyara Sand Loader based in Isiolo County. (c) Recommends investigations to be carried out on the culpability of all State/public officers involved in eviction of the petitioners and irregular allocation of land in Isiolo; and, (d) Considers enacting legislation to govern evictions and resettlement of residents especially in light of the upcoming infrastructural projects. Pursuant to the provisions of the 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 Lands, Housing and Urban Settlement, with a view to exploring a solution to the issues contained in this Petition. I thank you."
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