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    "id": 603603,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/603603/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Wakhungu",
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        "legal_name": "Chrisantus Wamalwa Wakhungu",
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    "content": "Hon. Deputy Speaker, this is a very critical issue. I thank you very much for giving me an opportunity to contribute. Land is a factor of production. Coming from Trans Nzoia County, it is important that we know who the genuine squatters are. The people of Trans Nzoia have suffered a lot. We have had people from outside Trans Nzoia County being settled yet the real squatters who have been there for years have not been given any chance. My humble request to the Departmental Committee on Lands is that when they go there, it is important that they give notice and invite all the elected leaders from that area so that we can also be there. This is because they did not involve us the last time they went there. We were very disappointed as their colleagues. Please, let them invite us so that we can attend the hearings. As my colleagues have said, the issue of squatters in Trans Nzoia County is very critical. We know very well that Trans Nzoia is the bread basket for this country but we have people who are suffering as squatters. It is important that the Bill on historical injustices is expedited so that we can move with speed and help the genuine squatters who have been there since the colonial days. The Government has not taken any action to settle them. It is my humble request that we work together so that we know who the genuine squatters are. As Hon. Pukose has said, if we have any NGOs masquerading for purposes of corruption, or for purposes of reaping where they have not sown, action must be taken against them. 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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