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    "id": 699429,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Muthama",
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        "legal_name": "Johnson Nduya Muthama",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the Vice Chairperson of the Standing Committee on Lands and Natural Resources has said that he does not accept the report that was submitted to the Committee. This report was done on the 6th April, 2016 and has been kept. The Committee has seen it for the last 10 months yet they have not acted. The answers are very shallow and totally unacceptable, yet the Committee is not accepting. What are we waiting for, this being October? Although the Vice Chairperson says that the Committee does not have powers, it can write and say that the issues raised, and the answers you gave us do not give justification for one to continue doing what they are doing. If this is the position written by the National Land Commission (NLC) Chairman and the Cabinet Secretary (CS) for Lands Housing and Urban Development - Prof. Kaimenyi, they are coming up with issues that are not addressing what is happening on the ground. Who is going to save the people of Machakos from having their land given freely to unknown people, yet they are saying: “We have 2,500 squatters?” There is an issue with the East African Portland Cement where the lease is very clear. It was given lease to mine minerals for making cement, but they are selling the land today. The people of Machakos are asking to be given an opportunity to purchase the land. However, the reply says that the land belongs to East Africa Portland Cement and the people of Machakos cannot buy it. It is being sold to foreigners by an institution owned by the public. Where are we going in this?"
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